DYR Today, December 29

“Born Today”

• Jane Levy (27)
• Alexa Ray Joel (31)
• Alison Brie (34)
• Natalia Jimenez (35)
• Diego Luna (37)
• La Toya London (38)
• Katherine Moennig (39)
• Kate Ford (40)
• Danny McBride (40)
• Mekhi Phifer (42)
• Jude Law (44)
• Leonor Varela (44)
• Dallas Austin (46)
• Jennifer Ehle (47)
• Evan Seinfeld (49)
• Andy Wachowski (49)
• Michael Cudlitz (52)
• Patricia Clarkson (57)
• Paula Poundstone (57)
• Yvonne Elliman (65)
• Ted Danson (69)
• Marianne Faithfull (70)
• Jon Voight (78)
• Mary Tyler Moore (80) Featured Above
• Inga Swenson (84)
• Andrew Johnson (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Tim Hardin (Born: December 23, 1941 / Died: December 29 ,1980)
• Lita Grey (Born: April 15, 1908 / Died: December 29, 1995)
• Tony Greig (Born: October 6, 1946 / Died: December 29, 2012)

“Movies”

• 1965 – Thunderball (UK)
• 1967 – Weekend (France)
• 1971 – Straw Dogs
• 1995 – Dead Man Walking
• 1995 – Richard III
• 1995 – Mr. Holland’s Opus
• 1999 – The Hurricane
• 2000 – Shadow of the Vampire

“Music”

• 1962 – “Go Away Little Girl” remained the top Adult Contemporary song

• 1965 – The Supremes released “My World Is Empty Without You”
• 1967 – Dave Mason quit the group Traffic
• 1971 – The rock band America released their self titled album
• 1973 – “Time In A Bottle” by Jim Croce was the top song

• 1984 – “Like A Virgin” was the #1 song
• 1990 – Stevie B’s “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)” was #1 on the Billboard
• 1990 – To The Extreme by Vanilla Ice remained the #1 album
• 1990 – The #1 song was “I’ve Come to Expect it From You” by George Strait

“TV/Radio”

• 1958 – The TV show Young Dr. Malone debuts
• 1965 – CBS acquired the rights to the NFL regular-season games in 1966 and 1967, with an option for 1968, for $18.8 million per year.
• 1985 – Phil Donahue and a Soviet radio commentator hosted the “Citizens’ Summit” via satellite TV.

“Other Important Events…”

• 1972 –Life magazine had stopped their weekly publications