“Born Today”
- Charlyne Yi (31)
- Erin Cahill (37)
- Jeannie Mai (38)
- Graham Elliot (40)
- Jill Marie Jones (42)
- Harmony Korine (44)
- Patrice Lovely (49)
- Julia Ormond (52)
- Beth Gibbons (52)
- Yvan Attal (52)
- Dot Jones (53)
- Dave Foley (54)
- Till Lindemann (54)
- Patrick Cassidy (55)
- Michael Stipe (57)
- Ann Magnuson (61)
- Tina Knowles (63)
- Grace Bumbry (80)
- Dyan Cannon (80)
- Vanity (RIP)
- Louis Braille (RIP)
- Isaac Newton (RIP)
“Died Today”
- T.S. Eliot (Born: September 26, 1888 / Died: January 4, 1965)
- Peggy Bacon (Born: May 2, 1895 / Died: January 4, 1987)
- Jake Hess (Born: December 24, 1927 / Died: January 4, 2004)
“Music”
- 1963 – “Blame It on the Bossa Nova” was released
- 1964 – Bobby Vinton had the #1 song with “There! I’ve Said It Again”
- 1967 – The Doors released their self-titled debut album
- 1969 – Marvin Gaye had the #1 song with “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
- 1986 – “Say You, Say Me” by Lionel Richie was the #1 song
- 1986 – The soundtrack for Miami Vice was the top album
- 1992 – “Black or White” by Michael Jackson was the #1 song
- 1992 – Richard Marx had the top Adult Contemporary song with “Keep Coming Back”
- 1997 – No Doubt’s album Tragic Kingdom topped the Billboard 200 chart
“TV/Radio”
- 1936 – The cartoon Mickey’s Polo Team was released
- 1952 – The Goofy short film Father’s Lion premiered
- 1957 – Former heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis appeared on “The Steve Allen Show” to introduce singer Solomon Burke. Burke performed Louis’ “You Can Run, but You Can’t Hide.”
- 1961 – The first episode of “Mr. Ed” aired on CBS.
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- 1965 – The Fender Guitar Company was sold to CBS for $13 million.
- 1974 – NBC-TV presented hockey in prime time. The Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers were the teams in the National Hockey League (NHL) game.
- 1977 – Mary Shane was hired by the Chicago White Sox as the first woman TV play-by-play announcer.
- 1982 – Bryant Gumbel moved from NBC Sports to the anchor desk where he joined Jane Pauley as co-host of the “Today” show on NBC.
- 1984 – The first episode of “Night Court” aired on NBC.
“Other Important Events…”
- It’s National Spaghetti Day!
- 1957 – Collier’s magazine had its last publication
- 1958 – The Soviet Union satellite Sputnik I fell to the Earth from orbiting it since October 4, 1957