DYR Today, January 4

“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.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_PZPpWTRTU

• 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