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DYR Today, January 5

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“Born Today”

  • Suki Waterhouse (25)
  • Kristin Cavallari Cutler (30)
  • Jason Mitchell (30)
  • Amanda Hearst (33)
  • Brooklyn Sudano (36)
  • Deadmau5 (36)
  • January Jones (39)
  • Bradley Cooper (42)
  • Kylie bax (42)
  • Sakis Rouvas (45)
  • Heather Dubrow (48)
  • Marilyn Manson (48)
  • Vinnie Jones (52)
  • Suzi Amis (55)
  • Clancy Brown (58)
  • Pamela Sue Martin (64)
  • Ted Lange (69)
  • Diane Keaton (71) Featured Above
  • Charlie Rose (75)
  • Hayao Miyazaki (76)
  • King Juan Carlos I of Spain (79)
  • Robert Duvall (86)
  • Alvin Ailey (RIP)

“Died Today”

  • Pete Maravich (Born: June 22, 1947 / Died: January 5, 1988)
  • Sonny Bono (Born: February 16, 1935 / Died: January 5, 1998)
  • Momofuku Ando (Born: March 5, 1910 / Died: January 5, 2007)

“Movies”

“Music”

  • 1963 – Steve Lawrence had the top song on the Pop chart with “Go Away Little Girl”
  • 1967 – Tommy James & The Shondells released “I Think We’re Alone Now”

  • 1969 – CCR released their album Bayou Country
  • 1973 – Bruce Springsteen released his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
  • 1974 – Jim Croce had the #1 song with “Time in a Bottle”
  • 1980 – Stevie Wonder had the top Adult Contemporary song with “Send One Your Love”

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  • 1985 – “Do What You Do” by Jermaine Jackson was the top song on the Adult Contemporary chart
  • 1985 – Madonna had the overall top song with “Like A Virgin”
  • 1985 – Purple Rain was the #1 album
  • 1987 – Bruce Hornsby released “Jacob’s Ladder”

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  • 1991 – “Justify My Love” by Madonna was the #1 song
  • 1991 – Vanilla Ice took over the charts with his album To The Extreme

“TV/Radio”

  • 1940 – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got its very first demonstration of FM radio.
  • 1945 – The Goofy short Tiger Trouble was released
  • 1948 – Warner Brothers-Pathe showed the very first color newsreel. The footage was of the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl football classic.
  • 1951 – The Goofy short Lion Down premiered
  • 1970 – The soap opera All My Children premiered on ABC

  • 1971 – ABC’s “Alias Smith and Jones” aired for the first time.
  • 2002 – The 1000th episode of “Soul Train” aired.

“Other Important Events…”

  • 1930 – Bonnie and Clyde met for the first time at Clarence Clay’s home
  • 1944 – The London “Daily Mail” was the first transoceanic newspaper to be published.
  • 1949 – President Harry S. Truman introduces the Fair Deal
  • 1956 – In the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy walked on two legs for the first time.
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  • 1972 – President Nixon required the development for the Space Shuttle program
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