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DYR Today, January 1

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“Born Today”

  • Meryl Davis (29)
  • Eden Riegel (35)
  • Elin Nordegren (36)
  • Lauren Silverman (39)
  • Jonah Peretti (42)
  • Carmen Ejogo (43)
  • Danny Lloyd (43)
  • Tameka Foster (45)
  • Mr. Lawrence (47)
  • Verne Troyer (47)
  • Morris Chestnut (47)
  • Spencer Tunick (49)
  • Dedee Pfeiffer (52)
  • Grandmaster Flash (58)
  • Gary Johnson (64)
  • Nicole Miller (64)
  • Max Azria (67)
  • Frank Langella (78) Featured Above
  • Pocahontas (RIP)
  • John Smith (RIP)
  • Paul Revere (RIP)
  • Betsy Ross (RIP)

“Died Today”

  • Hank Williams (Born: September 17, 1923 / Died: January 1, 1953)
  • Maurice Chevalier (Born: September 12, 1888 / Died: January 1, 1972)
  • Grace Hopper (Born: December 9, 1906 / Died: January 1, 1992)
  • Cesar Romero (Born: February 15, 1907 / Died: January 1, 1994)
  • Townes Van Zandt (Born: March 7, 1944 / Died: January 1, 1997)
  • Helen Wills Moody (Born: October 6, 1905 / Died: January 1, 1998)
  • Ray Walston (Born: November 2, 1914 / Died: January 1, 2001)
  • Shirley Chisholm (Born: November 30, 1924 /Died: January 1, 2005)

“Movies”

“Music”

  • 1956 – Bill Haley’s ‘Rock Around the Clock’ went to No.1 on the UK singles chart for the second time. The single is often cited as the biggest-selling vinyl rock and roll single of all time with sales over 25m.
  • 1959 – Johnny Cash played a free concert for the inmates of San Quentin Prison, California.
  • 1964 – The Beach Boys recorded “Fun Fun Fun” at United Western Recorders in Hollywood, California.

  • 1966 – Simon and Garfunkel started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘The Sounds Of Silence’, a No.13 hit in the UK.
  • 1968 – Billboard magazine reported that for the first time albums had outsold singles in the US with album sales reaching over 192 million units.
  • 1969 – Marmalade were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of The Beatles song ‘Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da’, which features on The White Album.
  • 1972 – Three Dog Night started the New Year with the new Adult #1–“An Old Fashioned Love Song”.

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  • 1977 – Wings flew over the U.K. chart with “Mull Of Kintyre”, a song that would go on to be #1 for nine weeks
  • 1982 – ABBA made their final live appearance as a group when they played in Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1989 – Nirvana signed a one-year recording contract with Sub Pop records.
  • 1994 – One of Mariah Carey’s last great songs, “Hero” was #1

“TV/Radio”

  • 1930 – “The Cuckoo Hour” was heard for the first time on the NBC-Blue Network, which later became ABC Radio.
  • 1957 – BBC Television aired its new rock & roll show ‘Cool For Cats’ for the first time.

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  • 1964 – The first edition of the BBC TV show Top Of The Pops was transmitted from an old church hall in Manchester, England.
  • 1971 – Tobacco ads representing $20 million dollars in advertising were banned from TV and radio broadcast.
  • 1985 – Although they have since strayed far, far, far away, VH-1 premiered as an adult contemporary video channel.
  • 1992 – The ESPN Radio Network was officially launched.
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“Other Important Events…”

  • 1622 – The Papal Chancery adopted January 1st as the beginning of the New Year (instead of March 25th). .
  • 1840 – The first recorded bowling match was recorded in the U.S.
  • 1863 – U.S. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel states were free.
  • 1934 – Alcatraz Island officially became a Federal Prison.
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  • 1934 – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) began operation.
  • 1939 – The Hewlett-Packard partnership was formed by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard.
  • 1942 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued a declaration called the “United Nations.”
  • 1959 – Fidel Castro overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista, and seized power in Cuba.
  • 1968 – Evel Knievel, stunt performing daredevil, lost control of his motorcycle midway through a jump of 141 feet over the ornamental fountains in front of Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.

  • 1975 – The magazine “Popular Electronics” announced the invention of a person computer called Altair. MITS, using an Intel microprocessor, developed the computer.
  • 1984 – AT&T was broken up into 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement with the U.S. Federal government.
  • 1990 – David Dinkins was sworn in as New York City’s first black mayor.
  • 1993 – Czechoslovakia split into two separate states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The peaceful division had been engineered in 1992.
  • 1994 – Bill Gates, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft and Melinda French were married.
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  • 1994 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect.
  • 1995 – The World Trade Organization came into existence. The group of 125 nations monitors global trade.
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