DYR Today, January 1

“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”

• 1972 – J. W. Coop
• 1982 – Madman
• 1982 – Pennies from Heaven

“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”.

• 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.

• 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.

“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.

• 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.

• 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.