DYR Today, January 10

“Born Today”

• Abigail Clancy (31)
• Alex Meraz (32)
• Sarah Shahi (37)
• Cash Warren (38)
• Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith (38)
• Jemaine Clement (43)
• Lyle Menendez (49)
• Trini Alvarado (50)
• Tony Gardner (53)
• Julie Moran (55)
• Evan Handler (56)
• Gurinda Chadha (57)
• Shawn Colvin (61)
• Pat Benatar (64)
• James Laine (68)
• George Foreman (68)
• William Sanderson (69)
• Rod Stewart (72)
• Sal Mineo (RIP)
• Ray Bolger (RIP)
• Josh Ryan Evans (RIP)
• Frank Sinatra, Jr. (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Spalding Gray (Born: June 5, 1941 / Died: January 10, 2004)
• David Bowie (Born: January 8, 1947 / Died: January 10, 2016)

“Movies”

• 1986 – Black Moon Rising
• 1992 – Kuffs
• 1992 – The Hand That Rocks the Cradles
• 1997 – The Relic
• 1997 – Turbulence
• 1997 – Jackie Chan’s First Strike

“Music”

• 1964 – The Beatles released their album Introducing…The Beatles

• 1970 – “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” was #1 on the chart
• 1976 – C.W. McCall had the #1 song with “Convoy”
• 1981 – Leo Sayer had the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart with “More Than I Can Say”

• 1981 – John Lennon’s “(Just Like) Starting Over” was the #1 song
• 1987 – “Walk Like An Egyptian” continued to be the #1 song
• 1987 – Hank William, Jr. had the #1 country song with “Mind Your Own Business”

“TV/Radio”

• 1941 – The Donald Duck short Timber premiered

• 1943 – The quiz show, “The Better Half,” was heard for the first time on Mutual Radio.
• 1971 – PBS premiered the series Masterpiece
• 1990 – Time Inc and Warner Communications merged to create the entertainment company Time Warner
• 1999 – The TV series The Sopranos premiered

“Other Important Events…”

• 1911 – Major Jimmie Erickson took the first photograph from an airplane while flying over San Diego, CA.
• 1920 – The League of Nations ratified the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending World War I with Germany.
• 1943 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sailed from Miami, FL, to Trinidad thus becoming the first American President to visit a foreign country during wartime.
• 1946 – The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly took place with 51 nations represented.
• 1963 – The Chicago Cubs became the first baseball club to hire an athletic director. He was Robert Whitlow. (MLB)
• 1990 – Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. completed a $14 billion merger. The new company, Time Warner, was the world’s largest entertainment company.
• 1994 – In Manassas, VA, Lorena Bobbitt went on trial. She had been charged with maliciously wounding her husband John. She was acquitted by reason of temporary insanity.
• 1997 – James Brown received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

• 2000 – It was announced that Time-Warner had agreed to buy America On-line (AOL). It was the largest-ever corporate merger priced at $162 billion. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved the deal on December 14, 2000.
• 2001 – American Airlines agreed to acquire most of Trans World Airlines (TWA) assets for about $500 million. The deal brought an end to the financially troubled TWA.