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DYR Today, January 21

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“Birthday”

  • Boo Boo Stewart (22)
  • Izabella Miko (35)
  • Emma Bunton (40)
  • Cat Power (44)
  • Ken Leung (46)
  • Charlotte Ross (48)
  • Robby Benson (60)
  • Geena Davis (60) Featured Above
  • Jeff Koons (61)
  • Paul Allen (63)
  • Billy Ocean (66)
  • Jill Eikenberry (69)
  • Plácido Domingo (75)
  • Jack Nicklaus (76)
  • Ann Wedgeworth (82)
  • Jam Master Jay (RIP)

“Death Anniversaries”

  • George Orwell Born: June 25, 1903 / Died: January 21, 1950)
  • Cecil B. Demille (Born: August 12, 1881 / Died: January 21, 1959)
  • Jackie Wilson  (Born: June 9, 1934 / Died:January 21, 1984)
  • James Beard (Born: May 5, 1903 / Died: January 21, 1985)
  • Charles Brown (Born: September 13, 1922 / Died: January 21, 1999)
  • Peggy Lee (Born: May 26, 1920 / Died: January 21, 2002)

“Movies”

“Music”

  • 1959 – The Coasters released the single “Charlie Brown”.
  • 1963 – The 4 Seasons released the single “Walk Like A Man”.

  • 1967 –  Aaron Neville held a grasp on the #1 spot on the R&B chart with “Tell It Like It Is”.
  • 1968 – Jimi Hendrix recorded Bob Dylan’s song “All Along The Watchtower”, at Olympic Studios in London.
  • 1975 – Olivia Newton-John released the single “Have You Never Been Mellow”.
  • 1975 – Earth, Wind & Fire released the single “Shining Star”.
  • 1978 – Billy Joel remained at #1 on the Adult chart for a third week with “Just The Way You Are”.

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  • 1978 – Newcomer Natalie Cole reached #1 on the R&B chart with “Our Love”.
  • 1978 – Both the movie and Soundtrack to “Saturday Night Fever”were all the rage, and on this date the album rose from 10 to 1.
  • 1984 – Tina Turner debuted on the chart with her first solo release “Let’s Stay Together”.

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  • 1984 – Yes achieved the only #1 of their career–“Owner Of A Lonely Heart”.
  • 1987 – Aretha Franklin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the first woman so honored.
  • 1989 – Six days after his death, The Legendary Roy Orbison topped the U.K. Album chart.

“TV & Radio”

  • 1927 – The first opera broadcast over a national radio network was presented in Chicago, IL. The opera was “Faust”.
  • 1941 – The British communist newspaper, the “Daily Worker,” was banned due to wartime restrictions.
  • 1946 – “The Fat Man” debuted on ABC radio.
  • 1957 – Singer Patsy Cline appeared on Arthur Godfrey’s nighttime TV show. She performed “Walking After Midnight.”

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  • 1962 – Jackie Wilson appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

  • 1970 – ABC-TV presented “The Johnny Cash Show” in prime time.
  • 1980 –  Art Garfunkel was a guest on Laverne & Shirley on ABC-TV.
  • 1990 – MTV’s “Unplugged” made its debut with Squeeze as the first performers.
  • 1990 – The Perry Mason TV movie “The Case of the Poisened Pen” aired.
  • 2002 – The 100th episode of “Ally McBeal” aired.

  • 2010 – It was announced that Conan O’Brien would be leaving NBC’s “Tonight Show.”

“Other Important Events…”

  • 1954 – The Nautilus was launched in Groton, CT. It was the first atomic-powered submarine. U.S. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower broke the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow.

  • 1954 – The gas turbine automobile was introduced in New York City.
  • 1966 –  George Harrison married Patricia Boyd at the Leatherhead Registry Office in Epsom, Surrey, England.  Boyd later left Harrison for so-called “friend” Eric Clapton.
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  • 1970 – The Boeing 747 made its first commercial flight from New York to London for Pan American.
  • 1977 – U.S. President Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders.
  • 1980 – Gold was valued at $850 an ounce.
  • 1994 – A jury in Manassas, VA, acquitted Lorena Bobbitt by reason of temporary insanity of maliciously wounding (severing his penis) her husband John.
  • 1998 – A former White House intern said on tape that she had an affair with U.S. President Clinton.
  • 2003 – It was announced by the U.S. Census Bureau that estimates showed that the Hispanic population had passed the black population for the first time.

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