DYR Today, April 8

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• Ezra Koenig (31)
• Taran Noah Smith (31)
• Kirsten Storms (31)
• Taylor Kitsch (34)
• Katee Sackhoff (35)
• Anouk (40)
• Emma Caulfield (42)
• JR Bourne (45)
• Patricia Arquette (47)
• Robin Wright (49)
• Biz Markie (51)
• Julian Lennon (52)
• Dean Norris (52)
• Donita Sparks (52)
• Izzy Stradlin (53)
• Richard Hatch (54)
• John Schneider (55)
• Kane Hodder (60)
• Brenda Russell (66)
• Vivienne Westwood (74)

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• 1988 – Bad Dreams is a 1988 American horror film directed and co-written by Andrew Fleming and starring Jennifer Rubin, Bruce Abbott and E.G. Daily. It was produced by Gale Anne Hurd. The plot follows a young woman who awakens from a thirteen-year-long coma and finds herself being stalked by the ghost of a cult leader who led a mass suicide by fire that she survived as a young girl.

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• 1994 – Threesome is an American comedy-drama film, written and directed by Andrew Fleming. The film is an autobiographical comedy mixed in with some social commentary, and is based on the college memories of Fleming.

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• 1964 – The Supremes recorded their first No. 1 single “Where Did Our Love Go.”

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• 1970 – In London, the U.K. premiere of the Woodstock movie took place. The film was a documentary of the August 1969 festival that took place in Bethel, NY.
• 1971 – Chicago became the first rock group to sell out a week of shows at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
• 1974 – Barbra Streisand records album “Butterfly”

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• 1975 – Aerosmith released “Toys in the Attic.”
• 1977 – The Clash’s self-titled debut album was released.

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• 1989 – Lol Tolhurst, keyboardist and founding member of the Cure, left the band.
• 1994 – Kurt Cobain was found dead at the age of 27 three days before he committed suicide.
• 1994 – The RIAA announced that Pink Floyd’s 1973 album “Dark Side of the Moon” had become the fourth biggest-selling album in U.S. history. It had passed the 13 million mark in sales.
• 1997 – KISS released the album “Greatest Kiss.”
• 1998 – Tommy Lee was jailed (for 6 months) after breaking a probation order.
• 1998 – Ronnie Woo was rescued along with 11 others after a fire broke out aboard a small boat in the islands south of Rio de Janneiro
• 1998 – George Michael was released on bail. The arrest was for engaging in lewd conduct in a park restroom.

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• 1963 – KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
• 1968 – KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, NV (PBS) begins broadcasting

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• 1911 – The first squash tournament was played at the Harvard Club in New York City.
• 1913 – The Seventeenth amendment was ratified, requiring direct election of senators.
• 1946 – The League of Nations assembled in Geneva for the last time.

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• 1952 – U.S. President Truman seized steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
• 1994 – Smoking was banned in the Pentagon and all U.S. military bases.
• 1998 – The widow of Martin Luther King Jr. presented new evidence in an appeal for new federal investigation of the assassination of her husband.
• 2001 – Microsoft Corp. released Internet Explorer 6.0

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