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DYR Today, June 6

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“BORN TODAY”

Daniel Logan 1987 – Actor (Boba Fett-Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones)
Johnny Pacar 1981 – American film actor
Judith Barsi 1978 (RIP) Actress (Jaws: The Revenge)
Carl Barât (37)
Joy Enriquez (37)
Mondo Guerra (37)
Staci Keanan [Anastasia Love Sagorsky] 1975 – Actress (Nicole-My 2 Dads)
Uncle Kracker (41)
Sonya Walger (41)
Natalie Morales (43)
Max Casella (48)
Paul Giamatti (48)
Jason Isaacs (52)
Jimmy Jam (56)
Colin Quinn (56)
Sandra Bernhard (60)
Harvey Fierstein (61)
Holly Near (66)
Robert Englund (68)
Gary U.S. Bonds (Gary Levone Anderson) 1939 – Singer
Billie Whitelaw (Billie Honor Whitelaw) 1932 (RIP)- Actress (The Omen)
Walter Abel 1898 – Actor

Robert F. Kennedy (Born: November 20, 1925 / Died: June 6, 1968)
Anne Bancroft (Born: September 17, 1931 / Died: June 6, 2005)
Esther Williams (Born: August 8, 1921 / Died: June 6, 2013)(Featured Above)

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1956 – Capitol Tower, the home of Capitol Records, was dedicated in Los Angeles, California. The iconic building was the first circular building in America.
1960 – Bing Crosby was presented with a Platinum disc to commemorate his 200 millionth record sold.
1960 – Tony Williams left the Platters for a solo career.
1962 – The first Beatles recording session took place at Abbey Road studios. The group recorded four tracks, one of which was ‘Love Me Do’ the four musicians received payments for the session of £7.10 ($12.07) each.
1964 – “Chapel Of Love” moved into the #1 position for the Dixie Cups.

1965 – The Rolling Stones released the single ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ in the US, which went on to give the band their first No.1.
1967 – Moby Grape released its self-titled debut album and 5 singles from the album simultaneously on Columbia Records.
1966 – Roy Orbison’s first wife, Claudette, was killed when a truck pulled out of a side road and collided with the motorbike that she and her husband were riding on in Gallatin, Texas, she was 25.
1968 – Screaming Lord Sutch appeared at the Freehold Hullabaloo in Freehold, New Jersey. Support band was The Castiles.
1970 – Christie had a #1 song in the U.K. with “Yellow River”.
1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared on stage for the first time since 1969 when they join Frank Zappa for a show at the Fillmore East.
1971 – John & Yoko jammed live on stage with Frank Zappa at The Filmore East in New York.
1972 – David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars” was released.
1977 – The Emotions released the single “Best of My Love”
1979 – Def Leppard played at Crookes Workingman’s Club in Sheffield. The gig was reviewed in UK music paper ‘Sounds’ and led to a recording contract with Phonogram Records.
1981 – Kim Carnes continued to hold off everyone at #1 for the fourth week on the Popular chart with “Bette Davis Eyes”.

1982 – Tom Petty, Crosby Stills & Nash, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Nicks and Jackson Browne all appeared at The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California to a crowd of 85,000 fans at the six hour Peace Sunday, We Have A Dream antinuclear concert. Dylan was joined onstage with Joan Baez and duetted with her on Blowin’ In The Wind and With God On Our Side. The show was partly broadcast on ABC TV’s Entertainment Tonight program on the same day.
1987 – Kim Wilde went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘You Keep Me Hanging On’, a No.2 hit in the UK. The song had been a 1966 hit for The Supremes.
1987 – Whitney Houston had her second UK No.1 single with ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)’. It reached No.1 in over a dozen other countries and won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1988.
1987 – The Joshua Tree by U2 remained as the #1 album.
1988 – Steve Winwood released the single “Roll With It”.

1990 – A Federal judge in Florida declared that 2 Live Crew’s “As Nasty As They Wanna Be” LP was obscene.
1995 – Pink Floyd released its two-CD live album “Pulse” in the United States.
1998 – Brandy & Monica started an 11 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘The Boy Is Mine’.
1999 – Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)’. Actor Lee Perry read the narrative.
1999 – Plans were announced for Elvis Presley to tour the UK almost 23 years after his death with a virtual version of the ‘King’ performing with a live orchestra and members of his band.

1965 – Herman’s Hermits performed on The Ed Sullivan Show
1971 – “The Ed Sullivan Show” aired for the last time. It was canceled after 23 years on the air. Gladys Knight and the Pips were the musical guests on show.
1978 – “20/20” debuted on ABC.

1882 – The first electric iron was patented by H.W. Seely.
1925 – Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Percy Chrysler.
1932 – In the U.S., the first federal tax on gasoline went into effect. It was a penny per gallon.
1934 – U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Securities Exchange Act, which established the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
1946 – The Basketball Association of America was formed in New York City, NY.
1977 – Stevie Wonder gave an unannounced lecture to a UCLA class that was studying the record industry. He also performed for the shocked but happy students.
1987 – Michael Jackson announced that he was breaking all ties with the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Jackson had been raised as a Jehovah’s Witness .
1992 – David Bowie married Iman in Florence, Italy

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