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TODAY

DYR Today, July 20

By Kelsey Cassetta

9 years ago

“Born Today”

  • Scout Willis (24)
  • Brooke Candy (26)
  • Julianne Hough (27)
  • Gisele Bundchen (35)
  • Elliot Yamin (37)
  • Erica Hill (39)
  • Judy Greer (40)
  • Simon Rex (41)
  • Omar Epps (42)
  • Vitamin C (43)
  • Sandra Oh (44)
  • Josh Holloway (46)
  • Chris Cornell (51)
  • Terri Irwin (51)
  • Donna Dixon (58)
  • Dwayne Wayans (59)
  • Carlos Santana (68)
  • Diana Rigg (77)
  • Kim Carnes (71)
  • Sleepy LaBeef (80)
  • Sally Ann Howes (85)
  • Natalie Wood (RIP)
  • Billy Mays (RIP)

“Died Today”

  • James Doohan (Born: March 3, 1920 / Died: July 20, 2005)
  • Bruce Lee (Born: November 27, 1940 / Died: July 20, 1973 )
  • Tammy Messner (Born: March 7, 1942 / Died : July 20, 2007)

“Movies”

Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer.

  • 1966 – The Wild Angels
  • 1984 – Best Defense
  • 1984 – Revenge of the Nerds
  • 1994 – The Client

“Music”

  • 1940 – “Billboard” magazine published its first listing of best-selling singles. Ten songs were on the list.
  • 1965 – Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” was released.

  • 1963 – Jan and Dean started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Surf City’.
  • 1968 – Cream started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Wheels Of Fire’.
  • 1968 – Hugh Masekela started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Grazing In The Grass.’

  • 1990 – Madonna played the first of three sold out nights at Wembley Stadium, London, England, on her 57-date Blond Ambition World Tour.
  • 1991 – EMF went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Unbelievable’ it spent 14 weeks on the chart before reaching the top.
  • 1996 – Gary Barlow scored his first UK No.1 single with ‘Forever Love’.

 

“TV/Radio”

  • 1935 – NBC radio debuted “G-men.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC4iMYu10y0

  • 1950 – “Arthur Murray Party” premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC).
  • 1968 – Jane Asher announced on the national British TV show, Dee Time, that her engagement to Paul McCartney was off.
  • 1971 – The Carpenters show ‘Make Your Own Kind Of Music’, started a six week run on NBC-TV.

“Other Important Events…”

  • 1944 – U.S. President Roosevelt was nominated for an unprecedented fourth term of office at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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  • 1969 – Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. became the first men to walk on the moon.
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  • 1976 – America’s Viking I robot spacecraft made a successful landing on Mars.

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