DYR Today, July 22

“Born Today”

• Selena Gomez (23)
• Sharni Vinson (32)
• A.J. Cook (37)
• Franka Potente (41)
• Rufus Wainwright (42)
• Rhys Ifans (48)
• Irene Bedard (48)
• David Spade (51)
• John Leguizamo (51)
• Joanna Going (52)
• Rob Estes (52)
• Keith Sweat (54)
• Willem Dafoe (60)
• Alan Menken (66)
• Albert Brooks (68)
• Don Henley (68)
• Danny Glover (69)
• George Clinton (74)
• Alex Trebek (75)
• Terence Stamp (77)
• Louise Fletcher (81)
• Oscar De La Renta (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Carl Sandburg (Born: January 6, 1878 / Died: July 22, 1967)
• Sacha Distel (Born: January 29, 1933/ Died: July 22, 2004)
• Estelle Getty (Born: July 25, 1923 / Died: July 22, 2008)

“Movies”

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

• 1967 – King Kong Escapes
• 1974 – The Girl from Petrovka
• 1983 – Jaws 3-D
• 1983 – Mr. Mom
• 1987 – Summer School
• 1988 – Big Top Pee-wee
• 1988 – Caddyshack II
• 1994 – Lassie
• 1994 – North
• 1998 – Lolita
• 1998 – The Saltmen of Tibet

“Music”

• 1963 – The Beach Boys released the single “Surfer Girl.”

• 1967- Pink Floyd appeared at The Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland
• 1973 – David Bowie released the single ‘Life On Mars’, which peaked at No.3 on the UK chart.

• 1977 – Elvis Costello’s first album, “My Aim Is True,” was released in Britain. It was later released in the U.S.
• 1991 – Alan Jackson was at #1 on the Country charts with “Don’t Rock the Jukebox”, released as the lead single from the album of the same name, Don’t Rock the Jukebox. It was his second consecutive #1 single on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles charts.

“TV/RADIO TODAY”

• 1965 – “Till Death Us Do Part” debuted on England’s BBC-TV.

• 1972 – The variety show, “The Bobby Darin Amusement Company” premiered on CBS

“Other Important Events…”

• 1933 – Wiley Post ended his around-the-world flight. He had traveled 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes

• 1937 – The U.S. Senate rejected President Roosevelt’s proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court.

  1969 – Aretha Franklin was arrested for disorderly conduct after creating a disturbance in a Detroit parking lot.