DYR Today, July 23

“Born Today”

• Daniel Radcliffe (26)
• Tristan MacManus (33)
• Paul Wesley (33)
• Michelle Williams (35)
• Tom Parker (38)
• Stephanie March (41)
• Kathryn Hahn (42)
• Monica Lewinsky (42)
• Marlon Wayans (43)
• Alison Krauss (44)
• Charisma Carpenter (45)
• Stephanie Seymour (47)
• Slash (50) (Featured Above)
• Eriq La Salle (53)
• Woody Harrelson (54)
• Lydia Cornell (62)
• Edie McClurg (64)
• Phillip Seymour Hoffman (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Ulysses S. Grant (Born: April 27, 1822 – Died: July 23, 1885)
• D.W. Griffith (Born: January 22, 1875 – Died: July 23, 1948)
• Amy WineHouse (Born: September 14, 1983 – Died: July 23, 2011)

“Movies”

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

• 1967- Chuka
• 1982- Zapped!
• 1982- The World According to Garp
• 1982- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• 1993- Another Stakeout
• 1993- Coneheads
• 1993- Poetic Justice
• 1999- The Haunting
• 1999- Drop Dead Gorgeous
• 1999- Inspector Gadget

“Music”

• 1941 – “Memories of You” was recorded by Sonny Dunham and his orchestra.

• 1955 – Slim Whitman was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Rose Marie.’ The single stayed at the top of the charts for eleven weeks.
• 1964 – The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘A Hard Day’s Night’
• 1969 – The Rolling Stones were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Honky Tonk Woman’

• 1973 – Grand Funk released the single “We’re An American Band”.
• 1973 – Cher released the single “Half Breed”.

• 1977 – Barry Manilow went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Looks Like We Made It’
• 1977 – Foreigner’s “Cold As Ice” was released.

• 1999 – Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards appeared onstage with Willie Nelson at a concert in Westport, Connecticut.

“TV/Radio”

• 1950 – “The Gene Autry Show” premiered on CBS-TV.

• 1962 – The “Telstar” communications satellite sent the first live TV broadcast to Europe.
• 1963 – Neil Young went through his first recording session at radio station CKRC in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

• 1965 – The Kinks performed “You Really Got Me” on the television show Where the Action Is.

“Other Important Events…”

• 1904 – The ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.

• 1952 – Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew King Farouk I.
• 1986 – Britain’s Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London.