DYR Today, August 4

“Born Today”

• Billy Bob Thornton (60)
• Jessica Sanchez (20)
• Cole Sprouse (23)
• Dylan Sprouse (23)
• River Viiperi (24)
• Tom Parker (27)
• Crystal Bowersox (30)
• Greta Gerwig (32)
• Marques Houston (34)
• Kym Johnson (39)
• Jeff Gordon (44)
• John August (45)
• Daniel Dae Kim (47)
• Crystal Chappell (50)
• Marcus Schenkenberg (47)
• James Tupper (50)
• Anna Sui (51)
• Roger Clemens (53)
• President Barack Obama (54)
• Michael Gelman (54)
• Lauren Tom (54)
• Richard Belzer (71)
• Louis Armstrong (RIP)
• Louis Vuitton (RIP)
• Elizabeth the Queen Mother (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Victor Mature (Born: January 29, 1913 / Died: August 4, 1999)
• Hans Christian Andersen (Born: April 2, 1805 / Died: August 4, 1875)

“Movies”

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

• 1989 – Lock Up
• 1995 – Babe
• 1995 – Something to Talk About
• 1995 – Virtuosity
• 1999 – Dick
• 2000 – Coyote Ugly
• 2000 – Hollow Man
• 2000 – Saving Grace
• 2000 – Space Cowboys

“Music”

• 1956 – Elvis Presley’s song “Hound Dog” were released.

• 1958 – Billboard Magazine introduced its “Hot 100” chart, which was part popularity and a barometer of the movement of potential hits. The first number one song was Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool.”
• 1962 – Bobby Vinton made it four weeks in a row at #1 with “Roses Are Red”.

• 1964 – The Kinks single “You Really Got Me” was released in the U.K.
• 1964 – The Animals released ‘The House Of The Rising Sun”.
• 1966 – The Temptations’ “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep” was released.

• 1966 – The Troggs were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘With A Girl Like You’,
• 1973 – Chicago VI remained at #1 on the Album chart.
• 1974 – Paul Simon’s “Love Me Like A Rock” was released.

• 1980 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono began recording their album “Double Fantasy.”
• 1984 – Prince started a 24 week run at the top of the US album charts with ‘Purple Rain’.

• 1987 – The soundtrack “Dirty Dancing” was released.
• 1990 – Mariah Carey’s started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Vision Of Love’.

“TV/Radio”

• 1921 – The first radio broadcast of a tennis match occurred.
• 1957 – The Everly Brothers made their second appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show and introduced their upcoming single, “Wake Up Little Susie” and the song “Bye Bye Love.”

• 1966 – A ban of the broadcast of any and all Beatles records on most U.S. radio stations went into effect.

“Other Important Events…”

• 1934 – Mel Ott became the first major league baseball player to score six runs in a single game.

• 1985 – Tom Seaver of the Chicago White Sox achieved his 300th victory.
• 1985 – Rod Carew of the California angels got his 3,000th major league hit.
• 1987 – A new 22-cent U.S. stamp honoring noted author William Faulkner, went on sale in Oxford, MS.