History

“Born Today” JoJo (27) Anoop Desai (30) Rocco Botte (33) Jonah Hill (34) Lucy Pinder (34) Lara Stone (34) David Cook (35) David Wright (35) Todd Phillips (60) Sohail Khan (47) Iqbal Theba (54) Michael Badalucco (62) Sandra Cisneros (63) Jennifer Agutter (65) Uri Geller (70) Dick Wolf (71) Peter Criss (72) Branch Rickey (RIP) “Died Today” John Steinbeck (Born: February 27, 1902 / Died: December 20, 1968) Bobby Darin (Born: May 14, 1936 / Died: December 20, 1973) Max Robinson (Born: May 1, 1939 / Died: December 20, 1988) “Movies” 1964 - Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster 1966 - Murderer’s Row 1966 - The Sand Pebbles 1968 - The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit 1968 - Three in the Attic 1969 - All Monsters Attack 1974 - The Godfather Part II 1974 - The Island at the Top of the World 1974 - Black Christmas 1978 - Every Which Way but Loose 1985 - Enemy Mine 1989 - Born on the Fourth of July 1989 - Roger & Me 1990 - Awakening 1991 - Bugsy 1991 - Father of the Bride 1991 - JFK 1995 - Nixon 1996 - Scream 1996 - Beavis and Butt-Head Do America 1996 - One Fine Day 1996 - My Fellow Americans 1996 - Ghost of Mississippi “Music” 1969 - Peter, Paul & Mary were at #1 with the single “Leaving on a Jet Plane” 1971 - The Rolling Stones’ compilation album Hot Rocks 1964 - 1971 was released 1975 - KC and The Sunshine Band were #1 with the single “That’s The Way (I Like It)” https://youtu.be/OM7zRfHG0no 1980 - Christopher Cross had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with “Never be the Same” 1980 - “Lady” by Kenny Rogers continued to rule the charts https://youtu.be/ZYRfUoR9Q4Y 1986 - “Walk Like an Egyptian” had topped the charts 1986 - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 1975-1985 was the #1 album “TV/Radio” 1946 - The Disney short Double Dribble, starring Goofy, was released. https://youtu.be/FLKhEgbFWsY 1962 - The Osmond Brothers made their television debut on The Andy Williams Show. “Other Important Events...” 1957 - Elvis Presley is drafted into the military. 1963 - More than 2 years after its construction, the Berlin Wall finally opens.