DYR Today, October 5

“Born Today”

• Betty Who (25)
• Nicola Roberts (31)
• Jesse Eisenberg (33)
• Nicky Hilton (33)
• Noot Seear (33)
• Paul Thomas (36)
• James Valentine (38)
• Parminder Nagra (41)
• Kate Winslet (41)
• Scott Weinger (41)
• Heather Headley (42)
• Colin Meloy (42)
• Grant Hill (44)
• Thomas Roberts (44)
• Josie Bissett (46)
• Guy Pearce (49)
• Mario Lemieux (51)
• Daniel Baldwin (56)
• Neil deGrasse Tyson (58)
• Clive Barker (64)
• Karen Allen (65)
• Bob Geldof (65)
• Brian Johnson (69)
• Steve Miller (73)
• Glynis Johns (93)
• Bernie Mac (RIP)
• Larry Fine (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Rodney Dangerfield (Born: November 22, 1921 / Died: October 5, 2004)
• Steve Jobs (Born: February 24, 1955 / Died: October 5, 2011)
• Fred Shuttlesworth (Born: March 18, 1922 / Died: October 5, 2011)

“Movies”

• 1956 – The Ten Commandments
• 1966 – Seconds
• 1978 – The Boys from Brazil
• 1984 – Teachers
• 1989 – The Punisher
• 1990 – Avalon
• 1990 – Desperate Hours
• 1990 – Henry & June
• 1990 – Marked for Death
• 1990 – Miller’s Crossing
• 1990 – Shakma

“Music”

• 1962 – The Beatles released “Love Me Do” in the U.K.
• 1963 – Bobby Vinton’s “Blue Velvet” remained the #1 song
• 1968 – Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66 had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with “Fool on the Hill”
• 1968 – The #1 song on the Billboard chart was “Hey Jude”
• 1970 – Led Zeppelin released Led Zeppelin III
• 1973 – Elton John released Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
• 1974 – Olivia Newton-John’s “I Honestly Love You” was the #1 song

• 1974 – America’s “Tin Man” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song

• 1980 – Queen released “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”

• 1991 – P.M. Dawn released “Set Adrift On Memory Bliss”
• 1991 – Marky Mark’s “Good Vibrations” was the #1 song
• 1991 – Vanessa Williams’s “Running Back to You” was the #1 R&B song

• 1996 – Rush’s “Test for Echo” was the #1 song on the Rock chart
• 1996 – Aaliyah had the #1 on the R&B chart with “If Your Girl Only Knew”

“TV/Radio”

• 1969 – Monty Pyhton’s Flying Circus premiered on BBC

“Other Important Events…”

• 1947 – The first televised presidential address from the White House was given by Harry S. Truman