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TODAY

DYR Today, October 6

by Kelsey Cassetta

6 years ago

“Born Today”

  • Roshon Fegan (25)
  • Olivia Thirlby (30)
  • Ricky Hatton (38)
  • Melinda Doolittle (39)
  • Jeremy Sisto (42)
  • Jeff B. Davis (43)
  • Lamman Rucker (45)
  • Amy Jo Johnson (46)
  • Jacqueline Obradors (50)
  • Matthew Sweet (52)
  • Elisabeth Shue (53)
  • Kevin Cronin (65)
  • Les Moonves (67)
  • Millie Small (70)
  • Britt Ekland (74)
  • Ellen Travolta (76)

“Died Today”

  • Bette Davis (Born: April 5, 1908 / Died: October 6, 1989)
  • Denholm Elliott (Born: May 31, 1922 / Died: October 6, 1992)
  • Kevin Corcoran (Born: June 10, 1949 / Died: October 6, 2015)

“Movies”

  • 1978 – The Big Fix
  • 1978 – Midnight Express
  • 1978 – Goin’ South
  • 1980 – Kagemusha
  • 1989 – An Innocent Man
  • 1995 – Assassins
  • 1995 – How to Make an American Quilt

“Music”

  • 1962 – The Four Seasons’ “Sherry” was the #1 song on the Billboard chart
  • 1962 – Nat King Cole’s “Ramblin’ Rose” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
  • 1965 – The Supremes released “I Hear a Symphony” on this date

  • 1969 – The Beatles released “Something” in the U.S.
  • 1973 – Cher had the #1 song with “Half-Breed”

  • 1973 – Art Garfunkel’s  “All I Know” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
  • 1979 – Robert John’s “Sad Eyes” was the #1 song
  • 1981 – Journey released “Don’t Stop Believin’” on this day in the U.S.

  • 1981 – Don Henley and Stevie Nicks collaborated and released “Leather and Lace” on this date

  • 1984 – Prince and the Revolution’s “Let’s Go Crazy” remained at #1
  • 1984 – The Cars had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with “Drive”

  • 1990 – Paul Young’s “Oh Girl” was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart
  • 1990 – The #1 R&B song was Pebbles’s “Give You the Benefit”

“TV/Radio”

  • 1963 – Barbra Streisand performed a duet on The Judy Garland Show

https://youtu.be/tSFcXR0ePeg

  • 1973 – The American Country Countdown first aired on the radio

“Other Important Events…”

  • 1961 – President JFK addressed and advised Americans to build fallout shelters in case of an atomic bombing
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