DYR Today, October 14

“Born Today”

• Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon (20)
• Mia Wasikowska (27)
• MacKenzie Mauzy (28)
• Max Thieriot (28)
• Pia Toscano (28)
• Jay Pharoah (29)
• Skyler Shaye (30)
• Ben Whishaw (36)
• Stacy Keibler (37)
• Usher (38)
• Natalie Maines (42)
• Jon Seda (46)  
• Steve Coogan (51)
• Karyn White (51)   
• Lori Petty (53)
• Isaac Mizrahi (55)
• Thomas Dolby (58)
• Greg Evigan (63)
• Harry Anderson (64)
• Joey Travolta (66)
• Justin Hayward (70)
• Udo Kier (72)
• Cliff Richard (76)
• Ralph Lauren (77)
• Melba Montgomery (78)
• Roger Moore (89) Featured Above 

“Died Today”

• Bing Crosby (Born: May 3, 1903 / Died: October 14, 1977)
• Leonard Bernstein (Born: August 25, 1918 / Died: October 14, 1990)
• Elizabeth Peña (Born: September 23, 1959 / Died: October 14, 2014)

“Movies”

• 1964 – Invitation to a Gunfighter
• 1964 – Send Me No Flowers
• 1977 – Starship Invasions
• 1980 – Fade to Black
• 1981 – Just Before Dawn
• 1983 – The Osterman Weekend
• 1988 – The Accused
• 1988 – The Kiss
• 1994 – Exit to Eden
• 1994 – Little Giants
• 1994 – Pulp Fiction
• 1994 – The Shawshank Redemption
• 1994 – Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

“Music”

• 1957 – “Wake Up Little Susie” by the Everly Brothers was #1
• 1967 – “The Letter” by The Box Tops was #1
• 1969 – B. J. Thomas released “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” which won an Academy Award for Best Original Score in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

• 1972 – Michael Jackson’s “Ben” was the #1 song

• 1972 – Rick Nelson’s “Garden Party” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
• 1977 – KISS released Alive II
• 1978 – Exile’s “Kiss You All Over” was the #1 song
• 1978 – John Paul Young’s “Love Is in the Air” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song

• 1989 – Motley Crue had the #1 album with Dr. Feelgood
• 1989 – Janet Jackson’s “Miss You Much” was the #1 R&B song
• 1995 – Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy” was the #1 R&B song

• 1995 – The #1 album was Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

“TV/Radio”

• 1968 – Apollo 7 was the first live broadcast from space
• 1978 – Rescue From Gilligan’s Island aired on NBC

“Other Important Events…”

• 1926 – A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh was published on this date
• 1964 – Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize