DYR Today, October 19

“Born Today”

• Gillian Jacobs (34)
• Jason Reitman (39)
• Desmond Harrington (40)
• Pras (44)
• Chris Kattan (46)
• John Edward (47)
• Trey Parker (47)
• Jon Favreau (50)
• Ty Pennington (52)
• Sinitta (53)
• Evander Holyfield (54)
• Jennifer Holliday (56)
• Floyd Mayweather, Sr. (64)
• John Lithgow (71)
• Michael Gambon (76)
• Robert Reed (RIP) Featured Above
• Divine (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Martha Raye (Born: August 27, 1916 / Died: October 19, 1994)
• Hortense Ellis (Born: April 18, 1941 / Died: October 19, 2000)
• Tom Bosley (Born: October 1, 1927 / Died: October 19, 2010)

“Movies”

• 1966 – The Fortune Cookie
• 1973 – The Way We Were
• 1975 – Hester Street
• 1977 – Looking for Mr. Goodbar
• 1984 – The Razor’s Edge
• 1990 – Night of the Living Dead
• 1990 – Quiqley Down Under
• 1990 – White Palace

“Music”

• 1967 – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles released “I Second That Emotion”

• 1968 – “Hey Jude” was the #1 song
• 1968 – “My Special Angel” by The Vogues was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
• 1974 – Billy Preston’s “Nothing From Nothing” was the #1 song

• 1974 – Gordon Lightfoot’s “Carefree Highway” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song

• 1979 – Styx released Cornerstone
• 1979 – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released Damn the Torpedoes
• 1985 – Pardners in Rhyme by The Statler Brothers was the #1 Country album
• 1985 – Stevie Wonder’s “Part-time Lover” was the #1 R&B song

• 1985 – Julio Iglesias’s Libra was the #1 Latin album
• 1993 – Mariah Carey released “Hero”

• 1993 – Pearl Jam released Vs.

“Other Important Events…”

• 1960 – Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested at a sit-in protest in Atlanta