DYR Today, October 24

“Born Today”

• PewDiePie (27)
• Shenae Grimes (27)
• Charlie White (29)
• Drake (30)
• Tim Pocock (30)
• Wayne Rooney (31)
• Adrienne Bailon (33)
• VV Brown (33)
• Tila Tequila (35)
• Casey Wilson (36)
• Zac Posen (36)
• Monica (36)
• Ben Gillies (37)
• Amy Allen (40)
• Korie Robertson (43)
• Caprice Bourret (45)
• Raul Esparza (46)
• Mary Bono (55)
• B.D. Wong (56)
• Kevin Kline (69)
• Murray Abraham (77)
• Bill Wyman (80)
• THe Big Bopper (RIP)
• Bob Kane (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Jackie Robinson (Born: January 31, 1919 / Death: October 24, 1972)
• Rosa Parks (Born: February 4, 1913 / Died: October 24, 2005)
• Maureen O’Hara (Born: August 17, 1920 / Died: October 24, 2015)

“Movies”

• 1964 – The Lively Set
• 1970 – Trog
• 1975 – The Giant Spider Invasion
• 1978 – The Wiz
• 1986 – Trick or Treat
• 1986 – Soul Man
• 1995 – Jack-O
• 1997 – Gattaca

“Music”

• 1964 – Manfred Mann’s “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” remained the #1 song
• 1966 – Donovan released “Mellow Yellow”
• 1970 – “We’ve Only Just Begun” by the Carpenters was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
• 1970 – Tammy Wynette had the #1 Country song with “Run, Woman, Run”
• 1971 – Don McLean released American Pie
• 1981 – Kenny Rogers’s “Share Your Love with Me” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
• 1987 – “La Bamba” by Los Lobos was the #1 song on the Latin Chart

• 1987 – Michael Jackson’s “Bad” was the #1 song
• 1987 – Eddy Raven’s “Shine, Shine, Shine” was the #1 Country song
• 1989 – Janet Jackson released “Rhythm Nation”

“Other Important Events…”

• 1945 – The Charter of the United Nations was put into force