DYR Today, November 14

“Born Today”

• Lil Boosie (33)
• Olga Kurylenko (36)
• Brian Dietzen (38)
• Obie Trice (38)
• Travis Barker (40)
• Adina Howard (41)
• Josh Duhamel (43)
• Butch Walker (46)
• Janine Lindemulder (47)
• Letitia Dean (48)
• Nina Gordon (48)
• Rev Run (51)
• Patrick Warburton (51)
• Laura San Giacomo (53)
• Harland Williams (53)
• D.B. Sweeney (54)
• Gale Edwards (61)
• Condoleezza Rice (61)
• Yanni (61) Featured Above
• Sandahl Bergman (64)
• Yimou Zhang (64)
• James Young (66)
• Prince Charles (67)
• Claude Monet (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Booker T. Washington (Born: April 5, 1856 /Died: November 14, 1915)
• Tony Richardson (Born: June 5, 1928 / Died: November 14, 1991)

“Movies”

• 1975 – A Boy and His Dog
• 1977 – The Turning Point
• 1980 – The Idolmaker
• 1997 – The Little Mermaid (re-release)
• 1997 – The Jackal
• 1997 – The Man Who Knew Too Little

“Music”

• 1960 – Ray Charles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Georgia On My Mind’, a No.24 hit in the UK.
• 1960 – Jerry Butler moved back to the #1 spot on the R&B chart with “He Will Break Your Heart”.
• 1970 – The Osmonds released their first single–“One Bad Apple”.
• 1970 – Gladys Knight & the Pips released “If I Were Your Woman”.
• 1981 – The Police arrived at #1 on the U.K. chart with “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”.

• 1983 – Culture Club released the single “Karma Chameleon”.

• 1987 – The Soundtrack to “Dirty Dancing” took over as the #1 album.
• 1987 – George Michael went to No.1 on the UK album chart with his debut solo album ‘Faith’.
• 1987 – T’Pau started a five week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘China In Your Hand’.

• 1992 – Bon Jovi went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Keep The Faith’ their fifth studio album and second UK No.1.
• 1995 – R. Kelly released his self-titled album.

“TV/Radio”

• 1922 – The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began domestic radio service.
• 1951 – The first telecast of a world lightweight title fight was seen coast to coast. Jimmy Carter beat Art Aragon in Los Angeles.
• 1988 – The first episode of “Murphy Brown” aired on CBS.

“Other Important Events…”

• 1935 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth after its new constitution was approved.
• 1968 – Yale University announced it was going co-educational.
• 1969 – Apollo 12 blasted off for the moon from Cape Kennedy, FL.

• 1972 – Blue Ribbon Sports became Nike.
• 1990 – Simon and Schuster announced it had dropped plans to publish Bret Easton Ellis novel “American Psycho.”

• 1996 –  Michael Jackson married Debbie Rowe in Sydney, Australia.