“Born Today”

• Ashley Fink (29)
• Jared Followill (29)
• Dan Byrd (30)
• Jeremy Jordan (31)
• Future (32)
• Kimberley Walsh (34)
• Nadine Velazquez (37)
• Josh Turner (38)
• Dominique Dawes (39)
• Dierks Bentley (40)
• Davey Havok of AFI (40)
• Joel McHale (44)
• Callie Thorne (46)
• Mike D (50)
• Ming-Na (52)
• Sean Young (56)
• Bo Derek (59) Featured Above
• Mark Gastineau (59)
• Joe Walsh (68)
• Joe Biden (73)
• Norman Greenbaum (73)
• Dick Smothers (77)
• Estelle Parsons (88)
• Kaye Ballard (90)
• Mark Miller (90)
• Richard Dawson (RIP)
• Robert F. Kennedy (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Leo Tolstoy (Born: September 9, 1828 / Died: November 20, 1910)
• Robert Altman (Born: February 20, 1925 / Died: November 20, 2006)

“Movies”

• 1968 – Lady in Cement
• 1977 – The Pack
• 1981 – The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
• 1987 – Cinderella (1950 film)(re-release)
• 1987 – Flowers in the Attic
• 1987 – Nuts
• 1987 – Sign o’ the Times
• 1987 – Teen Wolf Too
• 1992 – Bad Lieutenant
• 1992 – Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
• 1992 – Samantha
• 1998 – Enemy of the State
• 1998 – The Rugrats Movie
• 1998 – Waking Ned

“Music”

• 1955 – “Rock Around The Clock” by Bill Haley & the Comets went to #1 in the U.K.

• 1956 – Fats Domino continued to own the #1 R&B song for a fourth week with “Blueberry Hill”.
• 1965 – Fontella Bass held on to #1 on the R&B chart for a fourth week with “Rescue Me”.

• 1965 – The Supremes moved to #1 with “I Hear A Symphony”.
• 1971 – Isaac Hayes moved to #1 with the “Theme From ‘Shaft’
• 1973 –  Elton John released the single “Crocodile Rock” in the United States.
• 1976 – The Captain & Tennille returned to the top with their fifth consecutive #1 Adult Contemporary song–“Muskrat Love”.

• 1982 –  Lionel Richie reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with his first solo single “Truly”.
• 1983 – Tina Turner made her first chart appearance in over ten years with her version of the Al Green hit ‘Let’s Stay Together’.
• 1988 – Bon Jovi started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with lead single from the band’s album New Jersey, ‘Bad Medicine’, which became the group’s third US No.1, and a No.17 hit in the UK.
• 1993 – Phil Collins had the top album in the U.K. with Both Sides.

“TV/Radio”

• 1929 – The radio program “The Rise of the Goldbergs,” later known as “The Goldbergs,” made its debut on the NBC Blue Network.
• 1955 – Bo Diddley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.  He was requested to perform “Sixteen Tons” but after he sang “Bo Diddley” instead, he was banned from future shows.
• 1968 – The 100th episode of “Green Acres” aired.
• 1976 – Paul Simon hosted Saturday Night Live on NBC-TV.
• 1980 – The 200th episode of “M*A*S*H” aired on CBS
• 1983 – An estimated 100 million people watched the controversial ABC-TV movie “The Day After.” The movie depicted the outbreak of nuclear war.

• 1997 – Paul McCartney taped an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in New York City.

“Other Important Events…”

• 1947 – Britain’s Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in Westminster Abbey.
• 1962 – The Cuban Missile Crisis ended. The Soviet Union removed its missiles and bombers from Cuba and the U.S.ended its blockade of the island.

• 1962 – Mickey Mantle was named the American League Most Valuable Player for the third time.
• 1986 – Dr. Halfdan Maher, the director of the World Health Organization, announced the first coordinated global effort to fight the disease AIDS.
• 1984 – Michael Jackson earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of Mann’s Chinese Theatre.
• 1986 – The one billionth Little Golden Book was printed. The title was The Poky Little Puppy.

• 1990 – The space shuttle Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral, FL, after completing a secret military mission.
• 1997 – Kenny G earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in California.