DYR Today, December 1

“Born Today”

• Zoe Kravitz (28)
• Desean Jackson (30)
• Janelle Monae (31)
• Charles Michael Davis (32)
• Mat Kearney (38)
• Brad Delson (39)
• Laura Ling (40)
• Dean O’Gorman (40)
• Emily Mortimer (45)
• Sarah Silverman (46)
• Golden Brooks (46)
• Nestor Carbonell (49)
• Jeremy Northam (55)
• Carol Alt (56)
• Jane Turner (56)
• Candace Bushnell (58)
• Charlene Tilton (58)
• Deep Roy (59)
• Treat Williams (65)
• Obba Babatunde (65)
• Bette Midler (71) Featured Above
• John Densmore (72)
• Woody Allen (81)
• Richard Pryor (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Irving Lee Dorsey (Born: December 24, 1924 / Died: December 1, 1986)
• Byron Webster (Born: June 14, 1931 / Died: December 1, 1991)

“Movies”

• 1966 – Follow Me, Boys!
• 1967 – Hells Angels on Wheels
• 1980 – A Change of Seasons
• 1989 – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
• 1990 – Cyrano de Bergerac
• 1995 – Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead
• 1995 – White Man’s Burden
• 1995 – Wild Bill

“Music”

• 1965 – The Zombies released their single “Tell Her No”
• 1972 – “Peaceful Easy Feeling” was released by the Eagles
• 1973 – “Top of the World” by the Carpenters was #1
• 1973 – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was the #1 album for its fourth week
• 1978 – The Doobie Brothers released their album Minute by Minute
• 1980 – “Same Old Lang Syne” by Dan Fogelberg was released

• 1984 – Lionel Richie’s single “Penny Lover” was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart
• 1990 – “I’m Your Baby Tonight” became the #1 song
• 1990 – For her fifth week Bette Midler topped the Adult Contemporary chart with “From A Distance”

“TV/Radio”

• 1975 – “The Edge of Night” became the first serial in television history to switch networks.
• 1978 – The 100th episode of “The Rockford Files” aired on NBC.

• 1985 – The TV movie “Perry Mason Returns” aired.

• 1994 – The Game Show Network was launched.
• 1998 – Westinghouse Electric changed its name to CBS Corp. Westinghouse had owned CBS since November 1995.
• 2000 – Disney Channel’s original movie The Ultimate Christmas Present premiered

“Other Important Events…”

• 1955 – Rosa Parks made history by refusing to give her bus seat to a white passenger, and was, soon after, arrested

• 1965 – The first issue of Disney News was published
• 1969 – The US held a draft lottery for the Vietnam War. The country’s first draft lottery since World War II