DYR Today, December 8

“Born Today”

• AnnaSophia Robb (23)
• Sam Hunt (32)
• Nicki Minaj (34)
• Chrisette Michele (34)
• Ingrid Michaelson (37)
• Ian Somerhalder (38)
• Dominic Monaghan (40)
• Nick Zinner (42)
• Cristian Castro (42)
• Corey Taylor (43)
• Michael Cole (48)
• Tyler Mane (50)
• Sinead O’Connor (50)
• Athena Lee (52)
• Teri Hatcher (52)
• Ann Coulter (55)
• Phil Collen (59)
• Deborra-Lee Furness (61)
• Kim Basinger (63)
• Rick Baker (66)
• Nancy Meyers (67)
• Gregg Allman (69)
• John Rubenstein (70)
• Graciela Daniele (77)
• James Galway (77)
• Sammy Davis Jr (RIP)
• Jim Morrison (RIP)

“Died Today”

• John Lennon (Born: October 9, 1940 / Died: December 8, 1980)
• Marty Robbins (Born: September 26, 1925 / Died: December 8, 1982)
• Anne Seymour (Born: September 11, 1909 / Died: December 8, 1988)

“Movies”

• 1970 – Husbands
• 1982 – 48 hours
• 1982 – Sophie’s Choice
• 1989 – She-Devil
• 1989 – The War of the Roses
• 1995 – Father of the Bride Part II
• 1995 – Live Nude Girls
• 2000 – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• 2000 – Dungeons & Dragons
• 2000 – Proof of Life
• 2000 – Vertical Limit

“Music”

• 1962 – “All Alone Am I” by Brenda Lee remained #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart
• 1962 – “Big Girls Don’t Cry” was #1 for its fourth week

• 1967 – Their Satanic Majesties Request was released
• 1973 – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road still topped the album charts
• 1979 – Styx went #1 with the single “Babe”

• 1979 – The Long Run by the Eagles was the #1 album
• 1984 – Prince and the Revolution were #1 again with Purple Rain
• 1990 – Bette Midler continued to rule the charts with “From a Distance”

“TV & Radio”

• 1984 – Ringo Starr made an appearance on Saturday Night Live

• 1985 – The TV film Final Jeopardy was released
• 1986 – Part 2 of Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna was released

“Other Important Events…”

• 1980 – Former Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed in the entrance of the Dakota apartments in New York City
• 1982 – Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
• 1998 – Women’s Ice Hockey had its first appearance in the Winter Olympics