DYR Today, December 16

“Born Today”

• Theo James (32)
• Danielle Lloyd (33)
• Frankie Ballard (34)
• Krysten Ritter (35)
• Miranda Otto (49)
• JB Smoove (51)
• Benjamin Bratt (53)
• LaChanze (55)
• Jon Tenney (55)
• Xander Berkeley (61)
• Billy Gibbons (67)
• Benny Andersson of ABBA (70) Featured Above
• Steven Bochco (73)
• Lesley Stahl (75)
• Liv Ullman (78)
• Quentin Blake (84)
• Jane Austen (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Colonel Harold Sanders (Born: September 9, 1890 / Died: December 16, 1980)
• Richard Warwick (Born: April 29, 1925 / Died: December 16, 1997)

“Movies”

• 1964 – The Disorderly Orderly
• 1965 – Battle of the Bulge
• 1967 – Son of Godzilla
• 1968 – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London)
• 1969 – Cactus Flower
• 1969 – Hello, Dolly!
• 1970 – Puzzle of a Downfall Child
• 1970 – Love Story
• 1973 – Papillon
• 1977 – Candleshoe
• 1983 – D.C. Cab
• 1983 – The Keep
• 1983 – Two of a Kind
• 1983 – Uncommon Valor
• 1987 – Broadcast News
• 1987 – Moonstruck
• 1987 – Overboard
• 1988 – Dangerous Liaisons
• 1988 – Purple People Eater
• 1988 – Rain Man
• 1994 – Dumb & Dumber
• 1994 – Speechless

“Music”

• 1967 – The Monkees had the top song on the charts with their single “Daydream Believer”
• 1972 – Billy Paul had the #1 song with the single “Me and Mrs Jones”
• 1974 – John Lennon released the single “#9 Dream”
• 1978 – Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond topped the charts with “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”
• 1989 – “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel was the #1 song
• 1989 – “Another Day in Paradise” was the top song on the Adult chart

• 1995 – Whitney Houston’s single “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” remained #1 on the R&B chart
• 1995 – “One Sweet Day” continued to top the Billboard 100
• 1995 – The Beatles were at the top with their album Anthology 1

“TV & Radio”

• 1951 – NBC-TV debuted “Dragnet” in a special preview on “Chesterfield Sound Off Time”. The show began officially on January 3, 1952.

• 1959 – The documentary Mysteries of the Deep premiered
• 1975 – One Day at a Time had its television premiere
• 1983 – The Disney short Mickey’s Christmas Carol was released
• 1993 – MTV aired Nirvana’s New York “Unplugged” performance.
• 1995 – Fox-TV aired a fight between Mike Tyson and Buster Mathis Jr. Tyson knocked Mathis out in the third round. The fight brought in Fox’s highest Nielsen rating to date.
• 2002 – VH1 began airing a 10-hour, five-night miniseries entitled “I Love the ’80s.”

• 2002 – Liza Minnelli and her husband, David Gest, filed a $23 million dollar lawsuit against VH1, MTV Networks, Viacom and Remote Productions, Inc. for breach of contract.

“Other Important Events…”

• 1901 – “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” by Beatrix Potter, was printed for the first time.

• 1912 – The first postage stamp to depict an airplane was issued was a 20-cent parcel-post stamp.
• 1972 – The Miami Dolphins became the first NFL team to go unbeaten and untied in a 14-game regular season. The Dolphins went on to defeat the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.
• 1973 – O.J. Simpson broke Jim Brown’s single-season rushing record in the NFL. Brown had rushed for 1,863 yards, while Simpson attained 2,003 yards.
• 1999 – Sigourney Weaver received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.