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TODAY

DYR Today, December 20

by Alexis Velez

Published December 20, 2016

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“Born Today”

  • JoJo (27)
  • Anoop Desai (30)
  • Rocco Botte (33)
  • Jonah Hill (34)
  • Lucy Pinder (34)
  • Lara Stone (34)
  • David Cook (35)
  • David Wright (35)
  • Todd Phillips (60)
  • Sohail Khan (47)
  • Iqbal Theba (54)
  • Michael Badalucco (62)
  • Sandra Cisneros (63)
  • Jennifer Agutter (65)
  • Uri Geller (70)
  • Dick Wolf (71)
  • Peter Criss (72)
  • Branch Rickey (RIP)

“Died Today”

  • John Steinbeck (Born: February 27, 1902 / Died: December 20, 1968)
  • Bobby Darin (Born: May 14, 1936 / Died:  December 20, 1973)
  • Max Robinson (Born: May 1, 1939 / Died: December 20, 1988)

“Movies”

  • 1964 – Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster
  • 1966 – Murderer’s Row
  • 1966 – The Sand Pebbles
  • 1968 – The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
  • 1968 – Three in the Attic
  • 1969 – All Monsters Attack
  • 1974 – The Godfather Part II
  • 1974 – The Island at the Top of the World
  • 1974 – Black Christmas
  • 1978 – Every Which Way but Loose
  • 1985 – Enemy Mine
  • 1989 – Born on the Fourth of July
  • 1989 – Roger & Me
  • 1990 – Awakening
  • 1991 – Bugsy
  • 1991 – Father of the Bride
  • 1991 – JFK
  • 1995 – Nixon
  • 1996 – Scream
  • 1996 – Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
  • 1996 – One Fine Day
  • 1996 – My Fellow Americans
  • 1996 – Ghost of Mississippi

“Music”

  • 1969 – Peter, Paul & Mary were at #1 with the single “Leaving on a Jet Plane”
  • 1971 – The Rolling Stones’ compilation album Hot Rocks 1964 – 1971 was released
  • 1975 – KC and The Sunshine Band were #1 with the single “That’s The Way (I Like It)”

https://youtu.be/OM7zRfHG0no

  • 1980 – Christopher Cross had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with “Never be the Same”
  • 1980 – “Lady” by Kenny Rogers continued to rule the charts

Related:

  1. DYR Today, December 3
  2. DYR Today, December 11
  • 1986 – “Walk Like an Egyptian” had topped the charts
  • 1986 – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 1975-1985 was the #1 album

“TV/Radio”

  • 1946 – The Disney short Double Dribble, starring Goofy, was released.

https://youtu.be/FLKhEgbFWsY

  • 1962 – The Osmond Brothers made their television debut on The Andy Williams Show.

“Other Important Events…”

  • 1957 – Elvis Presley is drafted into the military.
  • 1963 – More than 2 years after its construction, the Berlin Wall finally opens.

 

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