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TODAY

DYR Today, December 29

by Alexis Velez

Published December 29, 2016

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“Born Today”

  • Jane Levy (27)
  • Alexa Ray Joel (31)
  • Alison Brie (34)
  • Natalia Jimenez (35)
  • Diego Luna (37)
  • La Toya London (38)
  • Katherine Moennig (39)
  • Kate Ford (40)
  • Danny McBride (40)
  • Mekhi Phifer (42)
  • Jude Law (44)
  • Leonor Varela (44)
  • Dallas Austin (46)
  • Jennifer Ehle (47)
  • Evan Seinfeld (49)
  • Andy Wachowski (49)
  • Michael Cudlitz (52)
  • Patricia Clarkson (57)
  • Paula Poundstone (57)
  • Yvonne Elliman (65)
  • Ted Danson (69)
  • Marianne Faithfull (70)
  • Jon Voight (78)
  • Mary Tyler Moore (80) Featured Above
  • Inga Swenson (84)
  • Andrew Johnson (RIP)

“Died Today”

  • Tim Hardin (Born: December 23, 1941 / Died: December 29 ,1980)
  • Lita Grey (Born: April 15, 1908 / Died: December 29, 1995)
  • Tony Greig (Born: October 6, 1946 / Died: December 29, 2012)

“Movies”

  • 1965 – Thunderball (UK)
  • 1967 – Weekend (France)
  • 1971 – Straw Dogs
  • 1995 – Dead Man Walking
  • 1995 – Richard III
  • 1995 – Mr. Holland’s Opus
  • 1999 – The Hurricane
  • 2000 – Shadow of the Vampire

“Music”

  • 1962 – “Go Away Little Girl” remained the top Adult Contemporary song
  • 1965 – The Supremes released “My World Is Empty Without You”
  • 1967 – Dave Mason quit the group Traffic
  • 1971 – The rock band America released their self titled album
  • 1973 – “Time In A Bottle” by Jim Croce was the top song

  • 1984 – “Like A Virgin” was the #1 song
  • 1990 – Stevie B’s “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)” was #1 on the Billboard
  • 1990 – To The Extreme by Vanilla Ice remained the #1 album
  • 1990 – The #1 song was “I’ve Come to Expect it From You” by George Strait

“TV/Radio”

  • 1958 – The TV show Young Dr. Malone debuts
  • 1965 – CBS acquired the rights to the NFL regular-season games in 1966 and 1967, with an option for 1968, for $18.8 million per year.
  • 1985 – Phil Donahue and a Soviet radio commentator hosted the “Citizens’ Summit” via satellite TV.

Related:

  1. DYR Today, December 9
  2. DYR Today, December 21

“Other Important Events…”

  • 1972 –Life magazine had stopped their weekly publications
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