“Born Today”
- Ellie Goulding (30)
- Caity Lotz (30)
- Lebron James (32)
- Andra Day (32)
- Kevin Systrom (33)
- Kristin Kreuk (34)
- Eliza Dushku (36)
- Tyrese Gibson (38)
- Laila Ali (39)
- Tiger Woods (41)
- Jason behr (43)
- Daniel Sunjata (45)
- Dave England (47)
- Jay Kay (47)
- Meredith Monroe (48)
- Heidi Fleiss (51)
- Sean Hannity (55)
- Matt Lauer (59)
- Sheryl Lee Ralph (60)
- Meredith Vieira (63)
- Jeff Lynne (69)
- Patti Smith (70)
- Michael Nesmith (74) Featured Above
- James Burrows (77)
- Russ Tamblyn (82)
- Joseph Bologna (82)
“Died Today”
- Sonny Liston (Born: May 8, 1932 / Died: December 30, 1970)
“Movies”
- 1966 – One Million Years B.C. (U.K.)
- 1971 – Diamonds Are Forever (U.K.)
- 1972 – The Way of the Dragon (Hong Kong)
- 1983 – The Makioka Sisters
- 1998 – The Hi-Lo Country
- 1998 – Another Day in Paradise
“Music”
- 1961 – “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by The Tokens was the #1 song
- 1961 – Jimmy Dean had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with “Big Bad Wolf”
- 1967 – The Beatles ruled the chart with “hello, Goodbye”
- 1969 – Santana released the single “Evil Ways”
- 1972 – Bread had the top song with “Sweet Surrender”
- 1978 – Chic had the top song with “Le Freak”
- 1989 – The top song was “Another Day in Paradise”
- 1989 – …But Seriously by Phil Collins was the top album
- 1995 – “Waiting to Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” stayed the #1 song
“TV/Radio”
- 1956 – Walt Disney had an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
- 1963 – Let’s Make A Deal premiered on TV
- 1980 – The Wonderful World of Disney was cancelled
“Other Important Events…”
- 1953 – The first colored TV set went on sale for $1,175
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