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TODAY

DYR Today, December 30

by Alexis Velez

Published December 30, 2016

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“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”

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  1. DYR Today, December 3
  2. DYR Today, December 11
  • 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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