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TODAY

DYR Today, January 4

by Alexis Velez

Published January 4, 2017

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“Born Today”

  • Charlyne Yi (31)
  • Erin Cahill (37)
  • Jeannie Mai (38)
  • Graham Elliot (40)
  • Jill Marie Jones (42)
  • Harmony Korine (44)
  • Patrice Lovely (49)
  • Julia Ormond (52)
  • Beth Gibbons (52)
  • Yvan Attal (52)
  • Dot Jones (53)
  • Dave Foley (54)
  • Till Lindemann (54)
  • Patrick Cassidy (55)
  • Michael Stipe (57)
  • Ann Magnuson (61)
  • Tina Knowles (63)
  • Grace Bumbry (80)
  • Dyan Cannon (80)
  • Vanity (RIP)
  • Louis Braille (RIP)
  • Isaac Newton (RIP)

“Died Today”

  • T.S. Eliot (Born: September 26, 1888 / Died: January 4, 1965)
  • Peggy Bacon (Born: May 2, 1895 / Died: January 4, 1987)
  • Jake Hess (Born: December 24, 1927 / Died: January 4, 2004)

“Music”

  • 1963 – “Blame It on the Bossa Nova” was released
  • 1964 – Bobby Vinton had the #1 song with “There! I’ve Said It Again”

  • 1967 – The Doors released their self-titled debut album
  • 1969 – Marvin Gaye had the #1 song with “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
  • 1986 – “Say You, Say Me” by Lionel Richie was the #1 song

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  • 1986 – The soundtrack for Miami Vice was the top album
  • 1992 – “Black or White” by Michael Jackson was the #1 song
  • 1992 – Richard Marx had the top Adult Contemporary song with “Keep Coming Back”

  • 1997 – No Doubt’s album Tragic Kingdom topped the Billboard 200 chart

“TV/Radio”

  • 1936 – The cartoon Mickey’s Polo Team was released
  • 1952 – The Goofy short film Father’s Lion premiered
  • 1957 – Former heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis appeared on “The Steve Allen Show” to introduce singer Solomon Burke. Burke performed Louis’ “You Can Run, but You Can’t Hide.”
  • 1961 – The first episode of “Mr. Ed” aired on CBS.

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  • 1965 – The Fender Guitar Company was sold to CBS for $13 million.
  • 1974 – NBC-TV presented hockey in prime time. The Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers were the teams in the National Hockey League (NHL) game.
  • 1977 – Mary Shane was hired by the Chicago White Sox as the first woman TV play-by-play announcer.
  • 1982 – Bryant Gumbel moved from NBC Sports to the anchor desk where he joined Jane Pauley as co-host of the “Today” show on NBC.

  • 1984 – The first episode of “Night Court” aired on NBC.

“Other Important Events…”

  • It’s National Spaghetti Day!
  • 1957 – Collier’s magazine had its last publication
  • 1958 – The Soviet Union satellite Sputnik I fell to the Earth from orbiting it since October 4, 1957
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