DYR Today, January 5

“Born Today”

• Suki Waterhouse (25)
• Kristin Cavallari Cutler (30)
• Jason Mitchell (30)
• Amanda Hearst (33)
• Brooklyn Sudano (36)
• Deadmau5 (36)
• January Jones (39)
• Bradley Cooper (42)
• Kylie bax (42)
• Sakis Rouvas (45)
• Heather Dubrow (48)
• Marilyn Manson (48)
• Vinnie Jones (52)
• Suzi Amis (55)
• Clancy Brown (58)
• Pamela Sue Martin (64)
• Ted Lange (69)
• Diane Keaton (71) Featured Above
• Charlie Rose (75)
• Hayao Miyazaki (76)
• King Juan Carlos I of Spain (79)
• Robert Duvall (86)
• Alvin Ailey (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Pete Maravich (Born: June 22, 1947 / Died: January 5, 1988)
• Sonny Bono (Born: February 16, 1935 / Died: January 5, 1998)
• Momofuku Ando (Born: March 5, 1910 / Died: January 5, 2007)

“Movies”

• 1966 – 7 Women

“Music”

• 1963 – Steve Lawrence had the top song on the Pop chart with “Go Away Little Girl”
• 1967 – Tommy James & The Shondells released “I Think We’re Alone Now”
• 1969 – CCR released their album Bayou Country
• 1973 – Bruce Springsteen released his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
• 1974 – Jim Croce had the #1 song with “Time in a Bottle”
• 1980 – Stevie Wonder had the top Adult Contemporary song with “Send One Your Love”

• 1985 – “Do What You Do” by Jermaine Jackson was the top song on the Adult Contemporary chart
• 1985 – Madonna had the overall top song with “Like A Virgin”
• 1985 – Purple Rain was the #1 album
• 1987 – Bruce Hornsby released “Jacob’s Ladder”

• 1991 – “Justify My Love” by Madonna was the #1 song
• 1991 – Vanilla Ice took over the charts with his album To The Extreme

“TV/Radio”

• 1940 – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got its very first demonstration of FM radio.
• 1945 – The Goofy short Tiger Trouble was released
• 1948 – Warner Brothers-Pathe showed the very first color newsreel. The footage was of the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl football classic.
• 1951 – The Goofy short Lion Down premiered
• 1970 – The soap opera All My Children premiered on ABC

• 1971 – ABC’s “Alias Smith and Jones” aired for the first time.
• 2002 – The 1000th episode of “Soul Train” aired.

“Other Important Events…”

• 1930 – Bonnie and Clyde met for the first time at Clarence Clay’s home
• 1944 – The London “Daily Mail” was the first transoceanic newspaper to be published.
• 1949 – President Harry S. Truman introduces the Fair Deal
• 1956 – In the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy walked on two legs for the first time.

• 1972 – President Nixon required the development for the Space Shuttle program