DYR Today, January 24

“Born Today”

• Mischa Barton (31)
• Ricky Ullman (31)
• Justin Baldoni (33)
• Craig Horner (34)
• Frankie Grande (34)
• Nicole Lenz (37)
• Kyle Brandt (38)
• Tatyana Ali (38)
• Kristen Schaal (39)
• Ed Helms (43)
• Beth Hart (45)
• Kenya Moore (46)
• Matthew Lillard (47)
• Mary Lou Retton (49)
• Phil Lamarr (50)
• Nastassja Kinski (56)
• Jools Holland (59)
• Yakov Smirnoff (66)
• Daniel Auteuil (67)
• Gennifer Flowers (67)
• Neil Diamond (76)
• Aaron Neville (76)
• Jerry Maren (97) Featured Above
• John Belushi (RIP)
• Ernest Borgnine (RIP)
• Sharon Tate (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Martin Robinson Delany (Born: May 6, 1812 / Died: January 24, 1885)
• Winston Churchill (Born: November 30, 1874 / Died: January 24, 1965)
• Caresse Crosby (Born: April 20, 1891 / Died: January 24, 1970)
• Thurgood Marshall (Born: July 2, 1908 / Died: January 24, 1993)

“Movies”

• 1968 – Danger: Diabolik (Italy)
• 1997 – Fierce Creatures
• 1997 – Zeus and Roxanne

“Music”

• 1969 – The Doors had performed at the Madison Square Garden in New York City
• 1970 – B.J. Thomas had the #1 song with “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head”
• 1976 – “Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)” by Diana Ross was #1
• 1976 – #1 on the Pop charts was “Let It Shine/He Ain’t Heavy…He’s My Brother” by Olivia Newton-John
• 1977 – Kenny Rogers released the single “Lucille”
• 1981 – “(Just Like) Starting Over” by John Lennon was the #1 song
• 1981 – Eddie Rabbitt had the top song on the Adult Contemporary chart with the single “I Love A Rainy Night”
• 1982 – Diana Ross sung the USA’s National Anthem at the Super Bowl XVI
• 1987 – “At This Moment” by Billy Vera was the top song on the charts
• 1987 – Luther Vandross held the top R&B song with his hit “Stop to Love”
• 1987 – Bon Jovi reigned over the album chart with the album Slippery When Wet
• 1998 – The Titanic Soundtrack began a 16 week run at #1 on the Billboard 200
• 1998 – Savage Garden’s single “Truly Madly Deeply” was the #1 song

“TV/Radio”

• 1941 – The animated short Pluto’s Playmate is released
• 1976 – The 33rd Golden Globes were held with the Best Film winners being One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Sunshine Boys
• 1986 – Whoopi Goldberg and Jon Voight win Best Actress/Actor at the 43rd Golden Globes

“Other Important Events…”

• 1943 – Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt finished their Casablanca Conference. A conference held during WWII to discuss the next tactics for the Allied Forces
• 1982 – The San Francisco 49ers won Super Bowl XVI beating the Cincinnati Bengals
• 1990 – Japan launched Hiten, the first lunar probe since the Space Race
• 2003 – The US Department of Homeland Security began operation