DYR Today, January 26

“Born Today”

• Ciera Payton (31)
• Layla Kayleigh (32)
• Colin O’Donoghue (36)
• Sara Rue (38)
• Tye Tribbett (41)
• Kirk Franklin (47)
• Paul Johansson (53)
• Wayne Gretzky (56)
• Ellen DeGeneres (59)
• Anita Baker (59)
• Eddie Van Halen (62) Featured Above
• Lucinda Williams (64)
• Mimi Leder (65)
• David Srathaim (68)
• Christopher Hampton (71)
• Scott Glenn (76)
• Bob Uecker (83)
• Anne Jeffreys (94)
• Paul Newman (RIP)
• Louis Zamperini (RIP)
• Bessie Coleman (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Alva Belmont (Born: January 17, 1853 / Died: January 26, 1933)
• Charles “Lucky” Luciano (Born: November 24, 1897 / Died: January 26, 1962)
• Edward G. Robinson (Born: December 12, 1893 / Died: January 26, 1973)
• Nelson Rockefeller (Born: July 8, 1908 / Died: January 26, 1979)
• Donnie Elbert (Born: May 25, 1936 / Died: January 26, 1989)
• Jose Ferrer (Born: January 8, 1912 / Died: January 26, 1992)
• Abe Vigoda (Born: February 24, 1921 / Died: January 26, 2016)

“Movies”

• 1972 – The Hot Rock
• 1996 – Bed of Roses
• 1996 – Big Bully

“Music”

• 1963 – The Rooftop Singers were #1 on the charts with the single “Walk Right In”
• 1965 – “Downtown” by Petula Clark remained the #1 single
• 1970 – Chicago released their album Chicago II
• 1974 – Ringo Starr was #1 with his rendition of “You’re Sixteen”
• 1974 – You Don’t Mess Around With Jim by Jim Croce was #1 on the album chart
• 1980 – Michael Jackson was #1 on the charts with “Rock With You”
• 1980 – Teri DeSario with K.C. had the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart: “Yes, I’m Ready”
• 1991 – Surface had the #1 song with the single “The First Time”
• 1991 – Vanilla Ice continued to dominate the Billboard 200 with his album To The Extrem

“TV/Radio”

• 1945 – The Donald Duck short The Clock Watcher released
• 1979 – CBS premiered the show The Dukes of Hazzard

“Other Important Events…”

• 1934 – The Apollo Theater reopened in Harlem, New York City
• 1961 – Janet G. Travelli was the first woman to be appointed the position of Physician to the President
• 1965 – Hindi became the official language of India
• 1998 – President Bill Clinton denied having an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky