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Do You Remember Today (DYRT) – April 12

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“BORN TODAY”

  • Brooklyn Decker (1987)
  • Brendon Urie (1987)
  • Matt McGorry (1986)
  • Brian McFadden (1980)
  • Claire Danes (1979)
  • Jennifer Morrison (1979)
  • Sarah Jane Morris (1977)
  • Marley Shelton (1974)
  • Claudia Jordan (1973)
  • Christina Moore (1973)
  • Shannen Doherty (1971)
  • Nicholas Brendon (1971)
  • Retta (1970)
  • Art Alexakis (1962)
  • Magdalene Mary “Magda” Szubanski (1961)
  • Suzzanne Douglas (1957)
  • Vince Gill (1957)
  • Alexander “Alex” Briley (1956)
  • Andy Garcia (1956)
  • Pat Travers (1954)
  • David Cassidy (1950) – (Featured Above)
  • Flavio Briatore (1950)
  • David Letterman (1947)
  • Dan Lauria (1947)
  • Ed O’Neill (1946)
  • John Kay (1944)
  • Frank Bank (April 12, 1942 – RIP 2013)
  • Herbie Hancock (1940)
  • Charles Lewis Napier (April 12, 1936 – RIP 2011)
  • Tiny Tim – (April 12, 1932 – RIP 1996)
  • Helen Forrest – (April 12, 1917 – RIP 1999)
  • Jane Withers 1926
  • Ann Miller (Lucille Ann Collier) – (April 12, 1923 – RIP 2004)
  • Billy Vaughn (William Richard “Billy” Vaughn) – (April 12, 1919 RIP 1991)
  • Beverly Cleary (1916)
  • Walter J. Gorney (April 12, 1912 – RIP 2004)

“DIED TODAY”

  • Linda Cook (June 8, 1948 – April 12, 2012)
  • Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975)
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)

“MOVIES TODAY”

  • 1973 – The film “That’ll Be the Day,” starring David Essex and Ringo Starr, premiered in London.
  • 1985 – Cat’s Eye (also known as Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye) is a 1985 American anthology horror film directed by Lewis Teague and written by Stephen King.
  • 1985 – Girls Just Want to Have Fun is a 1985 American romantic comedy dance film directed by Alan Metter and starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt.

  • 1985 – Ladyhawke is a fantasy adventure film directed by Richard Donner, starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, and Michelle Pfeiffer.

“MUSIC TODAY”

  • 1963 – Bob Dylan performed his first major solo concert at Town Hall in New York City.

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  • 1969 – Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer” was released.
  • 1971 – Crosby, Stills Nash & Young‘s live album “Four Way Street” was certified gold by the RIAA.
  • 1974 – Bad Company’s “Can’t Get Enough” was released.

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  • 1978 – The Four Tops performed at Aretha Franklin’s wedding.
  • 1984 – “Louie Louie Day” was held in Olympia, WA.
  • 1988 – Sonny Bono was elected mayor of Palm Springs, CA.
  • 1989 – Garth Brooks’ self-titled debut album was released.
  • 1994 – Hole’s second album “Live Through This” was released.
  • 1999 – Shania Twain became the first female artist in music history to sell at least 10 million units with back to back releases.

“TV/RADIO TODAY”

  • 1953 – KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
  • 1982 – Three CBS employees were shot to death in a parking lot.
  • 1987 – CBS’ premiere of fact based World War II drama “Escape from Sobibor”
  • 1991 – 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs

 

“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”

  • 1927 – Rocksprings, Texas is hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 buildings in town and killed 72.
  • 1934 – F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “Tender Is the Night” was first published.
  • 1938 – The first U.S. law requiring a medical test for a marriage license was enacted in New York.
  • 1945 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office and Vice President Truman becomes President.
  • 1955 – The Polio vaccine by Dr. Jonas Salk in the University of Michigan is declared safe and effective.
  • 1961 – Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin became first man to orbit the Earth.
  • 1963 – Police used dogs and cattle prods on peaceful civil rights demonstrators in Birmingham, AL.
  • 1966 – Emmett Ashford became the first African-American major league umpire.
  • 1969 – Lucy and Snoopy of the comic strip “Peanuts” made the cover of “Saturday Review.”
  • 1981 – The space shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL, on its first test flight.
  • 1982 – Three CBS employees were shot to death in a New York City parking lot.

 

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