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TODAY

DYR Today, June 26

by Molly Tricomi

Published June 26, 2016

“BORN TODAY”

  • Nick Offerman (45)
  • Ariana Grande (22)
  • Melanie Amaro (23)
  • Jennette McCurdy (23)
  • Angelina Pavarnick (29)
  • Aubrey Plaza (31)
  • Jason Schwartzman (35)
  • Nathan Followill (36)
  • Ryan Tedder (36)
  • Derek Jeter (41)
  • Gretchen Wilson (42)
  • Rebecca Budig (42)
  • Chris O’Donnell (45)
  • Irv Gotti (45)
  • Paul Thomas Anderson (45)
  • Sean Hayes (45)
  • Matt Letscher (45)
  • Harriet Wheeler (52)
  • Terri Nunn (54)
  • Patty Smyth (58)
  • Chris Isaak (59)
  • Mick Jones (60)
  • Robert Davi (62)
  • Eleanor Parker (RIP)

“DIED TODAY”

  • Clifford Brown (Born: October 30, 1930 / Died: June 26 1956)
  • Roy Campanella (Born: November 19, 1921 / Died: June 26, 1993)
  • Liz Claiborne (Born: March 31, 1929 / Died: June 26, 2007)
  • Nora Ephron (Born: May 19, 1941 / Died: June 26, 2012)

“MOVIES TODAY”

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  • 1968 – Never a Dull Moment
  • 1979 – James Bond:Moonraker
  • 1974 – The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
  • 1974 – For Pete’s Sake
  • 1981 – For Your Eyes Only
  • 1981 – The Great Muppet Caper
  • 1981 – Stripes
  • 1985 – Pale Rider
  • 1987 – Full Metal Jacket (Featured Above)
  • 1987 – Straight to Hell
  • 1987 – Dragnet
  • 1998 – Smoke Signals
  • 1998 – Dr.Dolittle
  • 1998 – Out of Sight

“MUSIC TODAY”

  • 1964 – The Beatles album “A Hard Day’s Night” was released in the U.S.
  • 1965 – The Byrds went to No.1 on the US singles chart with their version of Bob Dylan’s ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’
  • 1966 – The Beatles started a two week run at No.1 on the US Singles chart with ‘Paperback Writer’
  • 1966 – The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Love, Captain Beefheart, The Lovin Spoonful and Percy Sledge all appeared at the Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California
  • 1977 – David Bowie recorded ‘John, I’m Only Dancing’
  • 1977 – Elvis Presley’s final concert took place at Market Square Arena, Indianapolis.

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  • 1982 – Charlene was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘I’ve Never Been to Me’
  • 1983 – The film soundtrack to ‘Flashdance’ started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart
  • 1983 – The Police scored their fourth UK No.1 album with ‘Synchronocity’
  • 1985 – The album, “Big River” became the first soundtrack album to be recorded in Nashville, TN.
  • 1986 – James Hetfield (Metallica) broke his wrist while trying to skateboard down a hill.
  • 1998 – At 10 a.m. PDT, Marcy Playground debuted the video for “Saint Joe On The Schoolbus,” on the Internet.

“TV/RADIO TODAY”

  • 1933 – “The Kraft Music Hall” debuted on NBC radio.
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  • 1959 – CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow interviewed Lee Remick. It was his 500th and final guest on “Person to Person.”
  • 1967 – 200 million people saw The Beatles perform ‘All You Need is Love’ live via satellite
  • 1969 – Joni Mitchell appeared on the ABC TV Mama Cass Television Broadcast from Los Angeles, California

“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”

  • 1925 – Charlie Chaplin’s comedy “The Gold Rush” premiered in Hollywood.
  • 1926 – A memorial to the first U.S. troops in France was unveiled at St. Nazaire.
  • 1924 – After eight years of occupation, American troops left the Dominican Republic.
  • 1927 – The Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster opened in New York.
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  • 1936 – The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 made its first flight. It is often considered the first practical helicopter.
  • 1942 – The Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter was flown for the first time.
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  • 1945 – The U.N. Charter was signed by 50 nations in San Francisco, CA.
  • 1948 – The Berlin Airlift began as the U.S., Britain and France started ferrying supplies to the isolated western sector of Berlin.
  • 1951 – The Soviet Union proposed a cease-fire in the Korean War.
  • 1961 – A Kuwaiti vote opposed Iraq’s annexation plans.
  • 1963 – U.S. President John Kennedy announced “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner) at the Berlin Wall.
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  • 1971 – The U.S. Justice Department issued a warrant for Daniel Ellsberg, accusing him of giving away the Pentagon Papers.
  • 1974 – In Troy, Ohio, a Marsh supermarket installed the first bar code scanning equipment, made by IBM, and a product with a bar code was scanned for the first time.
  • 1976 – In Toronto, Canada, the CN Tower opened to the public. The official opening date is listed as October 1, 1976. It was the world’s tallest free-standing stucture and the world’s tallest tower until 2010.
  • 1979 – Muhammad Ali, at 37 years old, announced that he was retiring as world heavyweight boxing champion.
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  • 1985 – Wilbur Snapp was ejected after playing “Three Blind Mice” during a baseball game. The incident followed a call made by umpire Keith O’Connor.
  • 1996 – The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Virginia Military Institute to admit women or forgo state support.
  • 1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Communications Decency Act of 1996 that made it illegal to distribute indecent material on the Internet.
  • 1997 – J.K. Rowlings book “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was published in the U.K.
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