DYR Today, July 7

“Born Today”

• Ashton Irwin (21)
• Toni Garrn (23)
• Cassidy (33)
• Michelle Kwan (35)
• Hamish Linklater (38)
• Berenice Bejo (39)
• Lisa Leslie (43)
• Kristen Vangsness (43)
• Christian Camargo (44)
• Cree Summer (46)
• Jorja Fox (47)
• Jim Gaffigan (49)
• Mo Collins (50)
• Jeremy Kyle (50)
• Vonda Shepard (52)
• Billy Campbell (56)
• Jessica Hahn (56)
• Shelley Duvall (66)
• David Hodo of The Village People (68)
• Ringo Starr (76) (Featured Above)
• Doc Severinsen (88)
• Jon Pertwee (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Syd Barrett (Born: January 6, 1946 / Died: July 7, 200)

“Movies”

Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer.

• 1966 – Three On A Couch
• 1969 – How to Commit Marriage
• 1976 – Gus
• 1977 – The Spy Who Loved Me
• 1977 – Martin
• 1989 – Lethal Weapon 2
• 2000 – The Kid
• 2000 – Scary Movie

“Music”

• 1956 – Johnny Cash made his first appearance on “Grand Ole Opry.”
• 1956 – The Platters’ “My Prayer” was released.
• 1957 – Elvis Presley  scored his first UK No.1 with ‘All Shook Up’

• 1962 – David Rose and his Orchestra went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘The Stripper
• 1966 – The Kinks were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Sunny Afternoon’

• 1967 – The Monkees opened a national tour with Jimi Hendrix as the opening act.
• 1968 – The Yardbirds disbanded.
• 1969 – George Harrison recorded his new song ‘Here Comes the Sun’ with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at Abbey Road in London
• 1973 – Billy Preston started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Will It Go Round In Circles

• 1977 – Styx released the album “The Grand Illusion.”
• 1980 – The original lineup of Led Zeppelin gave its final show.
• 1984 – The song “Relax,” by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, became the biggest selling single of all time in Britain.

• 1984 – Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Born In The USA’
• 1984 – Prince started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘When Doves Cry’
• 1992 – Dream Theater released the album “Images And Words.”

“TV/RADIO TODAY”

• 1949 – “Dragnet” was first heard on NBC radio.
• 1954 – Memphis D.J. Dewey Phillips of WHBQ became the first D.J. to play an Elvis Presley record.
• 1963, The Rolling Stones made their UK TV debut when they appeared on ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars.’

“Other Important Events…”

• 1930 – Construction began on Boulder Dam, later Hoover Dam, on the Colorado River.

• 1946 – Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized as the first American saint.
• 1950 – The U.N. Security Council authorized military aid for South Korea.
• 1981 – U.S. President Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

• 1983 – Eleven-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, left for a visit to the Soviet Union at the personal invitation of Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov
• 1989, It was announced that for the first time compact discs were out selling vinyl albums.
• 1994 – Amazon.com, Inc. was founded in Seattle, Washington under the name “Cadabra.”

• 1998 – A jury in Santa Monica, CA, convicted Mikail Markhasev of murdering Ennis Cosby, Bill Cosby’s only son, during a roadside robbery.