DYR Today, July 20

“Born Today”

• Scout Willis (24)
• Brooke Candy (26)
• Julianne Hough (27)
• Gisele Bundchen (35)
• Elliot Yamin (37)
• Erica Hill (39)
• Judy Greer (40)
• Simon Rex (41)
• Omar Epps (42)
• Vitamin C (43)
• Sandra Oh (44)
• Josh Holloway (46)
• Chris Cornell (51)
• Terri Irwin (51)
• Donna Dixon (58)
• Dwayne Wayans (59)
• Carlos Santana (68)
• Diana Rigg (77)
• Kim Carnes (71)
• Sleepy LaBeef (80)
• Sally Ann Howes (85)
• Natalie Wood (RIP)
• Billy Mays (RIP)

“Died Today”

• James Doohan (Born: March 3, 1920 / Died: July 20, 2005)
• Bruce Lee (Born: November 27, 1940 / Died: July 20, 1973 )
• Tammy Messner (Born: March 7, 1942 / Died : July 20, 2007)

“Movies”

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• 1966 – The Wild Angels
• 1984 – Best Defense
• 1984 – Revenge of the Nerds
• 1994 – The Client

“Music”

• 1940 – “Billboard” magazine published its first listing of best-selling singles. Ten songs were on the list.
• 1965 – Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” was released.

• 1963 – Jan and Dean started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Surf City’.
• 1968 – Cream started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Wheels Of Fire’.
• 1968 – Hugh Masekela started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Grazing In The Grass.’

• 1990 – Madonna played the first of three sold out nights at Wembley Stadium, London, England, on her 57-date Blond Ambition World Tour.
• 1991 – EMF went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Unbelievable’ it spent 14 weeks on the chart before reaching the top.
• 1996 – Gary Barlow scored his first UK No.1 single with ‘Forever Love’.

 

“TV/Radio”

• 1935 – NBC radio debuted “G-men.”
• 1950 – “Arthur Murray Party” premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC).
• 1968 – Jane Asher announced on the national British TV show, Dee Time, that her engagement to Paul McCartney was off.
• 1971 – The Carpenters show ‘Make Your Own Kind Of Music’, started a six week run on NBC-TV.

“Other Important Events…”

• 1944 – U.S. President Roosevelt was nominated for an unprecedented fourth term of office at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

• 1969 – Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. became the first men to walk on the moon.

• 1976 – America’s Viking I robot spacecraft made a successful landing on Mars.