DYR Today, July 25

“Born Today”

• Conor Kennedy (21)
• Andrew Caldwell (26)
• Michael Welch (28)
• James Lafferty (30)
• Michael C. Williams (42)
• D.B. Woodside (46)
• Matt LeBlanc (48)
• Wendy Raquel Robinson (48)
• Illeana Douglas (50)
• Bobbie Eakes (54)
• Katherine Kelly Lang (54)
• Darren Star (54)
• Geoffrey Zakarian (57)
• Thurston Moore (57)
• Iman (61)
• Verdine White (64)
• Estelle Getty (RIP)
• Brad Renfro (RIP)

“Died Today”

• John Schlesinger (Born: February 16, 1926 / Died: July 25,  2003)
• Big Mama Thornton (Born: December 11, 1926 / Died: July 25, 1984)

“Movies”

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

• 1980 – Caddyshack (Featured Above)
• 1980 – Dressed to Kill
• 1986 – Echo Park
• 1986 – Haunted Honeymoon
• 1986 – Heartburn
• 1986 – Maximum Overdrive
• 1986 – Out of Bounds
• 1986 – The Patriot
• 1986 – Robotech: The Movie
• 1997 – Air Force One
• 1997 – Good Burger

“Music”

• 1946 – Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis staged their first show as a team at Club 500 in Atlantic City, NJ.
• 1964 – The Beatles third album ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ started a twenty-one week run at the top of the UK charts.
• 1966 – The Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love” was released.
• 1966 – The Monkees recorded their first single.
• 1970 – The Carpenters started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘(They Long To Be) Close To You’.

• 1971 – T Rex were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Get It On’.
• 1980 – AC/DC released their sixth internationally released studio album Back In Black.
• 1981 – Air Supply went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘The One That I Love’.

• 1983 – The Metallica album “Kill ‘Em All” was released.
• 1987 – Madonna had her fifth UK No.1 single with the title track from her 1987 film ‘Who’s That Girl’.

• 1987 – Terence Trent D’arby went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Introducing The Hardline According to Terence Trent D’arby’.
• 1998 – Jamiroquai went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Deeper Under Ground.

“TV/RADIO TODAY”

• 1939 – W2XBS TV in New York City presented the first musical comedy seen on TV. The show was “Topsy and Eva.”

“Other Important Events…”

• 1943 – Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was overthrown in a coup.
• 1962 – The Elvis Presley film “Kid Galahad” premiered.

• 1965 – Bob Dylan appeared on stage at the Newport Jazz Festival with an electric guitar.
• 1975 – “A Chorus Line” debuted on Broadway.
• 1978 – Pete Rose (Cincinnati Red) broke the National League record for consecutive base hits as he got a hit in 38 straight games.

• 1984 – Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space.
• 1987 – The Salt Lake City Trappers set a professional baseball record as the team won its 29th game in a row. (Utah)

• 1999 – Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France. He was only the second American to win the race.