DYR Today, August 1

“Born Today”

• Jack O’Connell (25)
• Max Carver (27)
• Elijah Kelley (29)
• Ashley Parker Angel (34)
• Jason Momoa (36)
• Zac Brown (37)
• Tempestt Bledsoe (42)
• Roshumba Williams (47)
• James St. James (49)
• Sam Mendes (50)
• Adam Duritz (51)
• John Carroll Lynch (52)
• Coolio (52)
• Demian Bichir (52)
• Chuck D (55)
• Joe Elliot (56)
• Giancarlo Giannini (73)
• Herman Melville (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Frances Farmer (Born: Septemeber 19, 1913 / Died: August 1, 1970)
• Tommy Makem (Born: November 4, 1932 / Died: August 1, 2007)

“Movies”

• 1965 – Voyage To the Prehistoric Planet
• 1967 – Rough Night in Jericho
• 1968 – Destroy All Monsters (Japanese Version)
• 1976 – Obsession
• 1980 – The Final Countdown
• 1980 – The Hunter
• 1980 – Loose Shoes
• 1980 – Raise the Titanic
• 1986 – Choke Canyon
• 1986 – Flight of the Navigator
• 1986 – Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
• 1986 – Good to Go
• 1986 – Howard the Duck
• 1990 – Young Guns II
• 1997 – Spawn

“Music”

• 1960 – Aretha Franklin made her first secular recordings, which included “Today I Sing the Blues.”
• 1960 – Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” was released.

• 1964 – The Beatles scored fifth US No. 1 single in seven months with ‘A Hard Day’s Night’
• 1966 – Merle Haggard recorded “I’m A Lonesome Fugitive” at Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood, California.
• 1972 – The Eagles’ single “Witchy Woman” was released.
• 1980 – Def Leppard made their live debut when opening for AC/DC at a New York City concert
• 1981 – Rick Springfield hit No.1 for two weeks with ‘Jessie’s Girl’

• 1984 – Hank Williams Jr. shot video to “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” which featured artists such as Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Cheech and Chong, and more.

• 1987 – Bob Seger’s single, ‘Shakedown’ went No. 1 in the US
• 1998 – Spice Girls scored seventh UK No.1 single with “Viva Forever”

• 1998 – Garth Brooks reached #1 with Bob Dylan’s song, “To Make You Feel My Love.”

“TV/RADIO TODAY”

• 1971 – “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour” was debuted on CBS-TV.
• 1981 – MTV made its debut at 12:01am. The first video to be shown was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles. (Featured Above)

• 1996 – MTV launched another channel known as MTV2.

“Other Important Events…”

• 1953 – Disney releases the Donald Duck Short, The New Neighbor
• 1963 – The First “Beatles Monthly” was published
• 1969 – US Atlantic City Pop Festival took place at the Atlantic City racetrack with artist’s such as B.B King, Janis Joplin, Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and others
• 1993 – Reggie Jackson was admitted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.