DYR Today, August 8

“Born Today”

• Princess Beatrice of York (27)
• Katie Leung (28)
• Peyton List (29)
• Roger Federer (34)
• Meagan Good (34)
• Michael Urie (35)
• Countess Vaughn (37)
• Lindsay Sloane (38)
• JC Chasez (39)
• Drew Lachey (39)
• Jeremy Scott (40)
• Scott Stapp (42)
• Faye Wong (46)
• Kool Moe Dee (53)
• The Edge (54)
• Rikki Rockett (54)
• Deborah Norville (57)
• Cecilia Roth (59)
• Robin Quivers (63)
• Keith Carradine (66)
• Connie Stevens (77)
• Dustin Hoffman (78)
• Esther Williams (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Patricia Neal (Born: January 20, 1926 / Died: August 8, 2010)

“Movies”

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

• 1975 – Farewell, My Lovely
• 1975 – Journey into Fear
• 1980 – The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
• 1980 – Xanadu

“Music”

• 1963 – The Searchers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Sweets For My Sweet’.

• 1983 – The Metallica single “Whiplash” was released.
• 1987 – U2 scored their second US No.1 single from their Joshua Tree album with ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’.
• 1989 – Danny Elfman’s musical score “Batman: Motion Picture Score” was released.
• 1992 – Madonna went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘This Used To Be My Playground’.

• 1992 – Snap! started a six-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Rhythm Is A Dancer’.
• 1998 – The Spice Girls had the UK No.1 single with ‘Viva Forever’.

“TV/Radio”

• 1956 – WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins.

“Other Important Events…”

• 1966 – Michael DeBakey became the first surgeon to install an artificial heart pump in a patient.

• 1974 – U.S. President Nixon announced that he would resign the following day.
• 1978 – The U.S. launched Pioneer Venus II, which carried scientific probes to study the atmosphere of Venus.

• 1989 – The space shuttle Columbia took off from Cape Canaveral, FL.
• 1992 – The “Dream Team” clinched the gold medal at the Barcelona Summer Olympics. The U.S. basketball team beat Croatia 117-85.