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TODAY

DYR Today, August 11

by Alexandra Feinman

Published August 11, 2016

Hulk Hogan
Photo: wwehalloffameblog.com
Photo: wwehalloffameblog.com

Born on August 11, 1953, in Augusta Georgia, Hulk Hogan was discovered in 1979 by the World Federation.

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“Born Today”

  • Alyson Stoner (22)
  • Asher Roth (30)
  • Chris Hemsworth (32)
  • Will Friedle (39)
  • Ben Gibbard (39)
  • Carolyn Murphy (41)
  • Ashley Jensen (46)
  • Anna Gunn (47)
  • Joe Rogan (48)
  • Viola Davis (50)
  • Embeth Davidtz (50)
  • Duane Martin (50)
  • Miguel A Nunez Jr. (51)
  • David Henry Hwang (58)
  • Joe Jackson (61)
  • Hulk Hogan (62)
  • Steve Wozniak (65)
  • Eric Carmen (66)
  • Ian McDiarmid (61)
  • John Gorrie (83)
  • Arlene Dahl (90)
  • Alex Haley (RIP)

“Died Today”

  • Jackson Pollock (Born: January 28, 1912 / Died: August 11, 1956)
  • Chuck McKinley (Born: January 5, 1941 / Died: August 11, 1986)
  • Peter Cushing (Born: May 26, 1913 / Died: August 11, 1994)

“Movies”

  • 1973 – American Graffiti
  • 1989 – The Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
  • 1995 – Dangerous Minds
  • 1995 – A Kid in King Arthur’s Court
  • 1995 – Unzipped
  • 1995 – A Walk in The Clouds
  • 2000 – Autumn In New York
  • 2000 – Bless The Child
  • 2000 – The Replacements

“Music”

  • 1958 – “Patricia” by Perez Prado was #1 on the R&B chart.
  • 1958 – In Billboard’s second chart, Ricky Nelson remained at #1 with “Poor Little Fool”
  • 1962 – Green Onions” became the first hit for Booker T. & the MG’s

  • 1962 – The Supremes debuted on the singles chart with “Your Heart Belongs To Me”.
  • 1962 – Neil Sedaka hit #1 with “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”

  • 1963 – The Rolling Stones and Long John Baldry performed at the National Jazz and Blues Festival, on the Richmond Athletic Grounds in Richmond, Surrey, England. The Stones were paid all of £30.
  • 1967 – Small Faces, the Move, Tomorrow, and Marmalade performed on the opening night of the seventh annual Jazz & Blues Festival at the Windsor Royal Racecourse in Windsor, England.  
  • 1968 – The Beatles announced the formation of Apple Records.
  • 1969 – Blind Faith released their first and only album.
  • 1969 – Diana Ross invited 350 friends to a club in Beverly Hills, California to see a new act called the Jackson 5.
  • 1972 – Elvis and Priscilla Presley filed for divorce. They had married in May of 1967.
  • 1973 – The Edgar Winter Group’s “Free Ride” was released.
  • 1982 – The self-titled album “Vanity 6” was released.
  • 1985 – Lead Singer of Duran Duran, Simon LeBon, boat capsized off the English coast during a race. The Royal Navy rescued him after he spent 40 minutes trapped in an underwater air pocket.
  • 1973 – Bill Aucoin offered to become the manager of KISS after seeing them play at the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel Diplomat in New York City the night before.
  • 1973 – Maureen McGovern hit #1 with “The Morning After.” Wings were #2 with “Live And Let Die”
  • 1976 – Keith Moon, drummer of the Who, collapsed and was hospitalized in Miami, Florida.
  • 1979 – Led Zeppelin played their final concert in the U.K. at the Knebworth Festival at Knebworth Park, in Knebworth, England.
  • 1979 – Chic held #1 spot for the third week with “Good Times”.

  • 1980 – Queen released the single “Another One Bites The Dust”.

  • 1984 – Lionel Richie had his second #1 on the AC chart with his album Can’t Slow Down as “Stuck On You” was #1 for a second week.
  • 1984 – Ray Parker, Jr. had his biggest career hit as “Ghostbusters” reached #1. This ended Prince’s hold on the top spot with his great song “When Doves Cry”

  • 1984:  Purple Rain was in its fifth week of release with two at #1 on the Album chart.
  • 1989 – Three members of L.L. Cool J crew were arrested and charged with raping a 15 year-old girl. The incident took place after a concert when the girl had won a backstage pass on a radio contest.
  • 1990:  Mariah Carey reached #1 on the R&B chart with her first single “Vision Of Love”

  • 1992:  Ray Charles sang “America The Beautiful” at the opening of the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  • 1999 – KISS received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • 1960 – Johnny Cash appeared at the Three Rivers Inn in Syracuse, New York during a four night run.
  • 1989 – ‘Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That’ by Dolly Parton was at #1 on the country chart. Released as the first single from the album White Limozeen, the song was Parton’s eighteenth #1.

“TV/Radio”

  • 1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis performed on The Steve Allen Show on NBC-TV.  
  • 1963 – The Kingston Trio were the mystery guests on the television show What’s My Line?
  • 1965 – Sonny Bono performed “Laugh At Me” on the television show Shindig on ABC.  The Rolling Stones, Donovan, the Ronettes and Bobby Goldsboro also performed.

“Other Important Events…”

  • 1972 – The mayor of San Antonio, Texas declared it Cheech & Chong Day.
  • 1991 – The space shuttle Atlantis ended its nine-day journey by landing safely.
  • 1992 – In Bloomington, MN, the Mall of America opened. It was the largest shopping mall in the United States.
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