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“Born Today” Abigail Clancy (31) Alex Meraz (32) Sarah Shahi (37) Cash Warren (38) Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith (38) Jemaine Clement (43) Lyle Menendez (49) Trini Alvarado (50) Tony Gardner (53) Julie Moran (55) Evan Handler (56) Gurinda Chadha (57) Shawn Colvin (61) Pat Benatar (64) James Laine (68) George Foreman (68) William Sanderson (69) Rod Stewart (72) Sal Mineo (RIP) Ray Bolger (RIP) Josh Ryan Evans (RIP) Frank Sinatra, Jr. (RIP) “Died Today” Spalding Gray (Born: June 5, 1941 / Died: January 10, 2004) David Bowie (Born: January 8, 1947 / Died: January 10, 2016) "Movies" 1986 - Black Moon Rising 1992 - Kuffs 1992 - The Hand That Rocks the Cradles 1997 - The Relic 1997 - Turbulence 1997 - Jackie Chan’s First Strike “Music” 1964 - The Beatles released their album Introducing...The Beatles Wikipedia 1970 - “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” was #1 on the chart 1976 - C.W. McCall had the #1 song with “Convoy” 1981 - Leo Sayer had the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart with “More Than I Can Say” 1981 - John Lennon’s “(Just Like) Starting Over” was the #1 song 1987 - “Walk Like An Egyptian” continued to be the #1 song 1987 - Hank William, Jr. had the #1 country song with “Mind Your Own Business” “TV/Radio” 1941 - The Donald Duck short Timber premiered 1943 - The quiz show, "The Better Half," was heard for the first time on Mutual Radio. 1971 - PBS premiered the series Masterpiece 1990 - Time Inc and Warner Communications merged to create the entertainment company Time Warner 1999 - The TV series The Sopranos premiered “Other Important Events...” 1911 - Major Jimmie Erickson took the first photograph from an airplane while flying over San Diego, CA. 1920 - The League of Nations ratified the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending World War I with Germany. 1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sailed from Miami, FL, to Trinidad thus becoming the first American President to visit a foreign country during wartime. 1946 - The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly took place with 51 nations represented. 1963 - The Chicago Cubs became the first baseball club to hire an athletic director. He was Robert Whitlow. (MLB) 1990 - Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. completed a $14 billion merger. The new company, Time Warner, was the world's largest entertainment company. 1994 - In Manassas, VA, Lorena Bobbitt went on trial. She had been charged with maliciously wounding her husband John. She was acquitted by reason of temporary insanity. 1997 - James Brown received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame LAtimes 2000 - It was announced that Time-Warner had agreed to buy America On-line (AOL). It was the largest-ever corporate merger priced at $162 billion. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved the deal on December 14, 2000. 2001 - American Airlines agreed to acquire most of Trans World Airlines (TWA) assets for about $500 million. The deal brought an end to the financially troubled TWA.