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April 5 "BORN TODAY" Lily James (1989) Marshall Allman (1984) Hayley Atwell (1982) Juicy J (1975) Pharrell Williams (1973) Elodie Bouchez (1973) Krista Allen (1971) Miho Hatori (1971) Thea Gill (1970) Paula Cole (1968) Mike McCready (1966) Christopher “Kid” Reid (1964) Lana Clarkson (1962) - (RIP 2003) Lisa Zane (1961) Christopher S Nelson (1954) Mitch Pileggi (1952) Agnetha Faltskog (1950) Judith Arlene Resnik (1949) - (RIP 1986) Jane Asher (1946) Nicholas Caldwell (1944) - (RIP 2016) Max Gail (1943) Jonathan Lynn (1943) Allan Clarke (1942) Michael Moriarty (1941) Aliza Kashi (1940) David Winters (1939) Ronald Anthony White Jr (1939) - (RIP 1995) Colin Powell (1937) Frank Gorshin (1933) - (RIP 2005) Billy Bland (1932) - (RIP 2017) Nigel Hawthorne (1929) - (RIP 2001) Michael Bryant (1928) - (RIP 2002) Roger Corman (1926) Gale Storm (1922) - (RIP 2009) Arthur Hailey (1920) - (RIP 2004) Gregory Peck (1916) - (RIP 2003) John Le Mesurier (1912) - (RIP 1983) Gordon Jones (1911) - (RIP 1963) Alberto Romero (1909) - (RIP 1996) Bette Davis (1908) - (RIP 1989) Spencer Tracy (1900) - (RIP 1967) "DIED TODAY" Alma Kruger (September 13, 1868 - April 5, 1960) William Hudson (January 24, 1919 - April 5, 1974) Howard Hughes (December 24, 1905 - April 5, 1976) Sam Walton (March 29, 1918 - April 5, 1992) Kurt Cobain (February 20, 1967 - April 5, 1995) Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997) Colin Trevor "Cozy" Powell (December 29, 1947 – April 5, 1998) Layne Staley (August 22, 1967 - April 5, 2002) Debralee Scott (April 2, 1953 - April 5, 2005) Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 - April 5, 2008) Richard Dysart (March 30, 1929 - April 5, 2015) "MOVIES TODAY" 1965 – 37th Academy Awards – “My Fair Lady”, Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) win awards 1976 – The Blue Bird is an American/Soviet fantasy film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner and Cicely Tyson. A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune. 1989 – Listen to Me is an American drama film starring Kirk Cameron, Jami Gertz, and Roy Scheider. The film was largely shot on location in Malibu, California, including the campus of Pepperdine University. A group of college debaters learn about the world, friendships, love, dreams and family in this warm, endearing drama. 1989 – Signs of Life, also known as One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, is a film of life in rural Maine. 1991 – The Marrying Man (known as Too Hot to Handle in the United Kingdom and Australia) is an American romantic comedy film starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. Rich playboy Charley Pearl meets Vicki Anderson, singer at a nightclub in Las Vegas. 1996 – The Last Supper is a black comedy film starring Cameron Diaz and Ron Eldard as five liberal graduate school students who invite a string of right-wing extremists to dinner in order to murder them. 1996 – Primal Fear is an American neo-noir crime-thriller film. Richard Gere plays Martin Gail, a Chicago defense attorney who loves the public spotlight and does everything he can to get his high-profile clients acquitted on legal technicalities. 1996 – A Thin Line Between Love and Hate is an American dark comedy-romance film that was directed and co-written by Martin Lawrence, who also stars in the film. Along with Lawrence, the film features a cast of actors that include Lynn Whitfield, Regina King, Bobby Brown and Della Reese. The film tells the story of Darnell Wright, a ladies’ man who finds himself targeted by one of his obsessed lovers.It went on to gross over $30 million at the box office against a budget of $8 million. "MUSIC TODAY" 1954 – Elvis Presley records his debut single “That’s All Right” 1963 – Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me) 1968 - Simon & Garfunkel's single "Mrs. Robinson" was released. 1978 - Duran Duran made their live debut at The Lecture Theatre at Birmingham Polytechnic. 1980 - The Genesis album "Duke" hit #1 in the U.K. 1985 - An estimated 5,000 radio stations around the world simultaneously played the song "We Are the World". 1922 – KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions 1922 – WDZ-AM in Decatur IL begins radio transmissions 1948 – WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting 1953 – WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1961 – Barbra Streisand appears on “Jack Paar Show” 1970 – WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting 1977 - David Bowie appeared on Dinah Shore's TV special. 1987 – FOX Broadcasting Company launched “Married….With Children” and “The Tracey Ullman Show”. The two shows were the beginning of the FOX lineup. "OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS..." 1887 – Anne Sexton teaches water to Helen Keller 1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company starts producing inflatable tires 1933 – The first operation to remove a lung was performed 1951 – Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death 1955 – Winston Churchill resigned as British Prime Minister 1962 – NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m PLEASE LET US KNOW IF WE HAVE THE WRONG INFO, SOMETHING NEEDS UPDATING OR SOMETHING IS MISSING SO WE CAN KEEP "DYRT" AS CONCISE AND CORRECT AS POSSIBLE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS!