TODAY IS ... 07 NOVEMBER

TODAY IS ... 07 NOVEMBER

BIRTHDAYS: 1990 - Matthew John "Matt" Corby is an Australian singer, who was the runner-up to Natalie Gauci on the fifth season of Australian Idol in 2007

Matt Corby

1976 - Mark Anthony Philippoussis is an Australian tennis player. He turned professional in 1994.

Mark Philippoussis

1960 - Tommy Thayer (born in Portland, Oregon) is an American musician and the current lead guitarist of the rock group Kiss.

Tommy Thayer in 2006

1957 - Christopher Anton Knight - is an American actor best known for playing Peter Brady on the 1970s series, The Brady Bunch. He has since gone on to become a successful businessman and has enjoyed a semi-resurgence in the public eye with recent TV appearances

Christopher Knight in 2003

1943 - Joni Mitchell is born - Canadian songwriter, singer, guitarist, poet, and painter. She cut her first record, Joni Mitchell, in 1968, the year singer Judy Collins recorded Mitchell's “Both Sides Now.” Mitchell's quirky, complex, witty, and often introspective songs, frequently marked by social or feminist concerns, resonated with the young folk-rock audience. 1936 - Mary Travers - an American singer-songwriter and member of the folk, pop group Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and Noel "Paul" Stookey. Peter, Paul and Mary was one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the 1960s. Unlike most folk musicians who were a part of the early 1960s Greenwich Village music scene, Travers actually grew up in that New York neighborhood.

Mary Travers

OTHER EVENTS: 2004 – Eminem tops the UK singles chart with “Just Lose It.” The Simon Cowell-managed operatic boy band Il Divo top the British albums chart with their self-titled debut. 2003 – Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. 2002 - Harrison Ford, Liam Nesson and Peter Sarsgarrd are in the cast of K-19: The Widowmaker which starts screening in Australia. When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster. IMAGE 2000 - Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady to win public office in the United States, although actually she still was the First Lady.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

1996 - Feeling Minnesota starring Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz starts screening in Australia. An ex-convict and his bumbling crook brother fight for the same woman 1995 - The Madonna album "Something to Remember" was released. 1995 - The Captain and Tennille (Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille) renew their wedding vows on their 20th anniversary. 1991 - Magic Johnson (NBA) announced that he had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS, and that he was retiring from basketball.

Magic Johnson

1981 - "Private Eyes" by Daryl Hall & John Oates topped the US charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. 1975 - Steve Anderson becomes new World Guitar Champion with continuous string plucking for 114 hours 17 mins 1970 – MCA drops 18 acts who purportedly “exploit and promote hard drugs through music” from its roster, according to label president Mike Curb. The unfortunate 18 include such incongruous hopheads as Connie Francis and the Cowsills.

Connie Francis

1963 - The comedy "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" premiered in Hollywood. 1960 - Elvis Presley begins filming the movie "Wild In The Country" 1956 - Elvis Presley hit the charts with Love Me. The song was the first million-seller to make the charts without being released as a single. It was, instead, an EP (extended play) 45 rpm, with three other songs on it: Rip It Up, Paralyzed and When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again -- on RCA Victor. 1954 – The life of one of America’s most inspirational band leaders was celebrated in a movie with James Stewart and June Allyson. The Glenn Miller Story started screening in Australia.

String of Pearls from the 1954 “Glenn Miller Story”

1951 - Frank Sinatra marries actress Ava Gardner (they divorce six years later).

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner

1933 - Pennsylvania’s Blue Laws meant that lots of things couldn’t be done on Sunday. Shopping was one. Drinking was another. Sports was yet another. The votes that were counted this day in the Keystone State eliminated sports from the forbidden activities. Fans in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia rejoiced! 1932 - "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" was broadcast for the first on CBS Radio. 1872 - The 'Mary Celeste' sets sail, only to be mysteriously abandoned at sea, with no sign of its crew ever found.

Mary Celeste

1861 - The first Melbourne Cup is run and was attended by a crowd of around 4000. The race was won by Archer out of a field of 17 horses..