TODAY IS ... 25 NOVEMBER
BIRTHDAYS:
1971 - Christina Applegate - an American actress. She is known for playing Kelly Bundy on the sitcom Married... with Children. She has since established a film and television career, with major roles in several pictures, including Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead,The Big Hit, The Sweetest Thing, Anchorman, Farce of the Penguins and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. Christina appeared on Broadway in the musical Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story in 1990.She has also starred in numerous productions including the 2005 Broadway revival of the musical Sweet Charity.
1968 - Jill Hennessy - a Canadian actress and musician known for her television roles on Law & Order and Crossing Jordan.
1947 - John Larroquette - Emmy Award-winning actor who portrayed womanizing Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding on Night Court (1984–92). He played John Hemingway, a reformed alcholic who managed a bus station and dabbled in writing on the John Larroquette Show (1993–96). His other television credits include Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976–78), and a recurring guest role on The Practice (1997, 1998) for which he won another Emmy.
1940 - Percy Sledge, soul singer, (1966 UK No.4 and US No.1 single 'When A Man Loves A Woman').
OTHER EVENTS:
2005 - Take That announced that they were to reform for a tour, 10 years after they split up. At a press conference in London, Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Howard Donald said they would go back on tour in April 2006, but without Robbie Williams.
2004 – National Treasure starring Nicholas Cage, Harvey Keitel and Dianne Krugers screens inn Australia. A treasure hunter is in hot pursuit of a mythical treasure that has been passed down for centuries, while his employer turned enemy is onto the same path that he's on.
2001 - S Club 7 scored their fourth UK No.1 single with 'Have You Ever.' The Children In Need charity recording was their 4th and last No.1.
2001 - Robbie Williams started an eight-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Swing When You're Winning'.
1999 - James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot when he protects an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain in The World Is Not Enough. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau and Judy Dench, The World Is Not Enough started screening in Australia.
1993 - Addams Family Values starring Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia and Christopher Lloyd commenced screening in Australia. A comical Gothic horror-movie-type family tries to rescue their beloved uncle from his gold-digging new love.
1992 - The 31st Disney animated feature film, Aladdin is released in U.S. theaters. It relates a version of the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. The film's music will earn 2 Academy Awards and 6 Grammy Awards.
1991 - U2's 'Achtung Baby' hits UK LP chart at No. 2
1989 - The US boy band from Boston New Kids On The Block had their first UK No.1 single with 'You Got It' (The Right Stuff').
1987 - Disney's Touchstone Pictures releases the comedy film Three Men and a Baby starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson.
1986 - Iran-Contra Affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that $10 million of the $30 million from the sale of weapons to Iran had been illegally diverted to Nicaraguan contras.
1984 - The cream of the British pop world gathered at S.A.R.M. Studios, London to record the historic ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ The single, which was written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, featured Paul Young, Bono, Boy George, Sting and George Michael. It went on to sell over three million copies in the UK, becoming the bestselling record ever, and raised over £8 million ($13.6 million) worldwide.
1981 - 1981 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Physical,” Olivia Newton-John. The song, which sells more than 2 million copies, tops Chart Toppers’s Hot 100 for 10 weeks, making it the biggest hit of the year
1972 - Chuck Berry was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'My Ding a-Ling', his only UK No.1.
1971 - D.B. Cooper: The hijacker parachutes out of a 727 jet with $200,000 ransom money and is never heard from again.
1965 - The Seekers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Carnival Is Over', the group's second No.1.
1965 - Harrods department store in London closed to the public so The Beatles could do their Christmas shopping.
1961 - First nuclear powered aircraft carrier: The USS Enterprise is commissioned.
1957 - Billboard reports that rock and roll acts are turning away from the "increasingly disappointing grosses" of big package shows in favor of smaller scale "teen record hops" where performers appear for smaller guarantees but bigger percentages of the gate.
1955 - Following a summer at the top of the American pop charts, Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets became the #1 song in Great Britain.
1949 - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer appeared on the music charts and became THE musical hit of the Christmas season. Although Gene Autry’s rendition is the most popular, 80 different versions of the song have been recorded, with nearly 20,000,000 copies sold.
1968 - Jill Hennessy - a Canadian actress and musician known for her television roles on Law & Order and Crossing Jordan.
1947 - John Larroquette - Emmy Award-winning actor who portrayed womanizing Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding on Night Court (1984–92). He played John Hemingway, a reformed alcholic who managed a bus station and dabbled in writing on the John Larroquette Show (1993–96). His other television credits include Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976–78), and a recurring guest role on The Practice (1997, 1998) for which he won another Emmy.
1940 - Percy Sledge, soul singer, (1966 UK No.4 and US No.1 single 'When A Man Loves A Woman').
OTHER EVENTS:
2005 - Take That announced that they were to reform for a tour, 10 years after they split up. At a press conference in London, Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Howard Donald said they would go back on tour in April 2006, but without Robbie Williams.
2004 – National Treasure starring Nicholas Cage, Harvey Keitel and Dianne Krugers screens inn Australia. A treasure hunter is in hot pursuit of a mythical treasure that has been passed down for centuries, while his employer turned enemy is onto the same path that he's on.
2001 - S Club 7 scored their fourth UK No.1 single with 'Have You Ever.' The Children In Need charity recording was their 4th and last No.1.
2001 - Robbie Williams started an eight-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Swing When You're Winning'.
1999 - James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot when he protects an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain in The World Is Not Enough. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau and Judy Dench, The World Is Not Enough started screening in Australia.
1993 - Addams Family Values starring Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia and Christopher Lloyd commenced screening in Australia. A comical Gothic horror-movie-type family tries to rescue their beloved uncle from his gold-digging new love.
1992 - The 31st Disney animated feature film, Aladdin is released in U.S. theaters. It relates a version of the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. The film's music will earn 2 Academy Awards and 6 Grammy Awards.
1991 - U2's 'Achtung Baby' hits UK LP chart at No. 2
1989 - The US boy band from Boston New Kids On The Block had their first UK No.1 single with 'You Got It' (The Right Stuff').
1987 - Disney's Touchstone Pictures releases the comedy film Three Men and a Baby starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson.
1986 - Iran-Contra Affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that $10 million of the $30 million from the sale of weapons to Iran had been illegally diverted to Nicaraguan contras.
1984 - The cream of the British pop world gathered at S.A.R.M. Studios, London to record the historic ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ The single, which was written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, featured Paul Young, Bono, Boy George, Sting and George Michael. It went on to sell over three million copies in the UK, becoming the bestselling record ever, and raised over £8 million ($13.6 million) worldwide.
1981 - 1981 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Physical,” Olivia Newton-John. The song, which sells more than 2 million copies, tops Chart Toppers’s Hot 100 for 10 weeks, making it the biggest hit of the year
1972 - Chuck Berry was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'My Ding a-Ling', his only UK No.1.
1971 - D.B. Cooper: The hijacker parachutes out of a 727 jet with $200,000 ransom money and is never heard from again.
1965 - The Seekers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Carnival Is Over', the group's second No.1.
1965 - Harrods department store in London closed to the public so The Beatles could do their Christmas shopping.
1961 - First nuclear powered aircraft carrier: The USS Enterprise is commissioned.
1957 - Billboard reports that rock and roll acts are turning away from the "increasingly disappointing grosses" of big package shows in favor of smaller scale "teen record hops" where performers appear for smaller guarantees but bigger percentages of the gate.
1955 - Following a summer at the top of the American pop charts, Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets became the #1 song in Great Britain.
1949 - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer appeared on the music charts and became THE musical hit of the Christmas season. Although Gene Autry’s rendition is the most popular, 80 different versions of the song have been recorded, with nearly 20,000,000 copies sold.
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