TODAY IS ... 04 JANUARY
BIRTHDAYS -
2000 - Rhiannon Wryn - an American child actress whose biggest role to date is in the 2007 science fiction film The Last Mimzy, where she plays Emma Wilder, one of the main characters.
1963 - Dave Foley - actor: NewsRadio, The Kids in the Hall, From the Earth to the Moon, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, The Andy Dick Show
1962 - Patrick Cassidy - actor: How the West was Fun, Longtime Companion, Love at Stake, Dress Gray, Fever Pitch, Just the Way You Are, Off the Wall, Something in Common, The Bay City Blues, Dirty Dancing
1960 - Michael Stipe - Grammy Award-winning singer: Out of Time [1991]; group: R.E.M.: Losing My Religion [1991], Radio Free Europe, Talk About the Passion, So Central Rain, [Don’t Go Back to] Rockville, Seven Chinese Brothers
1958 - Matt Frewer - actor: Kissinger and Nixon, National Lampoon’s Senior Trip, Stephen King’s The Stand, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Speed Zone, Supergirl, Max Headroom, Shaky Ground, Doctor, Doctor; cartoon voice: The Exterminator in Itsy Bitsy Spider
1956 - Ann Magnuson - actress: Before and After, Cabin Boy, Tequila Sunrise, Desperately Seeking Susan, Perfect Strangers, Anything But Love
1937 - Dyan Cannon - actress: The Pickle, Christmas in Connecticut, Caddyshack 2, Author! Author!, Revenge of the Pink Panther, Heaven Can Wait, The Anderson Tapes, Doctors’ Wives, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1927 - Barbara Rush - actress: Web of Deceit, The Seekers, Superdad, Hombre, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Come Blow Your Horn, The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, Magnificent Obsession, When Worlds Collide, Peyton Place, Saints and Sinners, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Flamingo Road
1914 - Jane Wyman - Academy Award-winning actress: Johnny Belinda [1948]; How to Commit Marriage, Pollyanna, Magnificent Obsession, The Yearling, The Lost Weekend, My Favorite Spy, Falcon Crest, The Incredible Journey of Dr. Meg Laurel; TV hostess: Summer Playhouse, Fireside Theatre; former Mrs. Ronald Reagan
OTHER EVENTS –
2010 - At Disneyland, "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience" closes so that the Tomorrowland theater can be prepared for the February return of Captain EO.
2007 - Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou and Jennifer Connelly star in Blood Diamond which starts screening in Australia. A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
2006 – Actor-turned-singer Jamie Foxx ascends to the No. 1 place in the U.S. albums chart with his Unpredictable disc. The highest new entry is ATL rap duo Ying Yang Twins, whose USA Still United bows at No. 45.
2006 - Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. She was the first woman to hold the position.
2005 – Bono and the Edge aren’t on hand to rub shoulders on stage with Ashlee Simpson, Kelly Clarkson and Trace Adkins, but U2 do have a presence during the FedEx Orange Bowl 2005 National Championship Game halftime show when a two-minute version of the video for the band’s “All Because of You” receives its world premiere during ABC’s live broadcast of the game.
2004 - Will Young had the UK No.1 album with ‘Friday’s Child’.
2000 – Carlos Santana’s remarkable 1999 comeback receives further validation when the veteran Latin rocker is nominated for 10 Grammy Awards, including album of the year for his Arista set “Supernatural.”
1998 - "Funny Thing Happened," closes at St. James New York City after 715 performances.
1998 - Both Bob Hope and the late Roy O. Disney (Walt's brother) are among the Los Angeles citizens honored during an Investiture ceremony for the Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great. The honorees are cited for their contributions to the Catholic Church, the Christian faith and their service and charity work.
1996 – Operation Dumbo Drop starring Danny Glover, Ray Liotta and Denis Leary starts screening in Australia. To keep the loyalty of a native village during the Vietnam war, a US Army officer and his unit struggle to deliver it a live elephant.
1992 - Simply Red went back to No.1 on the UK album chart for a five week run with 'Stars' making it the third time it had been at the top of the charts.
1990 – Sea of Love starring Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin and John Goodman starts screening in Australia. Frank Keller is a New York detective investigating a case of a serial killer who finds the victims through the lonely hearts column in newspapers.
1990 - Manuel Noriega surrenders to the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges.
1988 – Starting to screen in Australia is Earth Girls are Easy starring Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum and Jim Carrey. A spaceship with three furry aliens lands in a California girl's swimming pool, so she makes friends with them.
1982 - San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge closed for third time by fierce storm.
1981 - The Broadway show "Frankenstein" lost an estimated $2 million, when it opened and closed on the same night.
1981 - "Peter Pan " closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 578 performances
1980 - President Carter announces punitive measures to be taken against the USSR in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan including American boycott of Olympic Games in Moscow, USSR.
1980 - Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-85 microcomputer. It features 16 kB RAM, 32-character wide 5-inch diameter CRT display, small built-in printer, cassette tape recorder, and keyboard. Price is US$3250. Code-name during development was Project Capricorn.
1979 - Due to renewed interest in the Beatles, the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany reopens to the public. The club had been an important stepping stone for the band. The Beatles do not atten
1979 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Too Much Heaven,” Bee Gees. The group donates all proceeds from sales of the single to UNICEF, the United Nations agency dedicated to helping the world’s children
1976 - "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 740 performances
1975 - Phoebe Snow's "Poetry Man" enters the pop charts
1975 - Elton John started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with his version of The Beatles 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'. His third US No.1, the song featured John Lennon on guitar.
1975 - "Over Here" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 341 performances
1974 - U.S. President Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
1974 - Elton John goes gold with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
1973 – Australia announces that they have placed an “entry ban” on an un-named member of the Rolling Stones. The Immigration Ministry lifts the ban five days later, but the Stone’s identity is never revealed.
1971 - The film Performance, starring Mick Jagger, premieres in London two years after its completion.
1967 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “I’m a Believer,” the Monkees. At seven weeks, this becomes the longest-running No. 1 song since the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”
1965 - Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars to CBS for $13 million.
1964 - Bobby Vinton started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'There I've Said It Again', a No.34 hit on the UK chart.
1964 - Billboard gives the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" a spotlight review: "This is the hot British group that has struck gold overseas. Side A is a driving rocker with surf-on-the-Thames sound and strong vocal work from the group."
1962 - In their first major national exposure in their native Britain, Mersey Beat devotes most of today's issue to the Beatles, who'd just topped their readers' poll.
1960 - Marty Robbins started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'El Paso'. A No.19 in the UK.
1958 - Sputnik 1 re-enters Earth's atmosphere from its orbit and burns up.
1957 - On NBC's The Steve Allen Show, former heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis introduces the world to singer Solomon Burke, who performs Louis' song "You Can Run, But You Can't Hide."
1957 - Elvis Presley reports for his pre-induction Army physical in Memphis.
1954 - A young truck driver named Elvis Presley enters the Memphis Recording Service in Memphis, TN, ostensibly to record a song for his mother's birthday (which was, in reality, many months away). He records "Casual Love Affair" and "I’ll Never Stand in Your Way." It was this recording that would lead MRS head Sam Phillips to call Presley back to record for his Sun Records label.
1952 - The Goofy short Father's Lion is released. Goofy teaches his son the finer points of camping outdoors ... unfortunately with a mountain lion in hot pursuit!
1951 - During the Korean conflict, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul.
1950 - Two years after Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record, RCA announces its intention to follow suit.
1947 - "Show Boat" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 417 performances
1940 – Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard star in The Cat and the Canary which started screening in Australia. Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire, Cyrus Norman. Cosby, Cyrus' attorney, has gathered Cyrus' 6 remaining relatives to his New Orleans' mansion for Cyrus' "reading of the will".
1937 - The first cels of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs are taken to the Disney Ink and Paint department at the studio on Hyperion Avenue in California. Walt wants the film completed for a 1937 Christmastime release.
1936 - Billboard publishes the first pop music chart based on national sales. At Number One - Joe Venuti's "Stop! Look! Listen!"
1936 - Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Polo Team, directed by David Hand, is released. The short features a game of polo between a team made up of Mickey, Goofy, the Big Bad Wolf, & Donald and a team made up of four animated caricatures of film actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harpo Marx, and Charlie Chaplin. Animated spectators include Hollywood stars Shirley Temple, Eddie Cantor, W.C. Fields, and Clark Gable.
1935 - Bert Ambrose and his orchestra recorded the song that became the group’s theme song. It was titled, Hors d’oeuvres and was cut in London for Decca Records.
1930 - Disney completes the Silly Symphony film Summer.
1885 - Dr. William Grant of Davenport, IA performed the first successful appendectomy on this day. The operation was performed on Mary Gartside.
1963 - Dave Foley - actor: NewsRadio, The Kids in the Hall, From the Earth to the Moon, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, The Andy Dick Show
1962 - Patrick Cassidy - actor: How the West was Fun, Longtime Companion, Love at Stake, Dress Gray, Fever Pitch, Just the Way You Are, Off the Wall, Something in Common, The Bay City Blues, Dirty Dancing
1960 - Michael Stipe - Grammy Award-winning singer: Out of Time [1991]; group: R.E.M.: Losing My Religion [1991], Radio Free Europe, Talk About the Passion, So Central Rain, [Don’t Go Back to] Rockville, Seven Chinese Brothers
1958 - Matt Frewer - actor: Kissinger and Nixon, National Lampoon’s Senior Trip, Stephen King’s The Stand, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Speed Zone, Supergirl, Max Headroom, Shaky Ground, Doctor, Doctor; cartoon voice: The Exterminator in Itsy Bitsy Spider
1956 - Ann Magnuson - actress: Before and After, Cabin Boy, Tequila Sunrise, Desperately Seeking Susan, Perfect Strangers, Anything But Love
1937 - Dyan Cannon - actress: The Pickle, Christmas in Connecticut, Caddyshack 2, Author! Author!, Revenge of the Pink Panther, Heaven Can Wait, The Anderson Tapes, Doctors’ Wives, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1927 - Barbara Rush - actress: Web of Deceit, The Seekers, Superdad, Hombre, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Come Blow Your Horn, The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, Magnificent Obsession, When Worlds Collide, Peyton Place, Saints and Sinners, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Flamingo Road
1914 - Jane Wyman - Academy Award-winning actress: Johnny Belinda [1948]; How to Commit Marriage, Pollyanna, Magnificent Obsession, The Yearling, The Lost Weekend, My Favorite Spy, Falcon Crest, The Incredible Journey of Dr. Meg Laurel; TV hostess: Summer Playhouse, Fireside Theatre; former Mrs. Ronald Reagan
OTHER EVENTS –
2010 - At Disneyland, "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience" closes so that the Tomorrowland theater can be prepared for the February return of Captain EO.
2007 - Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou and Jennifer Connelly star in Blood Diamond which starts screening in Australia. A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
2006 – Actor-turned-singer Jamie Foxx ascends to the No. 1 place in the U.S. albums chart with his Unpredictable disc. The highest new entry is ATL rap duo Ying Yang Twins, whose USA Still United bows at No. 45.
2006 - Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. She was the first woman to hold the position.
2005 – Bono and the Edge aren’t on hand to rub shoulders on stage with Ashlee Simpson, Kelly Clarkson and Trace Adkins, but U2 do have a presence during the FedEx Orange Bowl 2005 National Championship Game halftime show when a two-minute version of the video for the band’s “All Because of You” receives its world premiere during ABC’s live broadcast of the game.
2004 - Will Young had the UK No.1 album with ‘Friday’s Child’.
2000 – Carlos Santana’s remarkable 1999 comeback receives further validation when the veteran Latin rocker is nominated for 10 Grammy Awards, including album of the year for his Arista set “Supernatural.”
1998 - "Funny Thing Happened," closes at St. James New York City after 715 performances.
1998 - Both Bob Hope and the late Roy O. Disney (Walt's brother) are among the Los Angeles citizens honored during an Investiture ceremony for the Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great. The honorees are cited for their contributions to the Catholic Church, the Christian faith and their service and charity work.
1996 – Operation Dumbo Drop starring Danny Glover, Ray Liotta and Denis Leary starts screening in Australia. To keep the loyalty of a native village during the Vietnam war, a US Army officer and his unit struggle to deliver it a live elephant.
1992 - Simply Red went back to No.1 on the UK album chart for a five week run with 'Stars' making it the third time it had been at the top of the charts.
1990 – Sea of Love starring Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin and John Goodman starts screening in Australia. Frank Keller is a New York detective investigating a case of a serial killer who finds the victims through the lonely hearts column in newspapers.
1990 - Manuel Noriega surrenders to the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges.
1988 – Starting to screen in Australia is Earth Girls are Easy starring Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum and Jim Carrey. A spaceship with three furry aliens lands in a California girl's swimming pool, so she makes friends with them.
1982 - San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge closed for third time by fierce storm.
1981 - The Broadway show "Frankenstein" lost an estimated $2 million, when it opened and closed on the same night.
1981 - "Peter Pan " closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 578 performances
1980 - President Carter announces punitive measures to be taken against the USSR in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan including American boycott of Olympic Games in Moscow, USSR.
1980 - Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-85 microcomputer. It features 16 kB RAM, 32-character wide 5-inch diameter CRT display, small built-in printer, cassette tape recorder, and keyboard. Price is US$3250. Code-name during development was Project Capricorn.
1979 - Due to renewed interest in the Beatles, the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany reopens to the public. The club had been an important stepping stone for the band. The Beatles do not atten
1979 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Too Much Heaven,” Bee Gees. The group donates all proceeds from sales of the single to UNICEF, the United Nations agency dedicated to helping the world’s children
1976 - "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 740 performances
1975 - Phoebe Snow's "Poetry Man" enters the pop charts
1975 - Elton John started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with his version of The Beatles 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'. His third US No.1, the song featured John Lennon on guitar.
1975 - "Over Here" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 341 performances
1974 - U.S. President Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
1974 - Elton John goes gold with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
1973 – Australia announces that they have placed an “entry ban” on an un-named member of the Rolling Stones. The Immigration Ministry lifts the ban five days later, but the Stone’s identity is never revealed.
1971 - The film Performance, starring Mick Jagger, premieres in London two years after its completion.
1967 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “I’m a Believer,” the Monkees. At seven weeks, this becomes the longest-running No. 1 song since the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”
1965 - Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars to CBS for $13 million.
1964 - Bobby Vinton started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'There I've Said It Again', a No.34 hit on the UK chart.
1964 - Billboard gives the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" a spotlight review: "This is the hot British group that has struck gold overseas. Side A is a driving rocker with surf-on-the-Thames sound and strong vocal work from the group."
1962 - In their first major national exposure in their native Britain, Mersey Beat devotes most of today's issue to the Beatles, who'd just topped their readers' poll.
1960 - Marty Robbins started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'El Paso'. A No.19 in the UK.
1958 - Sputnik 1 re-enters Earth's atmosphere from its orbit and burns up.
1957 - On NBC's The Steve Allen Show, former heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis introduces the world to singer Solomon Burke, who performs Louis' song "You Can Run, But You Can't Hide."
1957 - Elvis Presley reports for his pre-induction Army physical in Memphis.
1954 - A young truck driver named Elvis Presley enters the Memphis Recording Service in Memphis, TN, ostensibly to record a song for his mother's birthday (which was, in reality, many months away). He records "Casual Love Affair" and "I’ll Never Stand in Your Way." It was this recording that would lead MRS head Sam Phillips to call Presley back to record for his Sun Records label.
1952 - The Goofy short Father's Lion is released. Goofy teaches his son the finer points of camping outdoors ... unfortunately with a mountain lion in hot pursuit!
1951 - During the Korean conflict, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul.
1950 - Two years after Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record, RCA announces its intention to follow suit.
1947 - "Show Boat" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 417 performances
1940 – Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard star in The Cat and the Canary which started screening in Australia. Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire, Cyrus Norman. Cosby, Cyrus' attorney, has gathered Cyrus' 6 remaining relatives to his New Orleans' mansion for Cyrus' "reading of the will".
1937 - The first cels of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs are taken to the Disney Ink and Paint department at the studio on Hyperion Avenue in California. Walt wants the film completed for a 1937 Christmastime release.
1936 - Billboard publishes the first pop music chart based on national sales. At Number One - Joe Venuti's "Stop! Look! Listen!"
1936 - Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Polo Team, directed by David Hand, is released. The short features a game of polo between a team made up of Mickey, Goofy, the Big Bad Wolf, & Donald and a team made up of four animated caricatures of film actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harpo Marx, and Charlie Chaplin. Animated spectators include Hollywood stars Shirley Temple, Eddie Cantor, W.C. Fields, and Clark Gable.
1935 - Bert Ambrose and his orchestra recorded the song that became the group’s theme song. It was titled, Hors d’oeuvres and was cut in London for Decca Records.
1930 - Disney completes the Silly Symphony film Summer.
1885 - Dr. William Grant of Davenport, IA performed the first successful appendectomy on this day. The operation was performed on Mary Gartside.
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