Tuesday, January 19, 2010

TODAY IS … 19 JANUARY

TODAY IS ... 19 JANUARY

BIRTHDAYS -

1982 - Jodie Sweetin - an American actress, best known for her role as "Stephanie Tanner" on the television sitcom Full House.

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1980 - Jenson Button, MBE - a British Formula One driver currently signed to Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, and is the reigning Formula One World Drivers' Champion.

1973 - Drea de Matteo – Actor- On the hit TV series The Sopranos, Drea de Matteo played Adriana, the loyal girlfriend/fianceé of mobster Christopher Moltisanti (actor Michael Imperioli). In 1999 she appeared in The Sopranos where her minor character ended up becoming a significant part of the show. She was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2004. She then joined the cast of Joey, a series spun off from the long-running situation comedy Friends, which ran from 2004-06. De Matteo has also appeared in feature films, including Swordfish (2001, with Hugh Jackman), Deuces Wild (2002) and Assault on Precinct 13 (2005, starring Ja Rule and Laurence Fishburne).

1961 - Paul McCrane - actor: Fame, RoboCop, Cop Rock, The Shawshank Redemption, Under Suspicion, ER, From the Earth to the Moon

1946 - Dolly Parton - songwriter, singer: ACM Entertainer of the Year [1977], CMA Entertainer of the year [1978]: Jolene, Coat of Many Colors, Here You Come Again, 9-to-5, You’re the Only One, [w/Kenny Rogers]: Islands in the Stream; Grand Ol’ Opry member; actress: 9-to-5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias; owns Dollywood amusement park in Tennessee. Parton wrote 'I Will Always Love You' which was a US Country No.1 for her in 1974 and became a UK & US No.1 for Whitney Houston in 1992.

1944 - Shelley Fabares - singer: Johnny Angel, Johnny Loves Me; comedienne-actress

1944 - Laurie London - actor, singer. At the age of 13 had the 1958 US No.1 & UK No. 12 single 'He's Got The Whole World In His Hands'.

1943 - Janis Joplin - singer: with Big Brother and The Holding Company: Piece of My Heart, How Hard It Is; formed Kozmic Blues Band, then Full Tilt Boogie Band: Pearl, Me and Bobby McGee

1942 - Michael Crawford - actor, singer: The Phantom of the Opera, Condorman, Hello, Dolly!, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Knack, (1987 UK No.7 single 'The Music Of The Night')

1939 - Phil Everly - singer: The Everly Brothers [w/brother, Don]: Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie, All I Have to Do is Dream, Bird Dog, Cathy’s Clown; solo: When Will I Be Loved plus over 25 other Top 40 hits).

1935 - Johnny O’Keefe, singer known as “Australia’s King of rock ‘n’ roll”. He co-wrote and had the 1958 Australian hit with, ‘Real Wild Child’, which was covered by Iggy Pop in 1986. Other hits included 'Shout!', 'Don't You Know Pretty Baby' and 'She's My Baby.

1931 - Tippi Hedren - actress: The Birds, Deadly Spygames, Harrad Experiment, Pacific Heights

1931 - Robert MacNeil - Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist: The Story of English: A Muse of Fire [1986-87]; The MacNeil/Lehrer Report, NBC News anchor [1965]

1926 - Fritz Weaver – actor: Holocaust, Marathon Man, Black Sunday

1923 - Jean Stapleton - Emmy Award-winning actress: All in the Family [1970-1971, 1971-1972, 1977-1978]; Bells are Ringing, Cinderella, Damn Yankees, Klute

1922 - Guy Madison - actor: Zorro, Drums in the Deep South, Special Forces, Hell Commandos, Till the End of Time

OTHER EVENTS –

2006 - An unmanned NASA spacecraft blasted off on a 3 billion-mile journey to Pluto.

2005 – Memoirs of a Geisha starring Suzuka Ohgo and Togo Igawa starts screening in Australia. Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.

2003 - UK TV's Fame Academy winner David Sneddon started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Stop Living The Lie'. Sneddon was a busker before he got on the show as a late replacement.

2003 – U.S.-born, Taiwan-based singer Wang Lee Hom wins three honors at the ninth annual Channel V Chinese Music Awards in Shanghai.

2003 - Norah Jones started a three week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Come Away With Me’, also a UK No.1.

2003 – “Chicago” the splashy Broadway musical adapted for the silver screen, takes home three of the eight trophies for which it is nominated at the Golden Globe Awards, while Irish rock act U2 wins the best original song honor. “Chicago” wins the best motion picture _ musical or comedy honor at the event, held in Beverly Hills, Calif. Stars Renee Zellweger and Richard Gere win the best actress and best actor in a musical or comedy, respectively.

2001 - It was reported that Paul McCartney was set to become the world’s first pop star billionaire. McCartney was said to be worth £725 million ($1,233) and was expected to become a billionaire after huge sales from The Beatles compilation hits album.

2000 – Tourism chiefs in Liverpool were banned from putting up motorway signs saying ‘Liverpool, the Birthplace Of The Beatles’, because the Highways Agency thought the signs would distract motorists.

1999 – Jean-Michel Jarre, the French rock composer and performer, delivers a petition to the European Parliament signed by hundreds of leading European recording artists calling for better legal protection against music piracy on the internet.

1999 – British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.

1998 – The National Assn. of Chiefs of Police present Pat Boone with its first annual Michael the Archangel Award. The award recognizes the artist’s efforts in support of families of officers killed in the line of duty.

1997 - Madonna won the Best Actress award for her role in Evita at the Golden Globe Awards.

1995 – Starring Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi and Adam Sandler , Airheads commences screening in Australia. Three band members hoping for a big break head to a radio station to play their demo tape and wind up holding everyone hostage with plastic guns when the head DJ refuses to play them.

1995 - In Colombia, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurs. Five people killed, several injured and at least 20 major buildings damaged in the Bogota area. Felt in much of Colombia and western Venezuela and as far as Caracas, Venezuela.

1994 - The Ninth Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies are held in New York City. Inductees include The Animals, The Band, Duane Eddy, The Grateful Dead, Elton John, John Lennon, Bob Marley, and Rod Stewart.

1993 – A pre-inaugural gala in Landover, Md., toasting incoming president Bill Clinton features a reunion of Fleetwood Mac performing “Don’t Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow),” the unofficial campaign song for Clinton and his running mate, Al Gore. Other performers included Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Little Richard and Chuck Berry.

1992 - "City of Angels" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 878 performances

1991 - Janet Jackson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Love Will Never Do', her 5th US No.1, a No.31 hit in the UK.

1991 - Enigma went to No.1 for one week on the UK singles chart with 'Sadness Part One'.

1986 - The first virus program for the IBM PC appears, called the Brain. It infects the boot sector of 360 kB floppy disks.

1985 - The New York Times announced that Lee Iacocca’s book, Iacocca, was the best selling hard cover book of 1984. It wasn’t topped in sales until the arrival of Rush Limbaugh’s first tome in the early ’90s.

1985 - Alison Moyet went to No.1 on the UK album chart with her debut solo album Alf.

1983 - Apple Computer introduces the Apple IIe. It features 64 kB RAM, Applesoft BASIC, upper/lower case keyboard, seven expansion slots, 40x24 and 80x24 text, 1 MHz 6502 processor, up to 560x192 graphics, 140 kB 5.25-inch floppy drive, Apple DOS 3.3

1982 - "Cold Sunday" in the United States sees temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities.

1980 – Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’, started a 15-week run at No.1 on the US album chart. The groups third US No.1, it went on to sell over 8 million copies. The Wall is a rock opera presented as a double album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in late 1979. It was subsequently performed live, with elaborate theatrical effects, and made into a film.

1980 - 'Brass In Pocket' gave The Pretenders their first UK No.1 single. The bands self-titled debut album started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK chart also on this day.

1980 - "Rock with You" by Michael Jackson topped the US charts and stayed there for 4 weeks.

1977 – Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snow has fallen. It also fell in the Bahamas.

1977 - Aretha Franklin sings "God Bless America" at a special inaugural concert for President-elect Jimmy Carter.

1977 - Charlie Daniels and the Marshall Tucker Band perform for President Jimmy Carter's inauguration ceremonies.

1976 - The Beatles turned down an offer of $50 million to play together again on the same stage. Rock promoter Bill Sargent was astonished when the group turned down the offer

1975 - Triple J begins broadcasting in Sydney, Australia.

1975 - Bob Dylan releases Blood on the Tracks, often considered one of his best albums.

1974 - Al Wilson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Show And Tell'.

1973 - Ferdinand Marcos becomes "President for Life" of the Philippines.

1971 - Ruby Keeler made her comeback in the play, No, No Nanette, which opened at the 46th Street Theatre in New York City. Keeler played the role of Sue Smith in the revival of the 1925 hit musical. The show played on for 861 performances.

1970 - The soundtrack of the film, Easy Rider, the movie that made a star of Peter Fonda, became a gold record. It was the first pop-culture, film soundtrack to earn the gold award.

1967 - The Monkees were at No.1 on the UK singles with 'I'm A Believer', the group's only UK No.1.

1967 - The Beatles began recording ‘A Day in the Life’ at Abbey Road studio’s London, recording four takes of the new song.

1967 - Lesley Gore appears on an episode of ABC's Batman series, playing Catwoman's sidekick, Pussycat. Gore also sings "California Nights," her recent single, on the show.

1966 - Neil Simons, Coleman & Fields' musical "Sweet Charity," premieres

1966 - Indira Gandhi, the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, was appointed India’s prime minister. Following the death of her father (May 1964), Gandhi had become minister of information and broadcasting in Lal Bahadur Shastri’s government. Gandhi succeeded him as prime minister this day, after he died suddenly.

1966 – Fantastic Voyage starring Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch and Edmond O'Brien starts screening in Australia. A diplomat is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter the bloodstream.

1963 - The Beatles made their first national TV appearance in the UK on 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' performing 'Please Please Me'.

1961- The first episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show filmed.

1959 - The Platters 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes', started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart.

1959 - Dick Clark’s American Bandstand was the number-one daytime TV show in the U.S. Remember Rate-A-Record? Three kids would listen and then rate a new song. Rankings went from 35 to 98. The usual comment, “It has a good beat and you can dance to it.”

1957 - Elvis Presley recorded : "It Is No Secret," "Blueberry Hill," "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You," "Is It So Strange"

1957 - Pat Boone performs at the inaugural ball for President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1957 - Johnny Cash makes his first national television appearance on CBS' Jackie Gleason Show.

1955 - The board game 'Scrabble' makes its debut in Australia and the UK.

1955- President Eisenhower held the first news conference that was filmed and shown on television. It was held in the treaty room of the State Department. Eisenhower was famous for his ability to speak at great length and never say anything of substance. “This day, My Fellow Americans, more than at any other time, ahead of us, lies the Future!” The 33-minute conference was cut to 28-1/2 minutes to fit TV formats.

1953 - Sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U.S. were tuned to CBS-TV this day, as Lucy Ricardo of I Love Lucy gave birth to a baby boy -- just as she actually did in real life -- following the script to the letter! The audience for the program was greater than that watching the inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower the following day.

1953 - Marty Robbins makes his stage debut at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry.

1951 - Disney's Chip 'n Dale short Chicken in the Rough, featuring the voices of James Macdonald and Dessie Flynn, is released.

1949 - The salary of the President of the United States was increased from $75,000 to $100,000 with an additional $50,000 expense allowance added for each year in office.

1949 - The Disney film So Dear to My Heart, starring Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten, and Burl Ives is released. The combination live- action and animated film tells the story of Jeremiah a determined country boy who adopts a mischievous black lamb named Danny

1940- The Three Stooges do their impression of Hitler and the top Nazis in the Columbia Pictures short comedy “You Natzy Spy”. Moe Howard is still the best Hitler impersonator of all time. “Hail-Hail-Hailstone of Moronica! Waahoo!”

1937 - Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record, flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.

1935 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Man Friday is released to theaters.

1919- Famed dancer of the Ballet Russe Vasclav Nijinsky danced his last dance at a hotel in San Moritz Switzerland. He later became an incarcerated mental patient and underwent numerous extreme shock therapies until his death in 1950.

1915 - George Claude of Paris, France patented the neon tube advertising sign. His handiwork was regularly seen adorning the Eiffel Tower and many pizza parlors throughout America.

1907 - The first film reviews appeared in Variety magazine. The magazine had only been in print two years before it expanded its section covering new vaudeville acts in order to include reviews of films.

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1887 - The first express train runs between Melbourne and Adelaide as the two cities are linked by rail.

1853- Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore with the famous Anvil Chorus premiered in Rome.

1825 - Ezra Daggett and Thomas Kensett of New York City patented a canning process to preserve salmon, oysters and lobsters.

1773 - Captain James Cook becomes the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.

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