Yul Brynner (Yuly Borisovich Briner) 
(July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985)

Yul Brynner portrayed rulers in The King and I (1951) and The
Ten Commandments (1956). His other films include Anastasia
(1956), The Sound and the Fury (1959), and Death Rage (1976).

Brynner lived in Russia, France, and China before immigrating
to the U.S. He debuted as Paul Vicola in the 1949 film, Port of
New York.

1973

Tim Maguire

"Mickey’s Monkey" was written and produced by Motown’s
main songwriting team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and
Eddie Holland, who later went on to write two more hits for
the Miracles, which was unusual, as most Miracles songs
were composed by the group members themselves.

 

William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. turned 73 in February

The Gene Autry Show is a western/cowboy television series which
aired on CBS for 91 episodes from July 23, 1950 until August 7,
1956, originally sponsored by Wrigley’s Doublemint chewing gum.

The first televised presidential debate took place in Chicago on September 26,
1960. Vice President Richard Nixon, recovering from the flu, looked pale and
sweaty. His Democratic opponent, Senator John F. Kennedy, had just come
from campaigning in California and looked tanned and vital.

Listeners to the radio broadcast thought Nixon won the debate, but television
viewers gave the win to Kennedy.