By Tennille Ayers
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Ephraim Elliott Yamin (born July 20, 1978) is an American singer known for his hit single “Wait for You” and for placing third on the fifth season of American Idol.
His self-titled album, released March 20, 2007, debuted at number one on the Billboard Independent Albums chart and at number three on the Billboard 200. The album was certified gold in the United States in October 2007. Retitled Wait for You, the album was released in Japan in May 2008 and certified gold in that country in September 2008.
Yamin also released two Christmas collections: Sounds of the Season: The Elliott Yamin Holiday Collection in October 2007 and My Kind of Holiday in October 2008.
Yamin’s second album, titled Fight for Love, was released on May 5, 2009. The album’s first single, “Fight for Love“, premiered on AOL Music on February 13, 2009.
His third album, Gather ‘Round was released in Japan in 2011. It was retitled in the United States as Let’s Get to What’s Real and released in 2012. The first single in Japan and the United States was “3 Words”.
His fourth album, As Time Goes By, was released exclusively for the Japanese market on November 5, 2015. Previous to the album release, a video for the single “Katy” was released on late October 2015. Yamin travelled to Japan to promote the album in early November.
Ephraim Elliott Yamin was born to an Israeli-Iraqi father whose Iraqi Jewish family moved from Baghdad to Israel and Claudette Goldberg Yamin, a former professional singer known for her “fiery spirit”. His mother is also known for receiving the “Golden Idol for Proudest Family Moment Award” from Ryan Seacrest during her son’s American Idol competition.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Apparently, the U.S. Treasury office gets this question quite often — it appears in its list of frequently asked questions. The pyramid is part of the Great Seal of the United States. The Great Seal was first used on the reverse of the one-dollar Federal Reserve note in 1935. According to the State Department, which is the official keeper of the Seal, the pyramid symbolizes strength and durability. The pyramid appears unfinished because it means that the United States will always “grow, improve, and build.” The eye is the “All-Seeing Eye,” suggesting the importance of divine guidance in favor of the American cause. Find out more about our currency at the Treasury Department.
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Petrarch (poet) –
- Sir Edmund Hillary (one of the first to summit Mt. Everest) –
- Natalie Wood (actress) –
- Carlos Santana (musician) –
- Josh Holloway (actor) –
- Elliott Yamin (singer) –
- Gisele Bundchen (model) –
Died
- Bruce Lee (actor & martial artist) –
- James Montgomery Doohan (actor, linguist) –
- Tammy Faye Messner –
Events
- Edward I of England took the last rebel stronghold in the Wars of Scottish Independence –
- Religious leader Anne Hutchinson was baptized –
- Colombia declared independence from Spain –
- British Columbia joined the Canadian Confederation –
- Connecticut state agricultural experiment station established –
- The U.S.S. Machias, first steel-hulled ship built in Maine, commissioned –
- Eleanor Annie Lamson was the first woman astronomer employed at the U.S. Naval Observatory –
- Legion of Merit established –
- The first International Special Olympics held, Chicago, Illinois –
- Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the Moon. He also placed the U.S. flag there. –
- Viking 1, U.S. robot spacecraft, landed on Mars –
- Hank Aaron hit his 755th home run –
- Mel Fisher’s crew found sunken Atocha off Florida coast, loaded with silver, gold, and emeralds –
Weather
- Snow and hail fell in Calais, Maine –
- 18.18 inches of rain fell in Edgerton, Missouri –
- In Washington, the Seattle-Tacoma area experienced temperatures of 100 degrees F –
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