“Born Today”
- Kat Graham (26)
- Sondre Lerche (33)
- Carice van Houten (39)
- Paddy Considine (42)
- Rose McGowan (42)
- Dweezil Zappa (46)
- Kristian Alfonso (52)
- Michael Keaton (64)
- Loudon Wainwright III (69)
- Werner Herzog (73)
- Raquel Welch (75)
- William Devane (78)
- Carol Lawrence (83)
- Bob Newhart (86)
- Freddie Mercury (RIP)
“Died Today”
- Gert Fröbe (Born: February 25, 1913 / Died: September 5, 1988)
- Irving Allen Lee (Born: November 21, 1948 / Died: September 5, 1992)
“Movies”
- 1997 – Fire Down Below
“Music”
- 1950 – Hank Snow’s “I’m Moving On” was #1 on Country charts
- 1964 – Manfred Mann made their debut on the charts with “Do Wah Diddy Diddy”
- 1964 – “The House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals reached #1
- 1964 – The Rolling Stones kicked off their U.K. tour at Astoria Theatre in London
- 1965 – The Rolling Stones recorded “Get Off Of My Cloud”
- 1968 – The Doors performed “Hello I Love You” live on Top of the Pops
- 1969 – Johnny Cash’s live recorded concert at San Quentin State Prison was the #1 album on Country charts, At San Quentin
- 1970 – Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) was #1 for the sixth week
- 1970 – Three Dog Night’s “Out in the Country” was #68 on the charts
- 1978 – Dolly Parton had the #1 album on Country charts with Heartbreaker
- 1981 – The Pretenders performed “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher” by Jackie Wilson onstage with Bruce Springsteen
- 1981 – Stevie Nicks’s Bella Donna was the #1 album
- 1981 – Rick Springfield’s “I’ve Done Everything For You” was #43
- 1981 – “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell was #1 in the U.K.
- 1982 – The US Festival in California concluded with performances by Fleetwood Mac, Jackson Browne, and Jimmy Buffett
- 1985 – John Mellencamp released Scarecrow
- 1986 – “Money For Nothing” by the Dire Straits won Best Video at the MTV VMAs
- 1987 – Bob Dylan performed in Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1987 – Los Lobos were #1 with their cover of “La Bamba”
- 1987 – Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again” was #8
- 1988 – Boy Meets Girl released “Waiting For A Star to Fall”
- 1992 – The Heights released “How Do You Talk to an Angel?”
- 1992 – John Mellencamp and Elaine Irwin married
- 1992 – Boyz II Men spent their third week at #1 with “End of the Road”
- 1992 – Guns N’ Roses were at #3 with “November Rain”
- 1993 – Dave Navarro joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers
- 1998 – Aerosmith reached their first #1 with “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
“TV/Radio”
- 1939 – FDR gave the Statement of Neutrality, broadcast over radio nationwide, as the war broke out in Europe
- 1970 – John Lennon began filming How I Won the War
- 1987 – After 30 years, American Bandstand was canceled
“Other Important Events…”
- 1957 – On The Road by Jack Kerouac was published
- 1960 – Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali, won the Gold medal for boxing in the Olympic Games in Rome, Italy
- 1977 – The Voyager was launched by the U.S.