DYR Today, September 5

“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.