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TODAY

DYR Today, September 9

by Kelsey Cassetta

Published September 9, 2016

Billie Jean Kin

“Born Today”

  • Damian McGinty (23)
  • Hunter Hayes (24)
  • Afrojack (28)
  • Yung Berg (29)
  • Julie Gonzalo (34)
  • Michelle Williams (35)
  • Michael Bublé (40)
  • Goran Visnjic (43)
  • Eric Stonestreet (44)
  • Henry Thomas (44)
  • Rachel Hunter (46)
  • Julia Sawalha (47)
  • Adam Sandler (49)
  • Chip Esten (50)
  • Constance Marie (50)
  • Hugh Grant (55)
  • Angela Cartwright (63)
  • Dave Stewart (63)
  • Tom Wopat (64)
  • Topol (80)
  • Sylvia Miles (83)  

“Died Today”

  • Mao Zedong (Born: December 26, 1893 / Died: September 9, 1976)
  • Burgess Meredith (Born: November 16, 1907/ Died: September 9, 1997)

“Movies”

  • 1970 – House of Dark Shadows
  • 1980 – Phobia
  • 1983 – Nightmares
  • 1988 – Moon Over Parador
  • 1988 – Running on Empty
  • 1994 – A Good Man in Africa
  • 1994 – The Next Karate Kid
  • 1994 – Trial by Jury

“Music”

  • 1954 – Elvis Presley performed at a mall in Memphis
  • 1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis reached #1 with “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On” on the R&B chart
  • 1965 – The Rolling Stone’s “Satisfaction” was #1 on U.K. charts

  • 1967 – The Doors performed in New York City
  • 1967 – James Brown’s “Cold Sweat – Part 1” was #1 on the R&B chart
  • 1968 – While recording The White Album, The Beatles recorded 18 takes of “Helter Skelter”
  • 1970 – After nine years without touring, Elvis Presley kicked off a tour in Phoenix, Arizona
  • 1971 – John Lennon released Imagine in the U.S.
  • 1972 – The O’Jays’ “Back Stabbers” was #1 on the R&B chart

https://youtu.be/OwZciH3hx-A

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  1. DYR Today, September 8
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  • 1972 – Chicago’s Chicago V was the #1 album for the fourth week running
  • 1972 – “The Guitar Man” by Bread was the #1 song on the Easy Listening chart
  • 1972 – The Doobie Brothers’ debut “Listen to the Music” was #62

https://youtu.be/BOTr_4Zs_Us

  • 1978 – U2 opened for the Stranglers in Dublin
  • 1978 – Boney M’s Night Flight to Venus was the #1 album in the U.K.
  • 1978 – #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart was “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)” by Chris Rea

  • 1981 – Sting and Phil Collins debuted as solo artists at “The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball”
  • 1985 – Glenn Frey released “You Belong to the City”
  • 1989 – Sonic Youth and Nirvana performed at the Caberet Metro in Chicago
  • 1989 – Richard Marx was #1 for the sixth week on the Adult Contemporary chart with “Right Here Waiting”

https://youtu.be/7SbWPm3b7Bg

  • 1991 – Bryan Adams released “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started”
  • 1995 – Coolio was #1 with “Gangsta’s Paradise”
  • 1995 – TLC’s “Waterfalls” was #4

https://youtu.be/8lhsKuNfxc0

  • 1999 – Nine Inch Nails performed at the MTV VMAs

“TV/Radio”

  • 1956 – Elvis Presley was on Toast of the Town hosted by Ed Sullivan
  • 1956 – Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour hosted the Johnny Burnette Trio  
  • 1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono were on the Dick Cavett Show

“Other Important Events…”

  • 1972 – Billie Jean King defeated Kerry Melville Reid in the U.S. Open – Featured Above
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