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TODAY

DYR Today, September 13

by Kelsey Cassetta

Published September 13, 2016

We Are The World

“Born Today”

  • Niall Horan (22)
  • Ben Savage (36)
  • Swizz Beatz (37)
  • Fiona Apple (38)
  • Puma Swede (39)
  • Stella McCartney (44)
  • Tyler Perry (46)
  • Michelle Duggar (49)
  • Annie Duke (50)
  • Jeff Ross (50)
  • Tavis Smiley (51)
  • Dave Mustaine (54)
  • Geri Jewell (59)
  • Iyanla Vanzant (62)
  • Randy Jones (63)
  • Jean Smart (64)
  • Frank Marshall (69)
  • Jacqueline Bisset (71)
  • Peter Cetera (71)
  • Joe E. Tata (79)

“Died Today”

  • Tupac Shakur (Born: June 16, 1971 / Died: September 13, 1996)
  • Dorothy McGuire (Born: June 14, 1916 / Died: September 13, 2001)
  • Gary Richrath (Born: October 18, 1949 / Died: September 13, 2015)

“Movies”

  • 1972 – The Ruling Class
  • 1985 – After Hours
  • 1986 – Avenging Force
  • 1991 – Dogfight
  • 1995 – Clockers
  • 1996 – Maximum Risk
  • 1996 – Fly Away Home
  • 1996 – Feeling Minnesota
  • 1996 – The Rich Man’s Wife

“Music”

  • 1959 – Elvis Presley met Priscilla Beaulieu in West Germany
  • 1962 – Elvis Presley’s “She’s Not You” was #1 in the U.K.
  • 1965 – Simon & Garfunkel released “The Sound of Silence”

  • 1965 – The Beatles released “Yesterday” in the U.S.
  • 1965 – Buck Owen’s I’ve Got A Tiger By the Tail was the #1 country album
  • 1969 – Kool and the Gang’s self-titled single debuted on the charts
  • 1969 – Plastic Ono, a band consisting of Yoko Ono and John Lennon, gave their first live performance
  • 1971 – Cat Stevens released “Peace Train”

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  1. DYR Today, September 8
  2. DYR Today, September 12
  • 1976 – The Captain and Tenille released their cover of “Muskrat Love”
  • 1976 – Waylon Jennings’s Are You Ready for the Country was the #1 country album
  • 1979 – ABBA performed in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Tour was the only time the band performed in North America while together.
  • 1980 – George Benson’s “Give Me the Night” was #1 on the R&B chart

  • 1980 – Jackson Browne’s Hold Out was the #1 album
  • 1980 – Diana Ross’s “Upside Down” was #1
  • 1986 – Wang Chung released “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”

  • 1986 – Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away” was #1

  • 1987 – Michael Jackson’s Bad was the #1 album in the U.K.
  • 1991 – Geffen Records celebrated the release of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” with a launch party that the band was eventually removed from for starting a food fight.
  • 1993 – Ace of Base released “All That She Wants”

  • 1997 – The Verve’s “The Drugs Don’t Work” was #1 in the U.K.
  • 1998 – Julian Lennon began touring Japan
  • 1998 – Lauryn Hill had the #1 album with The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

“TV/Radio”

  • 1965 – The Steve Lawrence Show debuted on CBS and hosted Lucille Ball
  • 1985 – “We Are the World” won Best Group Video at the MTV VMAs (Featured Above)

  • 1993 – The E Street Band’s drummer Max Weinberg became leader of the Late Night with Conan O’Brien house band
  • 1998 – The 50th Emmy Awards aired

“Other Important Events…”

  • 1993 – Queens, NY, began required recycling
  • 1997 – Mother Teresa’s funeral was held in India 
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