DYR Today, September 14

“Born Today”

• Jessica Brown Findlay (26)
• Logan Henderson (26)
• Katie Lee (34)
• Miyavi (34)
• Ashley Roberts (34)
• Carmen Kass (37)
• Ben Cohen (37)
• Ryan Sutter (41)
• Andrew Lincoln (42)
• Nas (42)
• Kimberly Williams-Paisley (44)
• Michelle Stafford (47)
• Dan Cortese (48)
• Faith Ford (51)
• Robert Herjavec (53)
• Melissa Leo (55)
• Morten Harket (56)
• Sam Neill (68)
• Joey Heatherton (71)
• Zoe Caldwell (82)
• Amy Winehouse (RIP)

“Died Today”

• President William McKinley (Born: January 29, 1843 / Died: September 14, 1901)
• Grace Kelly (Born: November 12, 1929 / Died: September 14, 1982)
• Patrick Swayze (Born: August 18, 1952 / Died: September 14, 2009)

“Movies”

• 1984 – A Soldier’s Story
• 1990 – Death Warrant
• 1990 – Hardware
• 1990 – Repossessed
• 1990 – State of Grace
• 1990 – White Hunter Black Heart
• 1994 – Quiz Show

“Music”

• 1955 – Little Richard recorded “Tutti Frutti” in New Orleans
• 1959 – Sandy Nelson’s “Teen Beat” went from #84 to #28
• 1959 – The Browns’ “The Three Bells” was #1 for the fourth week
• 1963 – The O’Jays debuted on the chart with “Lonely Drifter”
• 1963 – The Beatles’ “She Loves You” was #1 in the U.K.
• 1963 – Martha and the Vandellas’ “Heat Wave” was #1 on the R&B chart

• 1963 – “Be My Baby” by The Ronettes was reached #20 from #55
• 1968 – Waiting for the Sun by The Doors was the #1 album
• 1968 – The Graduate soundtrack was #10
• 1968 – “People Got to be Free” by The Rascals was the #1 song for the fifth week
• 1970 – Stevie Wonder married Syreeta Wright who formerly worked for Motown Records
• 1971 – Led Zeppelin performed at the Berkeley Community Theatre in California  
• 1974 – Olivia Newton John’s “I Honestly Love You” was #1 on the Easy Listening chart

• 1974 – Eric Clapton’s cover of “I Shot the Sheriff” was #1
• 1974 – Stevie Wonder’s Fulfillingness’ First Finale was the #1 album
• 1976 – Jeff Beck’s album Wired was awarded Gold
• 1978 – The Grateful Dead performed at the Gizah Sound and Light Theater in Egypt
• 1979 – The Commodores released “Still”
• 1982 – Willie Nelson’s Always On My Mind was the #1 Country album
• 1983 – Metallica released “Disposable Heroes”
• 1985 – Kool and the Gang’s “Cherish” was #1 on the R&B chart
• 1991 – Paula Abdul’s “The Promise of a New Day” was #1
• 1991 – Bryan Adams’s “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart
• 1993 – Meat Loaf released “I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)”
• 1996 – Los Del Rio’s “Macarena” was #1 for the seventh week
• 1996 – Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” moved from #12 to #7

“TV/Radio”

• 1967 – Top of the Pops hosted The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• 1968 – The cartoon show The Archies premiered on CBS
• 1972 – The Waltons premiered on CBS

• 1976 – NBC aired Hard Rain which starred Bob Dylan
• 1985 – The Golden Girls aired on NBC

“Other Important Events…”

• 1964 – Walt Disney was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House