“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