DYR Today, September 23

“Born Today”

• Skyler Astin (28)
• Trinidad Jame$ (28)
• Anneliese van der Pol (31)
• Natalie Horler of Cascada (34)
• Erik-Michael Estrada (36)
• Anthony Mackie (37)
• Liberty Ross (37)
• Kip Pardue (40)
• Layzie Bone (41)
• Sarah Bettens (43)
• Jermaine Dupri (43)
• Ani DiFranco (45)
• LisaRaye (49)
• Chi McBride (54)
• Jason Alexander (56)
• Rosalind Chao (58)
• George C. Wolfe (61)
• Bruce Springsteen (66)
• Mary Kay Place (68)
• Paul Petersen (70)
• Julio Iglesias (72)
• Tom Lester (77)
• Ray Charles (RIP)
• Mickey Rooney (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Sigmund Freud (Born: May 6, 1856 / Died: September 23, 1939)
• Pablo Neruda (Born: July 12, 1904 / Died: September 23, 1973)
• Bob Fosse (Born: June 23, 1927 / Died: September 23, 1987)

“Movies”

• 1968 – Charly
• 1969 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Featured Above)
• 1981 – Only When I Laugh
• 1981 – Rich and Famous
• 1983 – Eddie and the Cruisers
• 1983 – Pieces
• 1988 – Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters
• 1988 – Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
• 1988 – Kansas
• 1988 – Patty Hearst
• 1992 – Mr. Saturday Night
• 1994 – Terminal Velocity
• 1994 – The Shawshank Redemption

“Music”

• 1957 – Paul Anka’s “Diana” was the #1 song on the R&B chart

• 1961 – Stevie Wonder auditioned for Motown Records
• 1961 – The Shadows had the #1 album in the U.K.
• 1965 – “Make It Easy On Yourself” by The Walker Brothers was the #1 song in the U.K.
• 1968 – Steppenwolf released “Magic Carpet Ride”
• 1972 – Helen Reddy’s “I Am Woman” moved from #87 to #65

• 1972 – Mac Davis’s “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me” was #1
• 1972 – Main Ingredient’s “Everybody Plays the Fool” was #7 on the chart
• 1974 – John Lennon released “Whatever Gets You Through the Night”
• 1977 – Steely Dan released Aja1978 – Chris Rea’s “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)” spent its 3rd week at #1 on the Easy Listening chart
• 1978 – Donna Summer’s version of “MacArthur Park” moved from #75 to #50
• 1978 – A Taste of Honey’s “Boogie Oogie Oogie” remained at #1

• 1978 – Grease was the #1 album
• 1980 – Barbara Streisand released Guilty
• 1980 – Bob Marley gave his last performance at the The Stanley Theatre
• 1986 – Billy Idol released “To Be A Lover”
• 1986 – We Two Are One by the Eurythmics was the #1 album in the U.K.
• 1989 – Milli Vanilli’s “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You” was the #1 song
• 1989 – The Bee Gee’s “One” was the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart
• 1995 – Michael Jackson’s “You Are Not Alone” spent its 4th week at #1 on the R&B chart
• 1995 – Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” spent its 3rd week at #1
• 1997 – The Rolling Stones kicked off their American tour in Chicago

“TV/Radio”

• 1962 – The Jetsons aired as ABC’s first color TV series
• 1978 – Fantasy Island on ABC featured an appearance of Sonny Bono

“Other Important Events…”

• 1952 – Richard Nixon gave his Checkers speech, broadcasted to the American people