“Born Today”
- Adore Delano (27)
- Hana Mae Lee (28)
- Lo Bosworth (30)
- Stephen Laurel “tWitch” Boss (34)
- Zachary Levi (36)
- Mackenzie Crook (45)
- Russell Peters (46)
- Nicolas Winding Refn (46)
- Natasha Gregson Wagner (46)
- Erika Eleniak (47)
- Luke Goss (48)
- Jill Whelan (50)
- Les Claypool (53)
- Roger Bart (54)
- Julia Gillard (55)
- Stephanie Miller (55)
- Andrew Dice Clay (59)
- Gwen Ifill (61)
- Drake Hogestyn (63)
- Bryant Gumbel (68)
- Patricia Hodge (70)
- Ian McShane (74)
- Jerry Lee Lewis (81)
- Robert Benton (84)
- Gene Autry (RIP)
- Madeline Kahn (RIP)
“Died Today”
- W. H. Auden (Born: February 21, 1907 / Died: September 29, 1973)
- Lois Maxwell (Born: February 14, 1927 / Died: September 29, 2007)
“Movies”
- 1954 – The Barefoot Contessa
- 1977 – Handle with Care
- 1977 – Bobby Deerfield
- 1978 – Somebody Killed Her Husband
- 1978 – Death on the Nile
- 1989 – Little Monsters
- 1992 – A Bronx Tale
- 1995 – Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
- 1995 – Moonlight and Valentino
- 1995 – To Die For
- 2000 – Beautiful
- 2000 – Remember the Titans
“Music”
- 1956 – “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)” by Doris Day was the #1 song in the U.K., it would only make it to #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
- 1958 – Tommy Edwards’s “It’s All in the Game” was the #1 song
- 1959 – The #1 song was “Sleepwalk” by Santo and Johnny
- 1969 – Merle Haggard’s “Okie from Muskogee” was released on this day by Capitol Records
- 1969 – Dolly Parton released My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy
- 1973 – Grand Funk Railroad’s “We’re an American Band was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
- 1975 – Jackie Wilson, collapsed on stage in New Jersey on this date causing him to slip into a coma from which the singer did not recover
- 1975 – Elton John released “Island Girl”
- 1977 – Billy Joel’s hit album, The Stranger, was released on this date
- 1979 – “My Sharona” by the Knack was #1
- 1980 – Kenny Rogers released “Lady”
- 1984 – Prince and the Revolution’s “Let’s Go Crazy” was the #1 song
- 1986 – Madonna released “True Blue”
- 1989 – Milli Vanilli’s “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You” was the #1 song
- 1990 – Nelson’s “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection” was the #1 song
“TV/Radio”
- 1951 – The first football game to be broadcast in color aired on CBS. It was played by the University of California and the University of Pennsylvania.
- 1953 – Make Room for Daddy premiered on ABC
- 1955 – Sergeant Preston of the Yukon premiered on CBS
- 1956 – The Gale Storm Show (eventually renamed Oh! Susanna) premiered on CBS
- 1957 – The DuPont Show of the Month aired on CBS
- 1958 – The Texan premiered on CBS starring Rory Calhoun
- 1959 – The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis premiered on CBS
- 1960 – My Three Sons premiered on ABC
- 1963 – The Judy Garland Show premiered on CBS
- 1963 – My Favorite Martian premiered on CBS
- 1969 – Love American Style premiered on ABC
- 1969 – Bright Promise aired on NBC
- 1969 – Game show Sale of the Century debuted on NBC
- 1985 – Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories premiered on NBC
- 1986 – Designing Women debuted on CBS
- 1987 – ABC aired Thirtysomething
- 1993 – Grace Under Fire premiered on ABC
“Other Important Events…”
- 1988 – Space Shuttle Discovery 7 was launched