“BORN TODAY”
- Rose Leslie (30)
- David Gallagher (32)
- Zhang Ziyi (38)
- A.J. Buckley (39)
- Charlie Day (41)
- Amber Valletta (43)
- Collin Eggleslfield (44)
- Sharon Case (46)
- Travis Tritt (54)
- Holly Johnson (57)
- Jim J. Bullock (62)
- Ciaran Hinds (64)
- Judith Light (68)
- Mia Farrow (72)
- Alice Walker (73)
- Joe Pesci (74)
- Carole King (75)
- Major Harris (RIP)
- James Owen Sullivan (RIP)
- Bill Justice (RIP)
- Carmen Miranda (RIP)
- William Henry Harrison (RIP)
“DIED TODAY “
- Percy Faith (Born: April 7, 1908 / Died: February 9, 1976)
- Bill Haley (Born: July 6, 1925 / Died: February 9, 1981)
- Jack Owens (Born: November 17, 1904 / Died: February 9, 1997)
“MOVIES TODAY”
- 1951 – Cold Storage
- 1962 – Moon Pilot
- 1965 – Made in Paris
- 1967 – ‘Hurry Sundown’
- 1970 – Zabriskie Point
- 1971 – Little Murders
- 1977 – Fun with Dick and Jane
- 1977 – Wizards
- 1979 – Agatha
- 1979 – The Warriors
- 1979 – The North Avenue Irregulars
- 1996 – Broken Arrow
- 1996 – Beautiful Girls
“MUSIC TODAY”
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- 1957 – A new star first appeared on the radio. On this date, Johnny Mathis had his first hit “Wonderful! Wonderful!” debut on the chart.
- 1959 – Frankie Avalon had to bow out of the ill-fated Winter Dance Party (that had already claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper) due to pneumonia, replaced by Paul Anka and Fabian.
- 1959 – “Stagger Lee” by Lloyd Price moved to #1 on the R&B chart.
- 1963 – Bobby Vee’s excellent “The Night Has A Thousand Eyes” remained third.
- 1970 – Sly & the Family Stone received a Gold Record for the single ‘Thank You’.
- 1974 – “Waterloo” by Abba was chosen to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest.
- 1974 – Anne Murray reached #1 on the Adult chart with “Love Song”.
- 1974 – Eddie Kendricks had himself a #1 R&B song with “Boogie Down”.
- 1974 – The beautiful “Love’s Theme” by Love Unlimited Orchestra was the new #1 song.
- 1980 – A great new group from Australia was introduced to us on this date as Air Supply first appeared on the chart and on the radio with their debut single–“Lost In Love”.
- 1980 – Dan Fogelberg scored a #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with one of The Top Love Songs of the Rock Era*–“Longer
- 1983 – Prince’s “Little Red Corvette” was released.
- 1985 – Howard Jones released the single “Things Can Only Get Better”.
- 1985 – All signs pointed to a huge hit for Wham! with “Careless Whisper” and it jumped to the top of the Adult Contemporary chart.
- 1985 – Madonna rose to #1 on the Album chart with Like a Virgin.
- 1985 – Foreigner’s great song “I Want To Know What Love Is” was #1 for a second week
- 1993 – Mick Jagger, lead singer of the Rolling Stones, released his solo album Wandering Spirit.
“TV/RADIO TODAY”
- 1955 – The Disneyland television series airs A Progress Report, featuring a report on the Anaheim theme park’s construction and the True Life Adventure Nature’s Half Acre.
- 1964 – The Beatles made the first of three record-breaking appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” 73 million people watched the show. It was their American TV debut.
- 1964 – Davy Jones made his U.S. television debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show” with other cast members of Oliver!
- 1969 – Roslyn Kind made her TV debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show”. Roslyn Kind is the sister of Barbra Streisand.
- 1972 – Bobby Darin starred on an episode of Night Gallery on NBC-TV.
- 1975 – Cher debuted her television variety series with guests Elton John and Bette Midler.
“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”
- 1942 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates Disney’s Dumbo for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best Music, Original Song (for “Baby Mine”).
- 1960 – The first star was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star was for Joanne Woodward.
- 1965 – Vice President Hubert Humphrey escorts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to the White House in Washington on Feb. 9, 1965 for a meeting with President Johnson to discuss civil rights problems.
- 1966 – Liza Minnelli brought her night club act to New York City. She opened at the Persian Room of the Plaza Hotel.
- 1971 – The Apollo 14 spacecraft returned to Earth after mankind’s third landing on the moon.
- 1971 – Satchel Paige was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on this day.
- 1982. The film looks at the world through the eyes of a child.
- 1996 – The Disney Institute opens at Walt Disney World, Florida.
- 1997 – “The Simpsons” became the longest-running prime-time animated series. “The Flintstones” held the record previously.
- 1998 – Oprah Winfrey announced that Garth Brooks had agreed to donate his earnings from sales from his album “Sevens” for a seven-day period. The money went to “Oprah’s Angel Network.”
- 1999 – Disney’s Mulan and the Disney/Pixar A Bug’s Life both receives Academy Award nominations for Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Musical or Comedy Score). The 71st Academy Awards ceremony took place on March 21.