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“BORN TODAY”
- Pavel Andreivich Chekov (2184)
- Katharine McPhee (1984)
- Sean Faris (1982)
- Danica Patrick (1982)
- Jenny Slate (1982)
- Lee Pace (1979)
- รdgar Ramรญrez (1977)
- Wladimir Klitschko (1976)
- Cha Tae-Hyun (1976)
- Melanie Blatt (1975)
- Juvenile (1977)
- Lark Voorhies (1974)
- Cathy Dennis (1969)
- Sarah Jessica Parker (1965)
- Lisa Gay Hamilton (1964)
- Mike Henry (1964)
- Marcia Cross (1962)
- John Stockwell (1961)
- Fred Goss (1961)
- Brenda Strong (1960)
- Haywood Nelson (1960)
- Matthew Garber (1956) RIP
- Daniel Boulud (1955)
- Mary Gross (1953)
- Bonnie Bedelia (1948)
- Elton John (1947)
- Paul Michael Glaser (1943)
- Aretha Franklin (1942)
- Richard O’Brien (1942)
- Anita Bryant (1940)
- Gloria Steinem (1934)
- Gene Shalit (1926)
- Eileen Ford (1922) RIP
- Nancy Kelly (1921) RIP
- Simone Signoret (1921) RIP
“DIED TODAY”
- Robert Newton (Born:ย June 1, 1905 / Died:ย March 25, 1956)
- Alan Mowbray (Born:ย August 18, 1896 / Died:ย March 25, 1969)
- Bill Kenny (Born:ย June 12, 1914 / Died:ย March 23, 1978)
- Nancy Walker (Born:ย May 10, 1922 / Died:ย March 25, 1992)
- Lawrence M. โLarryโ Lansburgh (Born: May 18, 1911 / Died: March 25, 2001)
- Joe Schermie (Born:ย February 12, 1946 / Died:ย March 25, 2002)
- Buck Owens (Born: August 12, 1929 / Died: March 25, 2006)
- Dan Seals (born February 8, 1948 / Died: March 25, 2009)
“MOVIES TODAY”
- 1955 โ Blackboard Jungle
- 1964 โ Muscle Beach Party
- 1964 โ The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
- 1971 โ The Deserter
- 1983 โ The Outsiders
- 1983 โ Bad Boys
- 1983 โ The Black Stallion Returns
- 1983 โ Max Dugan Returns
- 1983 โ Spring Break
- 1988 โ Biloxi Blues
- 1988 โ The Fox and the Hound
- 1988 โ Johnny Be Good
- 1994 โ Above the Rim
- 1994 โ D2: The Mighty Ducks
“MUSIC TODAY”
- 1959 โย Bobby Darin released the single โDream Loverโ.
- 1960 โย Roy Orbison recorded โOnly The Lonelyโ at RCA Victor Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
- 1960 โย Ray Charles recorded โGeorgia On My Mindโ.
- 1963 โ Johnny Cash recorded the June Carter/Merle Kilgore song โRing Of Fire.โ It became the biggest hit of Johnny Cashโs career, staying at #1 on the charts for seven weeks.
- 1964 โย The Beatles debuted on the Top of the Pops show on BBC-TV, performing โCanโt Buy Me Loveโ and โYou Canโt Do Thatโ.ย The show had been recordedย March 19.
- 1967 โย Aretha Franklin took over at #1 on the R&B chart with โI Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)โ.
- 1967 โย The Turtles moved to #1 with one of The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era*โโHappy Togetherโ.
- 1968 โย Spanky & Our Gang released the single โLike to Get to Know Youโ.
- 1972 โย In the span of six weeks, America rose to #1 with their first singleโโA Horse With No Nameโ.
- 1972 โย B.J. Thomas topped the Adult chart with โRock And Roll Lullabyeโ.
- 1972 โย The self-titled America album took over at #1 from Harvest by Neil Young.ย Breadโs Baby Iโm-A Want You was next with Nilsson Schmilsson from Nilsson and Paul Simonโs self-titled release trailing
- 1974 โย The Carpenters released the single โI Wonโt Last A Day Without Youโ.
- 1975 โย Linda Ronstadt released her remake of the Everly Brothers hit โWhen Will I Be Lovedโ.
- 1978 โย 20 Golden Greats by Buddy Holly & the Crickets was the #1 album in the U.K.
- 1978 โย England Dan & John Ford Coleyโs song โWeโll Never Have To Say Goodbye Againโ was the new #1 on the Adult chart.
- 1978 โ โMamas Donโt Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboysโ by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson became the last song for 12 years to spend four weeks at #1 on Billboardโs Hot Country Singles chart.
- 1978 โ โNight Feverโ by the Bee Gees was #1 for a second week, the eighth straight week that a song written by the group had been #1.ย โStayinโ Aliveโ from the Bee Gees was #2 with โEmotionโ, another song they wrote and sang on.
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1985 โย โTilย Tuesdayย released the single โVoices Carryโ.
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1985 โย Prince won the Oscar for Best Original Score for the โPurple Rainโ Soundtrack.
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1986 โย Guns Nโ Roses signed a worldwide recording contract with Geffen Records.
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1989 โย Gloria Estefan had the #1 album in the U.K. with Anything for You.
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1989 โย Madonnaโs โLike A Prayerโ was the #1 song in the U.K.
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1989 โย Roy Orbison landed one last #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with โYou Got Itโ.
- 1989 โย Mike + the Mechanics had the new #1 song with โThe Living Yearsโ
- 1995 โย โLove Can Build A Bridgeโ, the Comic Relief charity record from Cher, Eric Clapton, Chrissie Hynde and Neneh Cherry, was the #1 song in the U.K.
“TV/RADIO TODAY”
- 1968 โ โThe Frodis Caper,โ the 58th and last episode of The Monkees, directed by Micky Dolenz and featuring the lone band song โZor and Zam,โ airs on NBC-TV.
- 1983 โย Motown Records had a big bash to celebrate their 25th anniversary (Motown 25 -Yesterday, Today, Forever).ย Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, the Jackson 5, the Commodores, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and Jr. Walker performed at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, televised by NBC.
- 1994 โ Thunder in Paradise, a one-hour action-adventure TV series, debuts in syndication.
- 1999 โ Elton John appears on TVโs Late Show with David Letterman promoting Elton John and Tim Riceโs Aida, a concept album containing songs that will be used in next yearโs Broadway stage version of Aida (a Disney production).
“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS”
- 1939 โ Billboard Magazine introduced the (country music) hillbilly music chart. The term country music did not begin to be used until the 1940โs when the earlier term hillbilly music was deemed as degrading to the style of music.
- 1958 โย After being sworn in as Private 53310761 the previous day, Elvis Presley received the regulation short back and sides haircut from army barber James Peterson.
- 1961 โย Elvis Presley made his last stage appearance for nearly eight years at the Bloch Arena in Honolulu, Hawaiโi. The show was a benefit for the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial on Pearl Harbor.
- 1965 – Following the end of the march by 25,000 civil rights supporters from Selma to Montgomery after four days and nights on the road under the protection of Army troops and federalized Alabama National Guardmen.
- 1967 โ Anti Vietnam War Demo: Martin Luther King, Jr., leads a march of 5,000 antiwar demonstrators in Chicago.
- 1968 โ Roy Orbison marries his second wife, Barbara Wellhonen, in Nashville. They would remain married until Orbisonโs deathย twenty years later.
- 1969 โ A just-married John Lennon and Yoko Ono decide to use the press circus of their honeymoon to promote an end to the Vietnam war, and wars in general.
- 1969 โ U.S. President Richard Nixon presents Lillian Disney with a special Commemorative Medal (authorized by Congress) honoring her late husband Walt.
- 1971 โ Louis Armstrong, the famous trumpet player, had undergone a temporary tracheotomy after being admitted to a New York hospital. Armstrong had received this throat operation after receiving treatment for heart trouble.
- 1985 โ Stevie Wonder wins his first Oscar for his theme to the film The Woman In Red, entitled โI Just Called To Say I Love You.โย Sixteen years laterย to the day, Bob Dylan will win his first Oscar for his Wonder Boys song โThings Have Changed.โ
- 1991 โ Touchstones Picturesโ Dick Tracy walks away with 3 Oscars at the 1990 Academy Awards.ย Winners include: Best Song โ Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man), Art Direction โ Set Decoration, and Make-up.
- 1995 โย Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam was rescued after a riptide carried him 250 feet offshore in New Zealand.
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