“Born Today”
- Conor Kennedy (21)
- Andrew Caldwell (26)
- Michael Welch (28)
- James Lafferty (30)
- Michael C. Williams (42)
- D.B. Woodside (46)
- Matt LeBlanc (48)
- Wendy Raquel Robinson (48)
- Illeana Douglas (50)
- Bobbie Eakes (54)
- Katherine Kelly Lang (54)
- Darren Star (54)
- Geoffrey Zakarian (57)
- Thurston Moore (57)
- Iman (61)
- Verdine White (64)
- Estelle Getty (RIP)
- Brad Renfro (RIP)
“Died Today”
- John Schlesinger (Born: February 16, 1926 / Died: July 25, 2003)
- Big Mama Thornton (Born: December 11, 1926 / Died: July 25, 1984)
“Movies”
Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer.
- 1980 – Caddyshack (Featured Above)
- 1980 – Dressed to Kill
- 1986 – Echo Park
- 1986 – Haunted Honeymoon
- 1986 – Heartburn
- 1986 – Maximum Overdrive
- 1986 – Out of Bounds
- 1986 – The Patriot
- 1986 – Robotech: The Movie
- 1997 – Air Force One
- 1997 – Good Burger
“Music”
- 1946 – Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis staged their first show as a team at Club 500 in Atlantic City, NJ.
- 1964 – The Beatles third album ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ started a twenty-one week run at the top of the UK charts.
- 1966 – The Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love” was released.
- 1966 – The Monkees recorded their first single.
- 1970 – The Carpenters started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘(They Long To Be) Close To You’.
- 1971 – T Rex were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Get It On’.
- 1980 – AC/DC released their sixth internationally released studio album Back In Black.
- 1981 – Air Supply went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘The One That I Love’.
- 1983 – The Metallica album “Kill ‘Em All” was released.
- 1987 – Madonna had her fifth UK No.1 single with the title track from her 1987 film ‘Who’s That Girl’.
- 1987 – Terence Trent D’arby went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Introducing The Hardline According to Terence Trent D’arby’.
- 1998 – Jamiroquai went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Deeper Under Ground.
“TV/RADIO TODAY”
- 1939 – W2XBS TV in New York City presented the first musical comedy seen on TV. The show was “Topsy and Eva.”
“Other Important Events…”
- 1943 – Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was overthrown in a coup.
- 1962 – The Elvis Presley film “Kid Galahad” premiered.
- 1965 – Bob Dylan appeared on stage at the Newport Jazz Festival with an electric guitar.
- 1975 – “A Chorus Line” debuted on Broadway.
- 1978 – Pete Rose (Cincinnati Red) broke the National League record for consecutive base hits as he got a hit in 38 straight games.
- 1984 – Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space.
- 1987 – The Salt Lake City Trappers set a professional baseball record as the team won its 29th game in a row. (Utah)
- 1999 – Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France. He was only the second American to win the race.