“Born Today”
- Princess Beatrice of York (27)
- Katie Leung (28)
- Peyton List (29)
- Roger Federer (34)
- Meagan Good (34)
- Michael Urie (35)
- Countess Vaughn (37)
- Lindsay Sloane (38)
- JC Chasez (39)
- Drew Lachey (39)
- Jeremy Scott (40)
- Scott Stapp (42)
- Faye Wong (46)
- Kool Moe Dee (53)
- The Edge (54)
- Rikki Rockett (54)
- Deborah Norville (57)
- Cecilia Roth (59)
- Robin Quivers (63)
- Keith Carradine (66)
- Connie Stevens (77)
- Dustin Hoffman (78)
- Esther Williams (RIP)
“Died Today”
- Patricia Neal (Born: January 20, 1926 / Died: August 8, 2010)
“Movies”
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- 1975 – Farewell, My Lovely
- 1975 – Journey into Fear
- 1980 – The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
- 1980 – Xanadu
“Music”
- 1963 – The Searchers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Sweets For My Sweet’.
- 1983 – The Metallica single “Whiplash” was released.
- 1987 – U2 scored their second US No.1 single from their Joshua Tree album with ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’.
- 1989 – Danny Elfman’s musical score “Batman: Motion Picture Score” was released.
- 1992 – Madonna went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘This Used To Be My Playground’.
- 1992 – Snap! started a six-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Rhythm Is A Dancer’.
- 1998 – The Spice Girls had the UK No.1 single with ‘Viva Forever’.
“TV/Radio”
- 1956 – WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins.
“Other Important Events…”
- 1966 – Michael DeBakey became the first surgeon to install an artificial heart pump in a patient.
- 1974 – U.S. President Nixon announced that he would resign the following day.
- 1978 – The U.S. launched Pioneer Venus II, which carried scientific probes to study the atmosphere of Venus.
- 1989 – The space shuttle Columbia took off from Cape Canaveral, FL.
- 1992 – The “Dream Team” clinched the gold medal at the Barcelona Summer Olympics. The U.S. basketball team beat Croatia 117-85.