“Born Today”
- Christian Serratos (25)
- Jason Derülo (26)
- Ryan Guzman (28)
- Maggie Grace (32)
- Nicole Richie (34)
- Autumn Reeser (35)
- Liam Gallagher (43)
- Alfonso Ribeiro (44)
- Luke Wilson (44)
- Anne Burrell (46)
- Ricki Lake (47)
- Faith Hill (48)
- Lavan Davis (49)
- Abby Lee Miller (49)
- Darva Conger (50)
- Cheryl Hines (50)
- Momma Dee (52)
- Rob Morrow (53)
- Nancy Travis (54)
- David James Elliot (55)
- Dave Coulier (56)
- Ethan Coen (58)
- Bill Murray (65)
- Stephen King (68)
- Jerry Bruckheimer (72)
- Leonard Cohen (81)
- HG Wells (RIP)
“Died Today”
- Walter Brennan (Born: July 25, 1894 / Died: September 21, 1974)
- Florence Joyner (Born: December 21, 1959 / Died: September 21, 1998)
“Movies”
- 1972 –Cancel My Reservation
- 1975 – Dog Day Afternoon
- 1983 – Educating Rita
- 1984 – All of Me
- 1984 –Places in the Heart
“Music”
- 1959 – The Isley Brothers released “Shout”
- 1959 – Fats Domino held the #1 spot on the R&B chart with “I Want to Walk You Home”
- 1959 – Santo and Johnny’s “Sleep Walk” was the #1 song
- 1963 – Bobby Vinton’s “Blue Velvet” spent its 3rd week at #1 on the Easy Listening chart
- 1965 – The Who performed in The Netherlands beginning their Scandinavian tour
- 1968 – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s “You’re All I Need to Get By” was #1 on the R&B chart for the 4th week
- 1968 – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’s “Fire” was the #15 on the chart
- 1968 – The Bee Gees moved to #9 with “I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You”
- 1970 – Santana released Abraxas
- 1970 – Freda Payne’s “Band of Gold” was the #1 song in the U.K.
- 1974 – Carl Douglas’s “Kung Fu Fighting” was the #1 song in the U.K.
- 1974 – Barry White’s “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe” spent its 3rd week at #1 on the R&B chart
- 1974 – Olivia Newton-John’s “I Honestly Love You” was the #1 song on the Easy Listening chart for the 2nd week
- 1976 – The Bee Gees released Children of the World
- 1978 – Chic released “Le Freak”
- 1979 – Rupert Holmes released “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”
- 1981 – Adam and the Ants’ “Prince Charming” was the #1 song in the U.K.
- 1982 – Donald Fagan released “I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World)”
- 1985 – Madonna’s Like A Virgin was the #1 album in the U.K.
- 1985 – “Money For Nothing” by the Dire Straits was the #1 song
- 1985 – Kool and the Gang’s “Cherish” was the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart for the 5th week
- 1988 – Def Leppard performed in New Jersey
- 1989 – U2 performed in Australia
- 1991 – Dire Straits’ album On Every Street was the #1 album in the U.K.
- 1991 – Curtis Stigers’s “I Wonder Why” was #60
- 1991 – Metallica’s Black Album was the #1 album
- 1991 – Bryan Adams’s “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” was the #1 song for the 8th week on the Adult Contemporary chart
- 1993 – Nirvana released In Utero
- 1996 – “Ready or Not” by The Fugees was the #1 song in the U.K.
- 1996 – R.E.M.’s New Adventures in Hi-Fi was the #1 album in the U.K.
- 1996 – Donna Lewis’s “I Love You Always Forever” was the #2 song
“TV/Radio”
- 1957 – Perry Mason premiered on CBS
- 1970 – Monday Night Football premiered on ABC
- 1972 – In Concert premiered on ABC with a performance by Alice Cooper
“Other Important Events…”
- 1937 – J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit was published in London
- 1970 – The New York Times published the first op-ed page
- 1984 – NASA launched the satellite Galaxy-C