“Born Today”

“Died Today”

1955 – “Rock Around The Clock” by Bill Haley & the Comets went to #1 in the U.K.

1956 – Fats Domino continued to own the #1 R&B song for a fourth week with “Blueberry Hill”.
1965 – Fontella Bass held on to #1 on the R&B chart for a fourth week with “Rescue Me”.

1965 – The Supremes moved to #1 with “I Hear A Symphony”.
1971 – Isaac Hayes moved to #1 with the “Theme From ‘Shaft’
1973 – Elton John released the single “Crocodile Rock” in the United States.
1976 – The Captain & Tennille returned to the top with their fifth consecutive #1 Adult Contemporary song–“Muskrat Love”.

1982 – Lionel Richie reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with his first solo single “Truly”.
1983 – Tina Turner made her first chart appearance in over ten years with her version of the Al Green hit ‘Let’s Stay Together’.
1988 – Bon Jovi started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with lead single from the band’s album New Jersey, ‘Bad Medicine’, which became the group’s third US No.1, and a No.17 hit in the UK.
1993 – Phil Collins had the top album in the U.K. with Both Sides.

1929 – The radio program “The Rise of the Goldbergs,” later known as “The Goldbergs,” made its debut on the NBC Blue Network.
1955 – Bo Diddley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. He was requested to perform “Sixteen Tons” but after he sang “Bo Diddley” instead, he was banned from future shows.
1968 – The 100th episode of “Green Acres” aired.
1976 – Paul Simon hosted Saturday Night Live on NBC-TV.
1980 – The 200th episode of “M*A*S*H” aired on CBS
1983 – An estimated 100 million people watched the controversial ABC-TV movie “The Day After.” The movie depicted the outbreak of nuclear war.

1997 – Paul McCartney taped an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in New York City.

1947 – Britain’s Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in Westminster Abbey.
1962 – The Cuban Missile Crisis ended. The Soviet Union removed its missiles and bombers from Cuba and the U.S.ended its blockade of the island.

1962 – Mickey Mantle was named the American League Most Valuable Player for the third time.
1986 – Dr. Halfdan Maher, the director of the World Health Organization, announced the first coordinated global effort to fight the disease AIDS.
1984 – Michael Jackson earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of Mann’s Chinese Theatre.
1986 – The one billionth Little Golden Book was printed. The title was The Poky Little Puppy.

1990 – The space shuttle Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral, FL, after completing a secret military mission.
1997 – Kenny G earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in California.