“BORN TODAY”
- Jeremy Davis (32)
- Brooke Adams (33)
- Cecily Strong (33)
- Jim Verraros (34)
- Pooch Hall (40)
- Abi Titmuss (41)
- Seth Green (43)
- Joshua Morrow (43)
- Kimbo Slice (43)
- Big Show (45)
- Stephanie Courtney (47)
- Mary McCormack (48)
- Shiva Rose (48)
- Trinny Woodall (53)
- Vince Neil (56)
- John Grisham (62)
- Mary Steenburgen (64)
- Creed Bratton (74)
- Nick Nolte (76)
- Ted Koppel (77)
- John Williams (85)
- Dan Seals (RIP)
- James Dean (RIP)
- Jack Lemmon (RIP)
- Lana Turner (RIP)
- Jules Verne (RIP)
- Gary Coleman (RIP)
“DIED TODAY”
“MOVIES TODAY”
- 1952 – Lambert, the Sheepish Lion
- 1968 – Blackbeard’s Ghost
- 1980 – American Gigolo
- 1980 – Midnight Madness
- 1985 – Heaven Help Us (also known as Catholic Boys)
- 1985 – Mischief
- 1985 – Witness
- 1991 – L.A. Story
- 1990 – The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
- 1991 – Sleeping with the Enemy
“MUSIC TODAY”
- 1956 – The Teen Queens’ “Eddie, My Love” enters the R&B charts
- 1956 – Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers’ Why Do Fools Fall In Love? enters the R&B charts
- 1958 – The Diamonds had the best selling record in the United States with their version of “The Stroll”.
- 1960 – Jim Reeves collects a #1 country single in Billboard magazine with “He’ll Have To Go”
- 1960 – Mark Dinning’s Teen Angel hits #1
- 1964 – The Beatles had the #1 song for a second week with “I Want To Hold Your Hand”.
- 1965 – The Supremes released the single “Stop! In the Name of Love”.
- 1967 – Peter & Gordon (“A World Without Love”) went their separate ways.
- 1969 – TCB by Diana Ross & the Supremes with the Temptations moved to #1 on the Album chart
- 1969 – Three Dog Night first appeared on the radio and on the chart on this date with their first single–“Try A Little Tenderness”.
- 1973 – Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain is certified gold
- 1975 – John Denver had the #1 Adult song with “Sweet Surrender”.
- 1975 – The Ohio Players top the Billboard singles chart with “Fire” and the Hot 200 album chart with an LP of the same name.
- 1986 – Billy Ocean rose to the #1 position in the U.K. with “When the Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going)”.
- 1986 – Sade scored a #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with “The Sweetest Taboo”.
- 1986 – Barbra Streisand owned the top album with The Broadway Album.
- 1988 – Billy Ocean was on a roll and he released the single “Get Outta’ My Dreams, Get Into My Car”.
- 1992 – Jodeci had the new #1 on the R&B chart with “Stay”.
- 1992 – Garth Brooks accomplished the rare feat of returning to #1 for a fourth time with the same album.
- 1993 – The Metallica single “Sad But True” was released.
- 1997 – Erykah Badu topped the R&B charts with her single ‘On and On’ on this day.
“TV/RADIO TODAY”
- 1959 – Johnny Cash performs his #1 Billboard Country chart hit, “Don’t Take Your Guns To Town” on The Ed Sullivan Show.
- 1953 – Walt Disney appears as a guest on a one-hour special tribute of Ed Sullivan’s hit TV show The Toast of the Town.
- 1956 – The Disneyland television series airs “Survival in Nature,” narrated by Winston Hibler.
- 1985 – “The Dukes of Hazzard” ended its 6-1/2 year run on CBS television.
- 1987 – The TV series The Wonderful World of Disney airs “The Liberators.”
- 1993 – Tom Jones guest starred on NBC-TV’s “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.”
“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”
- 1952 – Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the British throne. Her father, George VI, had died on February 6.
- 1960 – Walt Disney receives two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for television and one for movies.
- 1965 – Julie Andrews receives a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical/Comedy for her role in Disney’s Mary Poppins.
- 1971 – Bob Dylan’s documentary Eat the Document premiered at the Academy of Music in New York City. Proceeds went towards ending strip mining in Pike County, Kentucky.
- 1974 – The three-man crew of the Skylab space station returned to Earth after 84 days.
- 1982 – Cher makes her Broadway debut in Come Back To The Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.
- 2001 – Disney’s second Anaheim park (and 8th theme park in the world), Disney’s California Adventure Park officially opens along with its new Grand Californian hotel.