“Born Today”
- Jack O’Connell (25)
- Max Carver (27)
- Elijah Kelley (29)
- Ashley Parker Angel (34)
- Jason Momoa (36)
- Zac Brown (37)
- Tempestt Bledsoe (42)
- Roshumba Williams (47)
- James St. James (49)
- Sam Mendes (50)
- Adam Duritz (51)
- John Carroll Lynch (52)
- Coolio (52)
- Demian Bichir (52)
- Chuck D (55)
- Joe Elliot (56)
- Giancarlo Giannini (73)
- Herman Melville (RIP)
“Died Today”
- Frances Farmer (Born: Septemeber 19, 1913 / Died: August 1, 1970)
- Tommy Makem (Born: November 4, 1932 / Died: August 1, 2007)
“Movies”
- 1965 – Voyage To the Prehistoric Planet
- 1967 – Rough Night in Jericho
- 1968 – Destroy All Monsters (Japanese Version)
- 1976 – Obsession
- 1980 – The Final Countdown
- 1980 – The Hunter
- 1980 – Loose Shoes
- 1980 – Raise the Titanic
- 1986 – Choke Canyon
- 1986 – Flight of the Navigator
- 1986 – Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
- 1986 – Good to Go
- 1986 – Howard the Duck
- 1990 – Young Guns II
- 1997 – Spawn
“Music”
- 1960 – Aretha Franklin made her first secular recordings, which included “Today I Sing the Blues.”
- 1960 – Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” was released.
- 1964 – The Beatles scored fifth US No. 1 single in seven months with ‘A Hard Day’s Night’
- 1966 – Merle Haggard recorded “I’m A Lonesome Fugitive” at Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood, California.
- 1972 – The Eagles’ single “Witchy Woman” was released.
- 1980 – Def Leppard made their live debut when opening for AC/DC at a New York City concert
- 1981 – Rick Springfield hit No.1 for two weeks with ‘Jessie’s Girl’
- 1984 – Hank Williams Jr. shot video to “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” which featured artists such as Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Cheech and Chong, and more.
- 1987 – Bob Seger’s single, ‘Shakedown’ went No. 1 in the US
- 1998 – Spice Girls scored seventh UK No.1 single with “Viva Forever”
- 1998 – Garth Brooks reached #1 with Bob Dylan’s song, “To Make You Feel My Love.”
“TV/RADIO TODAY”
- 1971 – “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour” was debuted on CBS-TV.
- 1981 – MTV made its debut at 12:01am. The first video to be shown was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles. (Featured Above)
- 1996 – MTV launched another channel known as MTV2.
“Other Important Events…”
- 1953 – Disney releases the Donald Duck Short, The New Neighbor
- 1963 – The First “Beatles Monthly” was published
- 1969 – US Atlantic City Pop Festival took place at the Atlantic City racetrack with artist’s such as B.B King, Janis Joplin, Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and others
- 1993 – Reggie Jackson was admitted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
