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“Born Today” Jessica Brown Findlay (26) Logan Henderson (26) Katie Lee (34) Miyavi (34) Ashley Roberts (34) Carmen Kass (37) Ben Cohen (37) Ryan Sutter (41) Andrew Lincoln (42) Nas (42) Kimberly Williams-Paisley (44) Michelle Stafford (47) Dan Cortese (48) Faith Ford (51) Robert Herjavec (53) Melissa Leo (55) Morten Harket (56) Sam Neill (68) Joey Heatherton (71) Zoe Caldwell (82) Amy Winehouse (RIP) “Died Today” President William McKinley (Born: January 29, 1843 / Died: September 14, 1901) Grace Kelly (Born: November 12, 1929 / Died: September 14, 1982) Patrick Swayze (Born: August 18, 1952 / Died: September 14, 2009) “Movies” 1984 - A Soldier’s Story 1990 - Death Warrant 1990 - Hardware 1990 - Repossessed 1990 - State of Grace 1990 - White Hunter Black Heart 1994 - Quiz Show “Music” 1955 - Little Richard recorded “Tutti Frutti” in New Orleans 1959 - Sandy Nelson’s “Teen Beat” went from #84 to #28 1959 - The Browns’ “The Three Bells” was #1 for the fourth week 1963 - The O’Jays debuted on the chart with “Lonely Drifter” 1963 - The Beatles’ “She Loves You” was #1 in the U.K. 1963 - Martha and the Vandellas’ “Heat Wave” was #1 on the R&B chart 1963 - “Be My Baby” by The Ronettes was reached #20 from #55 1968 - Waiting for the Sun by The Doors was the #1 album 1968 - The Graduate soundtrack was #10 1968 - “People Got to be Free” by The Rascals was the #1 song for the fifth week 1970 - Stevie Wonder married Syreeta Wright who formerly worked for Motown Records 1971 - Led Zeppelin performed at the Berkeley Community Theatre in California 1974 - Olivia Newton John’s “I Honestly Love You” was #1 on the Easy Listening chart 1974 - Eric Clapton’s cover of “I Shot the Sheriff” was #1 1974 - Stevie Wonder’s Fulfillingness’ First Finale was the #1 album 1976 - Jeff Beck’s album Wired was awarded Gold 1978 - The Grateful Dead performed at the Gizah Sound and Light Theater in Egypt 1979 - The Commodores released “Still” 1982 - Willie Nelson’s Always On My Mind was the #1 Country album 1983 - Metallica released “Disposable Heroes” 1985 - Kool and the Gang’s “Cherish” was #1 on the R&B chart 1991 - Paula Abdul’s “The Promise of a New Day” was #1 1991 - Bryan Adams’s “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart 1993 - Meat Loaf released “I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)” 1996 - Los Del Rio’s “Macarena” was #1 for the seventh week 1996 - Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” moved from #12 to #7 “TV/Radio” 1967 - Top of the Pops hosted The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968 - The cartoon show The Archies premiered on CBS 1972 - The Waltons premiered on CBS 1976 - NBC aired Hard Rain which starred Bob Dylan 1985 - The Golden Girls aired on NBC “Other Important Events…” 1964 - Walt Disney was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House