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BORN TODAY 1985 - Haylie Duff 1985 - Arielle Kebbel 1981 - Beth Ditto 1980 - David Gandy 1978 - Gideon Yago 1970 - Bellamy Young 1968 - Cynthia Bailey 1967 - Benicio Del Toro 1966 - Justine Bateman 1963 - Seal 1963 - Jessica Tuck 1958 - Helen Fielding 1957 - Ray Winstone 1955 - Jeff Daniels 1948 - Tommy Iommi 1945 - Michael Nader 1940 - Smokey Robinson MOVIES TODAY -Check out the trailers in the links below - 1943 - Pluto and the Armadillo 1952 - Hello Aloha 1964 - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 - Dead Ringer 1998 - Palmetto MUSIC TODAY 1949 - John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen" hits #1 R&B 1955 - Etta James charted with “The Wallflower” (sometimes called “Roll With M Henry”). 1957 - Tab Hunter topped the U.K. chart with "Young Love", one of the great songs early in the Rock Era. 1958 - New group The Silhouettes released their first single "Got A Job". 1966 - Lou Christie saw an opening and moved to #1 with "Lightnin' Strikes". 1966 - B.J. Thomas debuted on the charts with his first career single--"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". 1966 - Whipped Cream & Other Delights by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, which had already spent six weeks at #1 on the Album chart returned to #1. 1972 - Nilsson took over at #1 on the Adult chart with "Without You". 1977 - Elvis Presley hits #1 on the Billboard country chart with "Moody Blue" 1977 - Stevie Wonder won the Grammy Award for Best Album for Songs in the Key of Life. 1977 - Leo Sayer's "When I Need You" was the #1 song in the U.K. 1977 - Natalie Cole reached #1 on the R&B chart with "I've Got Love On My Mind". 1977 - Although Bruce Springsteen hadn't had a Top 10 song yet, his song "Blinded By The Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band reached #1. 1983 - "Shame On The Moon" by Bob Seger remained #1 on the AC chart. 1983 - James Ingram and Patti Austin’s “Baby, Come to Me” reached #1 on the pop charts after taking eighteen weeks to get there. 1983 - Kajagoogoo owned the #1 song in the U.K. with "Too Shy". 1993 - Reba McEntire's album "It's Your Call" is certified gold and platinum on the same day 2000 - Savage Garden returned to #1 with the song "I Knew I Loved You". TV/RADIO TODAY 1970 - Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart ("I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight") were guests on the popular television show Bewitched on ABC. 1972 - Sammy Davis, Jr. was a guest star on All in the Family on CBS-TV. 1974 - Kiss made their television debut on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. 1974 - Dick Clark's new awards show (the American Music Awards), debuted on ABC-TV. Smokey Robinson, Helen Reddy and Roger Miller co-hosted the ceremony. OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS... 1941 - Disney's Technicolor feature Fantasia opens at the Apollo Theater in Chicago, Illinois. The film, featuring eight animated segments synchronized to pieces of classical music, first premiered last November 1940 in New York City. 1980 - Scottish-born Australian rock musician Bon Scott passed away, he best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC (July 9, 1946 / February 19, 1980) 1995 - Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) and Pamela Anderson were married. 1997 - Miles Davis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1999 - Dennis Franz received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2001 - American film director and producer Stanley Earl Kramer passed away, he was responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous "message films" (September 29, 1913 / February 19, 2001) 2016 - American novelist widely known for To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee passes away (April 28, 1926 / February 19, 2016) Did we Miss Anyone or Anything special? Let us Know in the Comments