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“Born Today” Princess Beatrice of York (27) Katie Leung (28) Peyton List (29) Roger Federer (34) Meagan Good (34) Michael Urie (35) Countess Vaughn (37) Lindsay Sloane (38) JC Chasez (39) Drew Lachey (39) Jeremy Scott (40) Scott Stapp (42) Faye Wong (46) Kool Moe Dee (53) The Edge (54) Rikki Rockett (54) Deborah Norville (57) Cecilia Roth (59) Robin Quivers (63) Keith Carradine (66) Connie Stevens (77) Dustin Hoffman (78) Esther Williams (RIP) “Died Today” Patricia Neal (Born: January 20, 1926 / Died: August 8, 2010) “Movies” Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer. 1975 - Farewell, My Lovely 1975 - Journey into Fear 1980 - The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu 1980 - Xanadu “Music” 1963 - The Searchers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Sweets For My Sweet'. 1983 - The Metallica single "Whiplash" was released. 1987 - U2 scored their second US No.1 single from their Joshua Tree album with 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For'. 1989 - Danny Elfman's musical score "Batman: Motion Picture Score" was released. 1992 - Madonna went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'This Used To Be My Playground'. 1992 - Snap! started a six-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Rhythm Is A Dancer'. 1998 - The Spice Girls had the UK No.1 single with 'Viva Forever'. “TV/Radio” 1956 - WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins. (wikipedia.org) “Other Important Events…” 1966 - Michael DeBakey became the first surgeon to install an artificial heart pump in a patient. 1974 - U.S. President Nixon announced that he would resign the following day. 1978 - The U.S. launched Pioneer Venus II, which carried scientific probes to study the atmosphere of Venus. (wikipedia.org) 1989 - The space shuttle Columbia took off from Cape Canaveral, FL. 1992 - The "Dream Team" clinched the gold medal at the Barcelona Summer Olympics. The U.S. basketball team beat Croatia 117-85.