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“Born Today” Tyler Hoechlin (28) Charles Kelley (34) Mike Comrie (35) Ariana Richards (36) Cameron Richardson (36) Ben Lee (37) Ludacris (38) Elephant Man (40) Brad Fischetti (40) Richard Ashcroft (44) Ted Leo (45) Laura Wright (45) Taraji P. Henson (45) Maria Bartiromo (48) Harry Connick Jr. (48) Paul Heyman (50) Moby (50) Kristy McNichol (53) Elizabeth “EG” Daily (54) Virginia Madsen (54) John Hawkes (56) Amy Madigan (65) Lola Falana (73) Brian De Palma (75) “Died Today” Lorne Greene (Born: February 12, 1916 / Died: September 11, 1987) David Angell (Born: April 10, 1946 / Died: September 11, 2001) *Angell died along with the rest of the important victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks John Ritter (Born: September 17, 1948 / Died: September 11, 2003) “Movies” 1992 - Sneakers 1992 - Where the Day Takes You 1992 - Wind 1998 - Simon Birch 1998 - Rounders “Music” 1958 - Lloyd Price recorded “Stagger Lee” 1961 - Dion released “Runaround Sue” 1962 - The Beatles recorded “Love Me Do” 1964 - George Harrison announced his song publishing company, Harrissongs 1964 - The Beatles performed during the Gator Bowl 1965 - “Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones was #1 in the U.K. 1965 - We Five’s “You Were On My Mind” were #1 on the Easy Listening chart for the second week 1965 - The Beatles’ Help went from #61 to #1 1967 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience performed in Stockholm, Sweden 1967 - The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” became certified Gold 1971 - Joan Baez’s “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” was #1 on the Easy Listening chart 1971 - “Spanish Harlem” by Aretha Franklin was #1 on the R&B chart for the third week 1971 - The Carpenters’ “Superstar” was #17 1972 - The Faces performed in Madison Square Garden 1976 - ELO’s A New World Record was released in the U.K. 1976 - Elton John and Kiki Dee’s “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart 1976 - Peter Frampton’s album, Frampton Comes Alive!, was the #1 album 1977 - Bing Crosby and David Bowie recorded their own version of “The Little Drummer Boy” in London 1978 - Foreigner released “Double Vision” 1978 - Robert Palmer performed in Birmingham, England 1982 - Elton John’s “Blue Eyes” reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart 1982 - John Cougar Mellencamp’s American Fool became the #1 album. The singer also had two songs in the top 10 at this time: “Jack & Diane” at #4 and “Hurts So Good” at #8. 1982 - Chicago’s “Hard For Me To Say I’m Sorry” was #1 1984 - Bruce Springsteen performed the first of six sold-out shows in Philadelphia 1987 - Paisley Park, Prince’s recording studio, officially opened in Minnesota 1988 - Metallica began their European tour 1990 - George Michael released Listen Without Prejudice 1990 - Mariah Carey released “Love Takes Time” 1993 - Mariah Carey’s “Dreamlover” was #1 1999 - TLC’s “Unpretty” was #1 “TV/Radio” 1966 - The Ed Sullivan Show hosted The Rolling Stones who performed “Paint It Black” 1971 - The Jackson Five animated television show debuted 1980 - A 20/20 episode aired that featured an investigation of Elvis Presley’s death, and eventually caused the case on the singer’s death to be reopened “Other Important Events…” 2001 - On this day the four airplanes were hijacked; two flew into the Twin Towers, one was crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, another crashed into the Pentagon. This senseless terrorist attack is responsible for the deaths of over 3,000 people. On this day we remember those lives.