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“Born Today” Chandler Massey (25) Sanjaya Malakar (26) Coco Rocha (27) Matthew Followill (31) Misty Copeland (33) Mikey Way (35) Ryan Phillippe (41) James Duval (43) Johnathon Schaech (46) Guy Ritchie (47) Big Daddy Kane (47) Colin Firth (55) Chris Columbus (57) Siobhan Fahey (57) Kate Burton (58) Amy Irving (62) Joe Perry (65) Bill O’Reilly (66) José Feliciano (70) Karl Lagerfeld (82) Philip Baker Hall (84) Arnold Palmer (86) “Died Today” Alexa Kenin (Born: February 16, 1962 / Died: September 10, 1985) Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown (Born: April 18, 1924 / Died: September 10, 2005) Patty Berg (Born: February 13, 1918 / Died: September 10, 2006) Jane Wyman (Born: January 5, 1917 / Died: September 10, 2007) “Movies” 1975 - Mitchell 1982 - Endangered Species 1982 - Pink Floyd - The Wall 1985 - Plenty 1985 - Smooth Talk 1986 - River’s Edge 1993 - The Real McCoy 1993 - True Romance 1993 - Undercover Blues 1999 - Love Stinks 1999 - Stigmata 1999 - Stir of Echoes “Music” 1962 - “Monster Mash” by Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett and the Crypt Kickers was banned in the BBC 1963 - The Beatles were awarded Top Vocal Group of the Year by the Variety Club of Great Britain 1964 - The Kink’s “You Really Got Me” was #1 in the U.K. https://youtu.be/Eq_KQYVPadQ 1964 - Rod Stewart recorded “Good Morning Little School Girl” 1965 - The Beatles’ Revolver went from #45 to the #1 spot 1966 - The Supremes were #1 with “You Can’t Hurry Love” https://youtu.be/JQvCci9txEg 1966 - “Guantanamera” by the Sandpipers was #10 1968 - “Hey Jude” by The Beatles was #1 in the U.K. https://youtu.be/A_MjCqQoLLA 1970 - Lynn Anderson recorded “Rose Garden” 1973 - The BBC banned “Star Star” by The Rolling Stones 1975 - KISS released Alive, a double album that included live performances, and also featured the single “Rock & Roll All Nite” 1977 - The Sanford Townsend Band’s “Smoke From A Distant Fire” entered the Top 10 1977 - Carly Simon’s “Nobody Does It Better” knocked, her husband, James Taylor’s “Handy Man” from the #1 spot https://youtu.be/SaV-6qerkqI 1977 - Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours was on its 18th week at #1 1980 - Cheap Trick’s bassist, Tom Peterson, was replaced by Peter Comita 1983 - Michael Sembello’s “Maniac” was #1. The song was featured in the 1983 film, Flashdance. https://youtu.be/qvYQ1TNbf2g 1983 - Billy Joel’s “Tell Her About It” was #5, Donna Summer held the #7 spot with “She Works Hard for the Money”, and Bonnie Tyler was #8 with “Total Eclipse of the Heart” 1983 - Michael Jackson’s Thriller was on its 20th week at #1 1984 - Tina Turner released “Better Be Good To Me” 1987 - Randy Travis’s Always and Forever was #1 on the country chart 1988 - Phil Collins’s “A Groovy Kind of Love” was #1 in the U.K. 1988 - Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” was the #1 song https://youtu.be/JcIM_PL8BAA 1988 - “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman was #6 on the countdown 1988 - Def Leppard’s Hysteria was the #1 album for the 5th week 1991 - Garth Brooks was #1 with Ropin’ the Wind 1991 - Brooks & Dunn was #1 with “Brand New Man” https://youtu.be/Dr_kNLR-loU 1992 - George Jones released “I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair” 1994 - Boyz II Men was #1 for the 4th week with “I’ll Make Love To You” “TV/Radio” 1984 - Premiere of Jeopardy! hosted by Alex Trebek 1990 - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air debuted starring Will Smith https://youtu.be/1nCqRmx3Dnw 1993 - The X Files premiered with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson 1995 - Cyndi Lauper was awarded an Emmy for her role on Mad About You “Other Important Events…” 1990 - Ellis Island opened as a museum 1997 - Mark McGwire scores 50 home runs in 2 straight years 2000 - Cats closed on Broadway