70s

“Born Today” Phillip Phillips (25) The Dream (38) Jon Bernthal (39) Asia Argento (40) Moon Bloodgood (40) Michelle Visage (47) Kristen Johnston (48) Gunnar and Matthew Nelson (48) Nuno Bettencourt (49) Maggie Cheung (51) Deborah Roberts (55) Alannah Currie (58) Gary Cole (59) Debbie Morgan (59) George RR Martin (67) Sophia Loren (81) “Died Today” Jacob Grimm (Born: January 4, 1785 / Died: September 20, 1863) Fiorello Laguardia (Born: December 11, 1882 / Died: September 20, 1947) Ben Webster (Born: March 27, 1909 / Died: September 20, 1973) Jim Croce (Born: January 10, 1943 / Died: September 20, 1973) Featured Above “Movies” 1965 - How to Murder Your Wife 1974 - Nightmare Honeymoon 1986 - Down by Law 1991 - The Fisher King 1991 - The Indian Runner 1991 - Rambling Rose 1996 - The First Wives Club 1996 - Last Man Standing “Music” 1956 - Johnny Cash performed at the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas 1957 - Buddy Holly released “Peggy Sue” 1964 - The Beatles performed a concert in NYC for United Cerebral Palsy 1969 - Aretha Franklin’s “Share Your Love With Me” was the #1 song on the R&B chart 1969 - The soundtrack to Hair was #4 on the chart while Blind Faith held the #1 spot with their self-titled album 1969 - Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds” moved from #77 to #36 1971 - Peter Frampton began his solo career 1971 - Lynn Anderson’s You’re My Man was the #1 album on the Country chart 1975 - Janice Ian’s Between the Lines was the #1 album 1975 - Tavares had the #1 song on the R&B chart with “It Only Takes a Minute” 1975 - John Denver’s “I’m Sorry” was the #1 song on the Easy Listening chart 1975 - Elton John and Neil Sedaka’s collaboration “Bad Blood” was #32 1977 - Linda Ronstadt released “It’s So Easy” 1980 - Kate Bush had the #1 album in the U.K. with Never for Ever 1980 - Queen’s The Game was the #1 album in the U.S. 1980 - Dionne Warwick’s “No Night So Long” was the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart 1982 - Jerry Reed’s “She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)” was the #1 song on the Country chart 1985 - Simple Minds released “Alive and Kicking” 1986 - “The Rain” by Oran Juice Jones was the #1 song on the R&B chart 1986 - The Soundtrack to Top Gun was the #1 album 1986 - “Stuck with You” by Huey Lewis and the News was the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart 1991 - Tom Cochrane released “Life is a Highway” 1997 - Elton John’s “Something About the Way You Look Tonight” was the #1 song in the U.K. 1998 - Alan Jackson’s High Mileage was the #1 album on the Country chart “TV/Radio” 1975 - Howard Cosell’s Saturday Night Live hosted The Bay City Rollers 1976 - The Captain and Tenille TV show aired on ABC 1984 - The Cosby Show premiered on NBC “Other Important Events…” 2001 - President George W. Bush gave an address declaring “war on terror” 2011 - The United States ended the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy