Film

“Born Today” Avicii (26) Wiz Khalifa (28) Chumlee (33) Jonathan Taylor Thomas (34) Pink (36) Larenz Tate (40) Kennedy (43) David Arquette (44) Brooke Burke Charvet (44) Martin Freeman (44) Neko Case (45) Kimberly Pierce (48) Thomas Kretschmann (53) Aimee Mann (55) Heather Thomas (58) Bernie Sanders (74) “Died Today” Willard Libby (Born: December 17, 1908 / Died: September 8, 1980) Roy Wilkins (Born: August 30, 1901/ Died: September 8, 1981) Brad Davis (Born: November 6, 1949 / Died: September 8, 1991) “Movies” 1960 - Psycho 1965 - Operation C.I.A. 1978 - Almost Summer 1988 - Earth Girls Are Easy 1995 - Last of the Dogmen 1995 - National Lampoon’s Senior Trip 1995 - The Tie That Binds 1995 - To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar 2000 - Nurse Betty 2000 - The Watcher 2000 - The Way of the Gun 2000 - Turn It Up “Music” 1956 - Liberty Records signed Eddie Cochran 1958 - Paul Anka began touring in Asia 1962 - Little Eva’s “The Loco-Motion” held #1 on the R&B chart for the third week 1962 - Nat King Cole’s “Ramblin’ Rose” moved down to #4 1964 - The Who performed at the Railway Hotel in London 1967 - The Doors performed in Utah 1971 - “Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me” by The Tams was #1 in the U.K. 1973 - Paul Simon’s “Loves Me Like A Rock” was #1 on the Easy Listening chart 1973 - The Allman Brothers’ “Ramblin’ Man” moved down to #35. Their album Brothers and Sisters was also the top album. 1975 - Neil Sedaka and Elton John teamed up and released “Bad Blood” 1979 - Led Zeppelin’s In Through the Out Door made for their eighth #1 album in the U.K. 1979 - Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” was #1 on the R&B chart 1979 - Maureen McGovern’s “Different Worlds” reach #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart 1979 - The Knack had the #1 album in the U.S. with Get the Knack. Their single “My Sharona” was #1 for the third week. 1984 - “I Just Called To Say, I Love You” by Stevie Wonder became the musician’s first #1 in the U.K. 1984 - Billy Joel’s “Leave A Tender Moment Alone” was the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart 1984 - “Caribbean Queen” by Billy Ocean was #1 on the R&B chart 1984 - Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got To Do With It” was the #1 song for the second week 1986 - Peter Cetera and Amy Grant released “The Next Time I Fall” 1990 - Jon Bon Jovi’s solo single “Blaze of Glory” was #1 1990 - Janet Jackson’s “Come Back To Me” was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart 1990 - M.C. Hammer’s Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em was #1 for thirteen weeks 1996 - George Jones and Johnny Cash performed in Connecticut “TV/Radio” 1956 - TV Guide featured Elvis Presley on its cover 1957 - The Ed Sullivan Show hosted Paul Anka and Jimmy Rodgers 1965 - The Monkees TV show advertised for actors in the newspapers 1966 - Star Trek aired for the first time on NBC 1968 - The Beatles performed “Hey Jude” on David Frost's Frost on BBC 1986 - The first episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show aired “Other Important Events…” 1941 - Germany began the blockade of Leningrad 1952 - Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea” was published 1974 - President Ford pardoned Richard Nixon of federal crimes