History

“Born Today” Lacey Schwimmer (27) Kellie Pickler (29) Tamara Ecclestone (31) Rob Dyrdek (41) Alessandro Nivola (43) Elon Musk (44) Aileen Quinn (44) Steve Burton (45) Mike White (45) Tichina Arnold (46) Chayanne (47) Gil Bellows (48) Mary Stuart Masterson (49) John Cusack (49) Jessica Hecht (50) John Elway (55) Michael Jacobs (60) Kathy Bates (68) Mel Brooks (90) Pat Morita (RIP) “Died Today” James Madison (Born: March 16, 1751 / Died: June 28, 1836) Rod Serling (Born: December 25, 1924 / Died: June 28, 1975) (Featured Above) Billy Mays (Born: July 20, 1958 / Died: June 28, 2009) “Movies” Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer. 1967 - Gunn 1974 - S*P*Y*S 1977 - One on One 1978 - Heaven Can Wait 1985 - St.Elmo’s Fire 1992 - The Naked Gun 2.5 1996 - The Nutty Professor 1996 - Striptease “Music” 1959 - Bobby Darin was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Dream Lover'. It was the American singers first No.1 and the song featured Neil Sedaka on piano. 1966 - The Small Faces appeared live at The Marquee Club in Wardour Street, London. Admission cost 7s & 6d, ($1.05). 1968 - Working at Abbey Road studios The Beatles recorded ‘Good Night’, John Lennon’s lullaby for his 5-year-old son Julian with Ringo singing the lead vocal. 1968 - Pink Floyd released their second album A Saucerful Of Secrets in the UK 1969 - Henry Mancini started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Love Theme from Romeo And Juliet'. 1969 - Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, The Nice, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Ten Years After, Taste, The Liverpool Scene and Chicken Shack all appeared at The Bath Festival of Blues in England, with DJ John Peel. 1975 - The Eagles started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with their fourth studio album 'One Of These Nights' 1975 - Wings went to No.1 on the UK chart with their fourth album 'Venus And Mars' 1975 - David Bowie's "Fame" was released. 1975 - American singer songwriter Tim Buckley completed the last show of a tour in Dallas, Texas, playing to a sold-out crowd of 1,800 people 1978 - Members of the group Kansas were named Deputy Ambassadors of Goodwill by Unicef. 1980 - Paul McCartney 'Coming Up' became one of the few 'live' recordings to reach the top of Billboard's Hot 100 1985 - Sister Sledge were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Frankie' 1986 - Wham! made their farewell concert appearance at London's Wembley Stadium. 1986 - Wham! were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their fourth and final UK No.1 'The Edge Of Heaven'. 1991 - "Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio" debuted at the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool. 1996 - Burt Bacharach appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, London. 1997 - Puff Daddy and Faith Evans started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I'll Be Missing You'. 1997 - Radiohead went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their third album OK Computer. 1997 - The Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of The Moon spent its 1056th week on the US album chart. 2005 - 2 Pac feat Elton John was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Ghetto Gospel. “TV/RADIO TODAY” 1940 - The "Quiz Kids" was heard on NBC radio for the first time. 1943 - "The Dreft Star Playhouse" debuted on NBC radio. 1944 - "The Alan Young Show" debuted on NBC radio. 1951 - "Amos ’n’ Andy" moved to CBS-TV from radio. “Other Important Events…” 1914 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo along with his wife, Duchess Sophie. photo: biography.com 1938 - The U.S. Congress created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure construction loans. 1942 - German troops launched an offensive to seize Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus and the city of Stalingrad. 1945 - U.S. General Douglas MacArthur announced the end of Japanese resistance in the Philippines. 1949 - The last U.S. combat troops were called home from Korea, leaving only 500 advisers. 1950 - North Korean forces captured Seoul, South Korea. 1954 - French troops began to pull out of Vietnam’s Tonkin Province. 1960 - In Cuba, Fidel Castro confiscated American-owned oil refineries without compensation. 1964 - Malcolm X founded the Organization for Afro American Unity to seek independence for blacks in the Western Hemisphere. Malcom X 1965 - The first commercial satellite began communications service. It was Early Bird (Intelsat I). 1967 - Israel formally declared Jerusalem reunified under its sovereignty following its capture of the Arab sector in the June 1967 war. 1971 - The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali. photo: wikipedia.org 1972 - U.S. President Nixon announced that no new draftees would be sent to Vietnam. 1976 - The first women entered the U.S. Air Force Academy. 1977, Elton John achieved a life long ambition when he became the Chairman of Watford Football Club. 1978 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the medical school at the University of California at Davis to admit Allan Bakke. Bakke, a white man, argued he had been a victim of reverse racial discrimination. 1996 - The Citadel voted to admit women, ending a 153-year-old men-only policy at the South Carolina military school. 1996 - Charles M. Schulz got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. photo: blog.fivecentsplease.org 1997 - Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ear after three rounds of their WBA heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas, NV. 1999 - The home of DMX (Earl Simmons) was searched as part of an investigation into the shooting of Ray Copeland. Copeland is the uncle and manager of DMX. Copeland was wounded in the foot the previous day.