“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
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- 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