DYR Today, September 8

“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