DYR Today, September 9

“Born Today”

• Damian McGinty (23)
• Hunter Hayes (24)
• Afrojack (28)
• Yung Berg (29)
• Julie Gonzalo (34)
• Michelle Williams (35)
• Michael Bublé (40)
• Goran Visnjic (43)
• Eric Stonestreet (44)
• Henry Thomas (44)
• Rachel Hunter (46)
• Julia Sawalha (47)
• Adam Sandler (49)
• Chip Esten (50)
• Constance Marie (50)
• Hugh Grant (55)
• Angela Cartwright (63)
• Dave Stewart (63)
• Tom Wopat (64)
• Topol (80)
• Sylvia Miles (83)

“Died Today”

• Mao Zedong (Born: December 26, 1893 / Died: September 9, 1976)
• Burgess Meredith (Born: November 16, 1907/ Died: September 9, 1997)

“Movies”

• 1970 – House of Dark Shadows
• 1980 – Phobia
• 1983 – Nightmares
• 1988 – Moon Over Parador
• 1988 – Running on Empty
• 1994 – A Good Man in Africa
• 1994 – The Next Karate Kid
• 1994 – Trial by Jury

“Music”

• 1954 – Elvis Presley performed at a mall in Memphis
• 1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis reached #1 with “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On” on the R&B chart
• 1965 – The Rolling Stone’s “Satisfaction” was #1 on U.K. charts

• 1967 – The Doors performed in New York City
• 1967 – James Brown’s “Cold Sweat – Part 1” was #1 on the R&B chart
• 1968 – While recording The White Album, The Beatles recorded 18 takes of “Helter Skelter”
• 1970 – After nine years without touring, Elvis Presley kicked off a tour in Phoenix, Arizona
• 1971 – John Lennon released Imagine in the U.S.
• 1972 – The O’Jays’ “Back Stabbers” was #1 on the R&B chart

• 1972 – Chicago’s Chicago V was the #1 album for the fourth week running
• 1972 – “The Guitar Man” by Bread was the #1 song on the Easy Listening chart
• 1972 – The Doobie Brothers’ debut “Listen to the Music” was #62

• 1978 – U2 opened for the Stranglers in Dublin
• 1978 – Boney M’s Night Flight to Venus was the #1 album in the U.K.
• 1978 – #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart was “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)” by Chris Rea

• 1981 – Sting and Phil Collins debuted as solo artists at “The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball”
• 1985 – Glenn Frey released “You Belong to the City”
• 1989 – Sonic Youth and Nirvana performed at the Caberet Metro in Chicago
• 1989 – Richard Marx was #1 for the sixth week on the Adult Contemporary chart with “Right Here Waiting”

• 1991 – Bryan Adams released “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started”
• 1995 – Coolio was #1 with “Gangsta’s Paradise”
• 1995 – TLC’s “Waterfalls” was #4

• 1999 – Nine Inch Nails performed at the MTV VMAs

“TV/Radio”

• 1956 – Elvis Presley was on Toast of the Town hosted by Ed Sullivan
• 1956 – Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour hosted the Johnny Burnette Trio
• 1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono were on the Dick Cavett Show

“Other Important Events…”

• 1972 – Billie Jean King defeated Kerry Melville Reid in the U.S. Open – Featured Above