DYR Today, September 10

“Born Today”

• Chandler Massey (25)
• Sanjaya Malakar (26)
• Coco Rocha (27)
• Matthew Followill (31)
• Misty Copeland (33)
• Mikey Way (35)
• Ryan Phillippe (41)
• James Duval (43)
• Johnathon Schaech (46)
• Guy Ritchie (47)
• Big Daddy Kane (47)
• Colin Firth (55)
• Chris Columbus (57)
• Siobhan Fahey (57)
• Kate Burton (58)
• Amy Irving (62)
• Joe Perry (65)
• Bill O’Reilly (66)
• José Feliciano (70)
• Karl Lagerfeld (82)
• Philip Baker Hall (84)
• Arnold Palmer (86)

“Died Today”

• Alexa Kenin (Born: February 16, 1962 / Died: September 10, 1985)
• Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown (Born: April 18, 1924 / Died: September 10, 2005)
• Patty Berg (Born: February 13, 1918 / Died: September 10, 2006)
• Jane Wyman (Born: January 5, 1917 / Died: September 10, 2007)

“Movies”

• 1975 – Mitchell
• 1982 – Endangered Species
• 1982 – Pink Floyd – The Wall
• 1985 – Plenty
• 1985 – Smooth Talk
• 1986 – River’s Edge
• 1993 – The Real McCoy
• 1993 – True Romance
• 1993 – Undercover Blues
• 1999 – Love Stinks
• 1999 – Stigmata
• 1999 – Stir of Echoes

“Music”

• 1962 – “Monster Mash” by Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett and the Crypt Kickers was banned in the BBC
• 1963 – The Beatles were awarded Top Vocal Group of the Year by the Variety Club of Great Britain
• 1964 – The Kink’s “You Really Got Me” was #1 in the U.K.

• 1964 – Rod Stewart recorded “Good Morning Little School Girl”
• 1965 – The Beatles’ Revolver went from #45 to the #1 spot
• 1966 – The Supremes were #1 with “You Can’t Hurry Love”

• 1966 – “Guantanamera” by the Sandpipers was #10
• 1968 – “Hey Jude” by The Beatles was #1 in the U.K.

• 1970 – Lynn Anderson recorded “Rose Garden”
• 1973 – The BBC banned “Star Star” by The Rolling Stones
• 1975 – KISS released Alive, a double album that included live performances, and also featured the single “Rock & Roll All Nite”
• 1977 – The Sanford Townsend Band’s “Smoke From A Distant Fire” entered the Top 10
• 1977 – Carly Simon’s “Nobody Does It Better” knocked, her husband, James Taylor’s “Handy Man” from the #1 spot

• 1977 – Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours was on its 18th week at #1
• 1980 – Cheap Trick’s bassist, Tom Peterson, was replaced by Peter Comita
• 1983 – Michael Sembello’s “Maniac” was #1. The song was featured in the 1983 film, Flashdance.

• 1983 – Billy Joel’s “Tell Her About It” was #5, Donna Summer held the #7 spot with “She Works Hard for the Money”, and Bonnie Tyler was #8 with “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
• 1983 – Michael Jackson’s Thriller was on its 20th week at #1
• 1984 – Tina Turner released “Better Be Good To Me”
• 1987 – Randy Travis’s Always and Forever was #1 on the country chart
• 1988 – Phil Collins’s “A Groovy Kind of Love” was #1 in the U.K.
• 1988 – Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” was the #1 song

• 1988 – “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman was #6 on the countdown
• 1988 – Def Leppard’s Hysteria was the #1 album for the 5th week
• 1991 – Garth Brooks was #1 with Ropin’ the Wind
• 1991 – Brooks & Dunn was #1 with “Brand New Man”

• 1992 – George Jones released “I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair”
• 1994 – Boyz II Men was #1 for the 4th week with “I’ll Make Love To You”

“TV/Radio”

• 1984 – Premiere of Jeopardy! hosted by Alex Trebek
• 1990 – The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air debuted starring Will Smith

• 1993 – The X Files premiered with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson
• 1995 – Cyndi Lauper was awarded an Emmy for her role on Mad About You

“Other Important Events…”

• 1990 – Ellis Island opened as a museum
• 1997 – Mark McGwire scores 50 home runs in 2 straight years
• 2000 – Cats closed on Broadway