DYR Today, September 12

“Born Today”

• Alfie Allen (29)
• Emmy Rossum (29)
• Kroy Biermann (30)
• Jennifer Hudson (34)
• Yao Ming (35)
• Benjamin McKenzie (37)
• Ruben Studdard (37)
• Elisabetta Canalis (37)
• 2 Chainz (38)
• Bizzy Bone (39)
• Jennifer Nettles (41)
• Josh Hopkins (45)
• James Frey (46)
• Paul F. Tompkins (47)
• Louis C.K. (48)
• Ben Folds (49)
• Amy Yasbeck (53)
• Hans Zimmer (58)
• Rachel Ward (58)
• Joe Pantoliano (64)
• Linda Gray (75)
• Sir Ian Holm (84)

“Died Today”

• Anthony Perkins (Born: April 4, 1932 / Died: September 12, 1992)
• Ruth Wilson (Born: August 2, 1905 / Died September 12, 1992)
• Johnny Cash (Born: February 26,1932 / Died: September 12, 2003)

“Movies”

• 1970 – Five Easy Pieces
• 1970 – Tora! Tora! Tora!
• 1980 – He Knows You’re Alone
• 1986 – ‘night, Mother
• 1988 – Miles from Home
• 1990 – Postcards from the Edge
• 1997 – The Game

“Music”

• 1953 – Luigi Vena sang “Ave Maria” at Senator John F. Kennedy’s wedding
• 1954 – Frank Sinatra’s “Three Coins in the Fountain” was #1
• 1960 – Elvis Presley’s “It’s Now or Never” remained at #1

• 1963 – The Beatles’ “She Loves You” reached #1
• 1964 – The Animals were #1 for the second week with “House of the Rising Sun”
• 1966 – The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” received a certified Gold
• 1970 – Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Cosmo’s Factory was the #1 album in the U.K.
• 1970 – Ronnie Milsap’s “Loving You is a Natural Thing” debuted on the charts
• 1970 – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles were #1 in the U.K. with “Tears of a Clown”

• 1970 – #1 on Easy Listening was Anne Murray’s “Snowbird”

• 1970 – The Woody Guthrie Memorial Concert took place in L.A. with performances by Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Arlo Guthrie
• 1975 – Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here released in the U.K.
• 1977 – B.T. Express performed for President Jimmy Carter at the White House
• 1977 – Paul and Linda McCartneys’ son, James Louis, was born in London
• 1981 – Diana Ross and Lionel Richie’s “Endless Love” was #1 for the fourth week on the R&B chart

• 1981 – Journey’s Escape was #1 on the album chart
• 1987 – Michael Jackson’s Bad World Tour began in Tokyo, Japan
• 1989 – Aerosmith released their album Pump
• 1989 – Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville released a cover of “Don’t Know Much”

• 1990 – Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie announced they were leaving the band
• 1992 – Peter Cetera’s “Restless Heart” was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart

• 1992 – Boyz II Men were #1 for the fourth week with “End of the Road”
• 1995 – Michael Hutchence of INXS plead guilty to punching a photographer
• 1998 – The Grand Ole Opry hosted Vince Gill for the 100th time
• 1999 – The Vengaboys were #1 in the U.K. with “We’re Going to Ibiza!”

“TV/Radio”

• 1959 – Bonanza aired on NBC
• 1966 – The first episode of The Monkees aired on NBC
• 1966 – The Roger Miller Show premiered on ABC
• 1970 – The cartoon Josie and the Pussycats aired

“Other Important Events…”

• 1953 – John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier were married in Newport, Rhode Island
• 1956 – Black students entered the elementary school in Clay, Kentucky under the protection of the National Guard. The students were barred from the school five days later
• 1992 – Astronaut Mae Jemison was the first black woman to enter space