DYR Today, September 13

“Born Today”

• Niall Horan (22)
• Ben Savage (36)
• Swizz Beatz (37)
• Fiona Apple (38)
• Puma Swede (39)
• Stella McCartney (44)
• Tyler Perry (46)
• Michelle Duggar (49)
• Annie Duke (50)
• Jeff Ross (50)
• Tavis Smiley (51)
• Dave Mustaine (54)
• Geri Jewell (59)
• Iyanla Vanzant (62)
• Randy Jones (63)
• Jean Smart (64)
• Frank Marshall (69)
• Jacqueline Bisset (71)
• Peter Cetera (71)
• Joe E. Tata (79)

“Died Today”

• Tupac Shakur (Born: June 16, 1971 / Died: September 13, 1996)
• Dorothy McGuire (Born: June 14, 1916 / Died: September 13, 2001)
• Gary Richrath (Born: October 18, 1949 / Died: September 13, 2015)

“Movies”

• 1972 – The Ruling Class
• 1985 – After Hours
• 1986 – Avenging Force
• 1991 – Dogfight
• 1995 – Clockers
• 1996 – Maximum Risk
• 1996 – Fly Away Home
• 1996 – Feeling Minnesota
• 1996 – The Rich Man’s Wife

“Music”

• 1959 – Elvis Presley met Priscilla Beaulieu in West Germany
• 1962 – Elvis Presley’s “She’s Not You” was #1 in the U.K.
• 1965 – Simon & Garfunkel released “The Sound of Silence”

• 1965 – The Beatles released “Yesterday” in the U.S.
• 1965 – Buck Owen’s I’ve Got A Tiger By the Tail was the #1 country album
• 1969 – Kool and the Gang’s self-titled single debuted on the charts
• 1969 – Plastic Ono, a band consisting of Yoko Ono and John Lennon, gave their first live performance
• 1971 – Cat Stevens released “Peace Train”

• 1976 – The Captain and Tenille released their cover of “Muskrat Love”
• 1976 – Waylon Jennings’s Are You Ready for the Country was the #1 country album
• 1979 – ABBA performed in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Tour was the only time the band performed in North America while together.
• 1980 – George Benson’s “Give Me the Night” was #1 on the R&B chart

• 1980 – Jackson Browne’s Hold Out was the #1 album
• 1980 – Diana Ross’s “Upside Down” was #1
• 1986 – Wang Chung released “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”

• 1986 – Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away” was #1

• 1987 – Michael Jackson’s Bad was the #1 album in the U.K.
• 1991 – Geffen Records celebrated the release of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” with a launch party that the band was eventually removed from for starting a food fight.
• 1993 – Ace of Base released “All That She Wants”

• 1997 – The Verve’s “The Drugs Don’t Work” was #1 in the U.K.
• 1998 – Julian Lennon began touring Japan
• 1998 – Lauryn Hill had the #1 album with The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

“TV/Radio”

• 1965 – The Steve Lawrence Show debuted on CBS and hosted Lucille Ball
• 1985 – “We Are the World” won Best Group Video at the MTV VMAs (Featured Above)

• 1993 – The E Street Band’s drummer Max Weinberg became leader of the Late Night with Conan O’Brien house band
• 1998 – The 50th Emmy Awards aired

“Other Important Events…”

• 1993 – Queens, NY, began required recycling
• 1997 – Mother Teresa’s funeral was held in India