DYR Today, September 15

“Born Today”

• Chelsea Kane (27)
• Jenna Marbles (29)
• Heidi Montag (29)
• Prince Harry (31)
• Ben Schwartz (34)
• Dave Annable (36)
• Sophie Dahl (38)
• Tom Hardy (38)
• Queen Letizia of Spain (43)
• Josh Charles (44)
• Dina Lohan (53)
• Dan Marino (54)
• Lisa Vanderpump (55)
• Tommy Lee Jones (69)
• Oliver Stone (69)
• Jessye Norman (70)

“Died Today”

• Sara Haden (Born: November 17, 1899 / Died: September 15, 1981)
• Johnny Ramone (Born: October 8, 1943 / Died: September 15, 2004)
• Richard Wright from Pink Floyd (Born: July 28, 1943 / Died: September 15, 2008)

“Movies”

• 1966 – Chelsea Girls
• 1972 – The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
• 1976 – In the Realm of the Senses
• 1978 – Up in Smoke
• 1987 – King Lear
• 1993 – Household Saints
• 1995 – Angus
• 1995 – Hackers
• 1995 – The Stars Fell on Henrietta

“Music”

• 1956 – Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” / “Don’t Be Cruel” was the #1 song on the R&B chart
• 1960 – Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams was released
• 1962 – Nat King Cole’s “Ramblin Rose” was #1 on the Easy Listening chart

• 1962 – Booker T and the MGs’ had the #1 song on the R&B chart with “Green Onions”
• 1962 – The Four Seasons’ “Sherry” moved from #11 to #1
• 1964 – During a concert in Cleveland, Ohio, The Beatles were directed off the stage in order to calm down the audience
• 1966 – “All or Nothing” by Small Faces was the #1 song in the U.K.

• 1969 – The 5th Dimension released “Wedding Bell Blues”
• 1973 – Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” was the #1 song for the fifth week on the R&B chart
• 1973 – Helen Reddy’s “Delta Dawn” was #1
• 1975 – Following the hit “Love Will Keep Us Together” The Captain and Tenille re-released their song “The Way I Want to Touch You”

• 1975 – John Denver released “Windsong”
• 1975 – Glen Campbell’s “Rhinestone Cowboy” was the #1 song on the Country chart
• 1978 – Bob Dylan began touring North America
• 1979 – Led Zeppelin’s In Through the Out Door was the #1 album
• 1979 – The Knack’s “My Sharona” was the #1 song
• 1980 – Pat Benatar released “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”

• 1983 – Huey Lewis & the News released Sports
• 1984 – Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got To Do With It” was the #1 song for the third week

• 1984 – Prince’s Purple Rain was the #1 album
• 1987 – Glass Tiger released “Someday”
• 1990 – Originally released in 1973, Steve Miller Band’s “The Joker” resurfaced as the #1 song in the U.K. due to a Levi’s commercial

• 1990 – George Michael’s Listen Without Prejudice was the #1 album in the U.K.
• 1990 – Alias’ “More Than Words Can Say” moved from #84 to #61
• 1990 – Wilson Phillips’ “Release Me” was the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart

“TV/Radio”

• 1949 – The Lone Ranger aired on ABC

• 1965 – Frankie Avalon was on The Patty Duke Show
• 1968 – A Happening in Central Park aired on CBS starring Barbra Streisand

“Other Important Events…”

• 1998 – Google.com became a domain name
• 2013 – Japan shut off their last nuclear reactor