DYR Today, September 19

“Born Today”

• Pia Mia (19)
• Katrina Bowden (27)
• Danielle Panabaker (28)
• Lydia Hearst-Shaw (31)
• Eva Marie (31)
• Kevin Zegers (31)
• Tegan and Sara Quin (35)
• Noémie Lenoir (36)
• Ramin Karimloo (37)
• Carter Oosterhouse (39)
• Alison Sweeney (39)
• Jimmy Fallon (41)
• Victoria Silvstedt (41)
• Stephanie J Block (43)
• Sanaa Lathan (44)
• Soledad O’Brien (49)
• Kim Richards (51)
• Trisha Yearwood (51)
• Jarvis Cocker (52)
• Cheri Oteri (53)
• Mario Batali (55)
• Lita Ford (57)
• Rex Smith (60)
• Nile Rodgers (63)
• Joan Lunden (65)
• Twiggy (66)
• Sally Potter (66)
• Jeremy Irons (67)
• Freda Payne (73)
• Paul Hamilton Williams (76)
• David McCallum (82)
• Adam West (87)
• Rosemary Harris (88)
• James Lipton (89)

“Died Today”

• Eve March (Born: September 27, 1910 / Died: September 19, 1974)
• Orville Redenbacher (Born: July 16, 1907 / Died: September 19, 1995)
• Skeeter Davis (Born: December 30, 1931 / Died: September 19, 2004)

“Movies”

• 1968 – Hot Millions
• 1980 – The Exterminator
• 1980 – Melvin and Howard
• 1984 – Amadeus
• 1986 – The Men’s Club
• 1990 – Goodfellas
• 1997 – L.A. Confidential
• 1997 – In & Out
• 1997 – Wishmaster

“Music”

• 1960 – Brook Benton’s “Kiddio” was the #1 song on the R&B chart
• 1960 – Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” was the #1 song

• 1964 – Dean Martin’s “Everybody Loves Somebody” was the #1 song for the 8th week on the Easy Listening chart
• 1964 – The Animals still had the #1 song with “House of the Rising Sun”
• 1968 – “Born to be Wild” by Steppenwolf became Gold

• 1969 – Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Bad Moon Rising was the #1 song in the U.K. The band also released “Fortunate Son/Down on the Corner”
• 1970 – Anne Murray’s “Snowbird” was #1 on the Easy Listening chart
• 1970 – “Fire and Rain” by James Taylor reached #50 on the chart
• 1970 – “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” became Diana Ross’s first #1 as a solo artist

• 1970 – Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Cosmo’s Factory spent its 5th week as the #1 album
• 1974 – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band welcomed a new drummer, Max Weinberg
• 1974 – The first album from Bad Company reached Gold
• 1974 – Eric Clapton’s “I Shot the Sheriff” reached Gold
• 1975 – Queen signed John Reid as manager
• 1977 – The Bee Gees released “How Deep Is Your Love”

• 1978 – Linda Ronstadt released Living in the U.S.A.
• 1981 – The Rolling Stones had the #1 album with Tattoo You
• 1981 – “Endless Love” by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie remained the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart
• 1981 – Dan Fogelberg’s “Hard to Say” went from #45 to #29
• 1983 – Billy Joel released “Uptown Girl”

• 1987 – Michael Jackson’s “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” was the #1 song on the R&B chart
• 1987 – The Dirty Dancing Soundtrack was the #1 album
• 1987 – Whitney Houston’s “Didn’t We Almost Have It All” reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart

• 1988 – Bon Jovi released New Jersey
• 1989 – Janet Jackson released Rhythm Nation 1814
• 1992 – Don Henley and Patty Smyth’s collaboration “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough” reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart

• 1992 – Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road” spent its 6th week at #1
• 1998 – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was the #1 album

“TV/Radio”

• 1955 – NBC aired the play Our Town and Frank Sinatra performed “Love and Marriage”
• 1963 – The Jimmy Dean Show aired on ABC
• 1970 – The Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered on CBS

• 1971 – NBC aired Goin’ Back to Indiana which featured The Jackson 5
• 1981 – HBO aired Simon & Garfunkel’s The Concert in Central Park in front of 750,000 fans
• 1989 – Doogie Howser, M.D. premiered on ABC
• 1994 – ER premiered on NBC

“Other Important Events…”

• 1947 – Jackie Robinson was named Rookie of the Year