DYR Today, September 20

“Born Today”

• Phillip Phillips (25)
• The Dream (38)
• Jon Bernthal (39)
• Asia Argento (40)
• Moon Bloodgood (40)
• Michelle Visage (47)
• Kristen Johnston (48)
• Gunnar and Matthew Nelson (48)
• Nuno Bettencourt (49)
• Maggie Cheung (51)
• Deborah Roberts (55)
• Alannah Currie (58)
• Gary Cole (59)
• Debbie Morgan (59)
• George RR Martin (67)
• Sophia Loren (81)

“Died Today”

• Jacob Grimm (Born: January 4, 1785 / Died: September 20, 1863)
• Fiorello Laguardia (Born: December 11, 1882 / Died: September 20, 1947)
• Ben Webster (Born: March 27, 1909 / Died: September 20, 1973)
• Jim Croce (Born: January 10, 1943 / Died: September 20, 1973) Featured Above

“Movies”

• 1965 – How to Murder Your Wife
• 1974 – Nightmare Honeymoon
• 1986 – Down by Law
• 1991 – The Fisher King
• 1991 – The Indian Runner
• 1991 – Rambling Rose
• 1996 – The First Wives Club
• 1996 – Last Man Standing

“Music”

• 1956 – Johnny Cash performed at the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas
• 1957 – Buddy Holly released “Peggy Sue”

• 1964 – The Beatles performed a concert in NYC for United Cerebral Palsy
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  1969 – Aretha Franklin’s “Share Your Love With Me” was the #1 song on the R&B chart
• 1969 – The soundtrack to Hair was #4 on the chart while Blind Faith held the #1 spot with their self-titled album
• 1969 – Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds” moved from #77 to #36

• 1971 – Peter Frampton began his solo career
• 1971 – Lynn Anderson’s You’re My Man was the #1 album on the Country chart
• 1975 – Janice Ian’s Between the Lines was the #1 album
• 1975 – Tavares had the #1 song on the R&B chart with “It Only Takes a Minute”
• 1975 – John Denver’s “I’m Sorry” was the #1 song on the Easy Listening chart

• 1975 – Elton John and Neil Sedaka’s collaboration “Bad Blood” was #32
• 1977 – Linda Ronstadt released “It’s So Easy”
• 1980 – Kate Bush had the #1 album in the U.K. with Never for Ever
• 1980 – Queen’s The Game was the #1 album in the U.S.
• 1980 – Dionne Warwick’s “No Night So Long” was the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart

• 1982 – Jerry Reed’s “She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)” was the #1 song on the Country chart
• 1985 – Simple Minds released “Alive and Kicking”

• 1986 – “The Rain” by Oran Juice Jones was the #1 song on the R&B chart
• 1986 – The Soundtrack to Top Gun was the #1 album
• 1986 – “Stuck with You” by Huey Lewis and the News was the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart
• 1991 – Tom Cochrane released “Life is a Highway”

• 1997 – Elton John’s “Something About the Way You Look Tonight” was the #1 song in the U.K.
• 1998 – Alan Jackson’s High Mileage was the #1 album on the Country chart

“TV/Radio”

• 1975 – Howard Cosell’s Saturday Night Live hosted The Bay City Rollers
• 1976 – The Captain and Tenille TV show aired on ABC

• 1984 – The Cosby Show premiered on NBC

“Other Important Events…”

• 2001 – President George W. Bush gave an address declaring “war on terror”
• 2011 – The United States ended the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy