DYR Today, September 24

“Born Today”

• Ben Platt (23)
• Kreayshawn (27)
• Jessica Lucas (31)
• Kimberly Nixon (31)
• Morgan and Paul Hamm (34)
• Ross Mathews (37)
• Stephanie McMahon (40)
• Jackie Sandler (42)
• Robert Irvine (51)
• Nia Vardalos (54)
• Steve Whitmire (57)
• Kevin Sorbo (58)
• Gordon Clapp (68)
• Joe Green (71)
• Lou Dobbs (71)
• Jim Henson (RIP)
• Scott Fitzgerald (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Theodore Geisel “Dr. Seuss” (Born: March 2, 1904 / Died: September 24, 1991) Featured Above

“Movies”

• 1965 – Marriage on the Rocks
• 1972 – Sounder
• 1982 – Amityville II: The Possession
• 1982 – Yes, Giorgio
• 1986 –The Name of the Rose
• 1993 – Dazed and Confused
• 1993 – Bopha!
• 1993 – Warlock: The Armageddon
• 1993 – The Good Son
• 1993 – The Program
• 1998 – Clay Pigeons
• 1998 – Ronin
• 1999 – Jakob the Liar
• 1999 – Double Jeopardy
• 1999 – Bicentennial Man

“Music”

• 1950 – Hank Snow’s “I’m Moving On” was the #1 song on the Country chart
• 1955 – Chuck Berry’s “Maybellene” remained at the #1 spot on the R&B chart
• 1957 – Elvis Presley released “Jailhouse Rock”

• 1958 – The Platters recorded “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”
• 1962 – Patsy Cline released So Wrong/You’re Stronger Than Me
• 1966 – “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep” by The Temptations was the #1 song on the R&B chart
• 1966 – On the Easy Listening chart, Roger Williams’s “Born Free” remained at #1
• 1966 – “Cherish” by The Association was the #1 song

• 1966 – The Beatles’ Revolver was the #1 album
• 1968 – “Turn Around Look At Me” by The Vogues went Gold
• 1970 – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles released “Tears of a Clown”
• 1973 – Chicago release “Just You ‘n’ Me”
• 1973 – Ringo released “Photograph”
• 1975 – Rod Stewart’s “Sailing” was the #1 song in the U.K.

• 1977 – Carly Simon’s “Nobody Does It Better” was the #1 song on the Easy Listening chart
• 1977 – The Emotions had the #1 song with “Best of My Love”
• 1979 – The Eagles released The Long Run
• 1983 – Labour of Love by UB40 was the #1 album in the U.K.
• 1983 – Billy Joel’s “Tell Her About It” was #1

• 1984 – Paul McCartney released “No More Lonely Nights”
• 1984 – Hall & Oates released “Out of Touch”
• 1984 – “Karma Chameleon” was the #1 song in the U.K.
• 1988 – Bobby McFerrin’s “Don’t Worry Be Happy” was the #1 song

• 1990 – Alabama’s “Jukebox in My Mind” was the #1 Country song
• 1991 – Nirvana released Nevermind

“TV/Radio”

• 1958 – The Donna Reed Show premiered on ABC
• 1964 – The Munsters premiered on CBS

• 1968 – 60 Minutes premiered on CBS
• 1995 – BBC One aired Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy

“Other Important Events…”

• 1990 – East Germany left the Warsaw Pact
• 2015 – Pope Francis made history as the first Pope to give an address in front of the U.S. Congress