DYR Today, September 25

“Born Today”

• Jansen Panettiere (27)
• Donald Glover (33)
• T.I. (36)
• Jodie Kidd (38)
• Clea DuVall (39)
• Santigold (40)
• Matt Hasselbeck (41)
• Bridgette Wilson-Sampras (43)
• Bridget Marquardt (43)
• Brian Dunkleman (45)
• Hal Sparks (47)
• Catherine Zeta-Jones (47)
• Will Smith (48)
• Jason Flemyng (50)
• Scottie Pippen (51)
• Tate Donovan (53)
• Keely Shaye Smith (53)
• Aida Turturro (54)
• Heather Locklear (55)
• Michael Madsen (58)
• Jamie Hyneman (60)
• Mark Hamill (65)
• Pedro Almodóvar (67)
• Cheryl Tiegs (69)
• Michael Douglas (72)
• Barbara Walters (87)
• Christopher Reeve (RIP)Featured Above

“Died Today”

• John Bonham (Born: May 31, 1948 / Died: September 25, 1980)
• Mary Astor (Born: May 3, 1906 / Died: September 25, 1987)
• Andy Williams (Born: December 3, 1927 / Died: September 25, 2012)

“Movies”

• 1974 – The Mutations
• 1981 – The Boogens
• 1981 – Carbon Copy
• 1981 – So Fine
• 1987 – The Princess Bride
• 1987 – Real Men
• 1992 – Innocent Blood
• 1992 – The Last of the Mohicans

“Music”

• 1954 – Elvis Presley released “Good Rockin’ Tonight”
• 1961 – Bobby Vee’s “Take Good Care of My Baby” was #1
• 1965 – Fontella Bass released “Rescue Me”

• 1965 – The Rolling Stones released “Get Off of My Cloud”
• 1965 – James Brown’s “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” remained at #1 on the R&B chart
• 1965 – The Beatles’ Help! Was the #1 album
• 1965 – “Eve of Destruction” was the #1 song

• 1968 – Mary Hopkins had the #1 song in the U.K. with “Those Were the Days”
• 1971 – Deep Purple’s Fireball was the #1 album in the U.K.
• 1971 – Donny Osmond’s “Go Away Little Girl” was the #1 song
• 1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show debuted in theaters featuring “The Time Warp”

• 1976 – Chicago’s “If You Leave Me Now” was the #1 Easy Listening song

• 1976 – Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes Alive! was the #1 album
• 1982 – Kenny Rogers’s “Love Will Turn You Around” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
• 1982 – Steve Miller Band’s “Abracadabra” was the #1 song
• 1982 – John Cougar Mellencamp’s American Fool was the #1 album
• 1982 – Men at Work’s “Who Can It Be Now” was the #7 song

• 1993 – SWV had the #1 R&B song “Right Here”
• 1993 – Mariah Carey’s “Dreamlover” remained at #1

• 1993 – Garth Brooks had the #1 album with In Pieces

“TV/Radio”

• 1965 – ABC aired the The Beatles cartoon
• 1970 – The Partridge Family premiered on ABC

“Other Important Events…”

• 1979 – Evita premiered on Broadway
• 1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor was sworn in as the first woman in the Supreme Court