“Born Today”
- Ashton Irwin (21)
- Toni Garrn (23)
- Cassidy (33)
- Michelle Kwan (35)
- Hamish Linklater (38)
- Berenice Bejo (39)
- Lisa Leslie (43)
- Kristen Vangsness (43)
- Christian Camargo (44)
- Cree Summer (46)
- Jorja Fox (47)
- Jim Gaffigan (49)
- Mo Collins (50)
- Jeremy Kyle (50)
- Vonda Shepard (52)
- Billy Campbell (56)
- Jessica Hahn (56)
- Shelley Duvall (66)
- David Hodo of The Village People (68)
- Ringo Starr (76) (Featured Above)
- Doc Severinsen (88)
- Jon Pertwee (RIP)
“Died Today”
- Syd Barrett (Born: January 6, 1946 / Died: July 7, 200)
“Movies”
Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer.
- 1966 – Three On A Couch
- 1969 – How to Commit Marriage
- 1976 – Gus
- 1977 – The Spy Who Loved Me
- 1977 – Martin
- 1989 – Lethal Weapon 2
- 2000 – The Kid
- 2000 – Scary Movie
“Music”
- 1956 – Johnny Cash made his first appearance on “Grand Ole Opry.”
- 1956 – The Platters’ “My Prayer” was released.
- 1957 – Elvis Presley scored his first UK No.1 with ‘All Shook Up’
- 1962 – David Rose and his Orchestra went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘The Stripper
- 1966 – The Kinks were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Sunny Afternoon’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIKsHh3BFPI
- 1967 – The Monkees opened a national tour with Jimi Hendrix as the opening act.
- 1968 – The Yardbirds disbanded.
- 1969 – George Harrison recorded his new song ‘Here Comes the Sun’ with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at Abbey Road in London
- 1973 – Billy Preston started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Will It Go Round In Circles
- 1977 – Styx released the album “The Grand Illusion.”
- 1980 – The original lineup of Led Zeppelin gave its final show.
- 1984 – The song “Relax,” by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, became the biggest selling single of all time in Britain.
- 1984 – Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Born In The USA’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZD4ezDbbu4
- 1984 – Prince started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘When Doves Cry’
- 1992 – Dream Theater released the album “Images And Words.”
“TV/RADIO TODAY”
- 1949 – “Dragnet” was first heard on NBC radio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I9GINW-a7U
- 1954 – Memphis D.J. Dewey Phillips of WHBQ became the first D.J. to play an Elvis Presley record.
- 1963, The Rolling Stones made their UK TV debut when they appeared on ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars.’
“Other Important Events…”
- 1930 – Construction began on Boulder Dam, later Hoover Dam, on the Colorado River.
- 1946 – Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized as the first American saint.
- 1950 – The U.N. Security Council authorized military aid for South Korea.
- 1981 – U.S. President Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1983 – Eleven-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, left for a visit to the Soviet Union at the personal invitation of Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov
- 1989, It was announced that for the first time compact discs were out selling vinyl albums.
- 1994 – Amazon.com, Inc. was founded in Seattle, Washington under the name “Cadabra.”
- 1998 – A jury in Santa Monica, CA, convicted Mikail Markhasev of murdering Ennis Cosby, Bill Cosby’s only son, during a roadside robbery.