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“Born Today” Alexandra Burke (27) Blake Lively (28) Rachel Bilson (34) Kel Mitchell (37) Alexander Skarsgard (39) Ben Falcone (42) Jo Dee Messina (45) Claudia Schiffer (45) Cameron Mathison (46) Rachael Ray (47) Blair Underwood (51) Billy Ray Cyrus (54) Tim Burton (57) Elvis Costello (61) Bob Halford (64) Gene Simmons (66) David Canary (77) Tom Skerritt (82) Regis Philbin (82) Sean Connery (85) Mony Hall (94) “Died Today” Truman Capote (Born: September 30, 1924 / Died: August 25, 1984) Allen Case (Born: October 8, 1934 / Died: August 25, 1986) Frederick O’Neal (Born: August 29, 1905 / Died: August 25, 1992) “Movies” 1965 - Morituri 1965 - That Funny Feeling 1965 - Wild On the Beach 1971 - A Gunfight 1972 - Blacula 1976 - Gator 1979 - Zombie 2 1993 - The Man Without A Face 1995 - Beyond Rangoon 1995 - Desperado 1995 - Lord of Illusions 1999 - In Too Deep 2000 - Bring It On 2000 - The Art of War 2000 - The Crew “Music” 1956 - The Platters spent another week at #1 on the R&B chart with the classic "My Prayer" https://youtu.be/CAAArMpNKmE 1957 - Paul Anka topped the U.K. chart with "Diana" https://youtu.be/ar-zZ21iW9w 1958 - Jimmy Clanton had the top R&B song with "Just A Dream" 1958 - It was the fourth chart in Billboard history and already we had our third #1 song, "Little Star" by the Elegants. https://youtu.be/YTjl7wvidww 1960 - The Shadows had the first of five #1's in the U.K. with "Apache" https://youtu.be/EzgbcyfJgfQ 1961 - The Beatles played at the Cavern Club in Liverpool in the afternoon, then hopped aboard the riverboat M.V. Royal Iris in Merseyside to open for Acker Bilk, one of four "riverboat shuffles" that the group took part in. 1962 - Carole King's first single "It Might As Well Rain Until September" debuted on the chart. https://youtu.be/BLbF315LOk4 1962 - "The Loco-Motion" written by Stanley, Idaho's Carole King became the new #1 R&B song. 1965 - The movie Wild on the Beach, with appearances from Sonny & Cher and Sandy Nelson, opened in theaters. 1967 - Brian Wilson joined the Beach Boys in concert at the Honolulu International Center in Honolulu, Hawaii after taking two years off from touring. 1970 - Elton John made his debut in the US, opening for David Ackles at the Troubadour in Hollywood, California. Neil Diamond introduced Elton to the crowd 1971 - Led Zeppelin played at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas. 1971 - The Western movie A Gunfight directed by Lamont Johnson and starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash was released across the US. 1973 - Butch Trucks, drummer for the Allman Brothers Band, broke his leg in a car crash near Macon, Georgia. 1973 - Faces, Status Quo, and Lindsfarne performed on the second day of the annual National Jazz, Blues and Rock Festival in Reading, England. 1973 - Donny Osmond had the #1 U.K. song with "Young Love" https://youtu.be/cONJXmXE6Wg 1973 - The Stories climbed all the way to #1 with "Brother Louie" https://youtu.be/Wut2P6sgHos 1975 - Bruce Springsteen released the album Born to Run on Columbia Records. 1975 - Elton John performed for the first of three nights at the Troubadour in Los Angeles to raise $150,000 for the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA. 1977 - Helen Reddy was appointed as a member of the California State Parks Commission. 1979 - Cheap Trick, Thin Lizzy, Inner Circle, and Bram Tchaikovsky performed on the second day of the U.K. Reading Festival in Reading, England. 1979 - The #1 song in the U.K. was "We Don't Talk Anymore" by Cliff Richard, his first #1 in 11 years. https://youtu.be/htZir_Taizg 1979 - Elton John took over at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Mama Can't Buy You Love" 1979 - "My Sharona" by the Knack became the first rock song to reach #1 since "Blinded By The Light" back on February 19 of 1975. https://youtu.be/F2dicpOe4HE 1979 - Get the Knack by the Knack was the #1 album in a pretty good list. The former #1 Breakfast in America by Supertramp moved back up to #2. 1984 - "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker, Jr. was the new #1 on the R&B chart. https://youtu.be/Fe93CLbHjxQ 1984 - Purple Rain by Prince spent a fourth week at #1 on the Album chart. Sports from Huey Lewis & the News moved back up to 2 after 47 weeks of release. 1988 - Metallica released the album And Justice for All on Elektra Records. 1989 - Simon LeBon of Duran Duran and his wife Yasmin announced the birth of daughter Amber Rose. 1990 - "Come Back To Me" by Janet Jackson was the new #1 Adult Contemporary song. https://youtu.be/-5ecZWwO_hQ 1990 - M.C. Hammer spent an 11th non-consecutive week at #1 on the Album chart with Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em. 1992 - Garth Brooks released his first Christmas album, Beyond the Season which peaked at #2 on both of Billboard magazine's 200 and Top Country Albums sales charts that year. Beyond the Season was also the best-selling Christmas/holiday album of 1992 in the US where is sold over 2.5m copies. 1994 - Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, formerly of Led Zeppelin, reunited in London to record the "Unplugged" show on MTV. The show was called "Unledded" “TV/Radio” 1976 - Frankie Avalon debuted his four-week variety series, Easy Does It, on CBS-TV. 1949 - NBC Radio debuted "Father Knows Best." The show went to TV in 1954. “Other Important Events…” 1994 - Jimmy Buffett's plane flipped after taking off in Nantucket, MA. He swam to safety.