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https://youtu.be/6bN4x22IyNM Born today-Valerie Kathryn Harper (August 22, 1939) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Rhoda Morgenstern in the 1970s television series The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off, Rhoda “Born Today” James Corden (37) Rodrigo Santoro (40) Beenie Man (42) Howie Dorough (42) Kristen Wiig (42) Richard Armitage (44) Rick Yune (44) Giada De Laurentiis (45) Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (48) Ty Burrell (48) Andrew Wilson (51) Tori Amos (52) Debbi Peterson of The Bangles (54) Diana Nyad (66) Cindy Williams (68) David Chase (70) Valerie Harper (76) Honor Blackman (90) Layne Stanley (RIP) Claude Debussey(RIP) “Died Today” Tom Conway (Born: September 15, 1904 / Died: August 22, 1967) Sebastian Cabot (Born: July 6, 1918 / Died: August 22, 1977) Colleen Dewhurst (Born: June 3, 1924 / Died: August 22, 1991) “Movies” 1976 - The Flim-Flam Man 1986 - Extremities 1986 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 1990 - Pump Up the Volume 1991 - Barton Fink 1997 - G.I. Jane 1997 - Masterminds 1997 - Money Talks 1997 - Mimic 1997 - Leave it to Beaver “Music” 1956 - Elvis Presley began filming his first movie Love Me Tender. It was originally going to be called The Reno Brothers. 1960 - "It's Now Or Never" by Elvis Presley was #1 for a second week. https://youtu.be/bzQGMZbc1aA 1964 - Liberty Records announced that the album The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles was selling 25,000 copies a day. 1964 - The Supremes had the top R&B song with "Where Did Our Love Go" https://youtu.be/izzKUoxL11E 1966 - The Association released the single "Cherish" 1966 - Jerry Lee Lewis signed a contract to play Iago in the London production of Catch My Soul, a rock version of Shakespeare's play Othello. 1968 - Cynthia Powell Lennon countersued for divorce from John 1968 - Ringo Starr temporarily quit the Beatles during sessions for The White Album but later returned. 1969 - The Beatles gathered at John Lennon's home in Tittenhurst Park, England for their final photo session together, two days after their final recording session together. 1970 - Elton John signed a recording contract with UNI, a division of MCA Records. 1970 - Elvis Presley announced his first nationwide tour since 1958. Some of the dates were filmed for the documentary That's The Way It Is. 1970 - Derek and the Dominoes were in concert at the Van Dike Club in Plymouth, Devon, England. 1970 - The Moody Blues captured the #1 spot on the Album chart in the U.K. with A Question of Balance. 1970 - B.J. Thomas was on top of the Easy Listening chart with "I Just Can't Help Believing" https://youtu.be/_gRZOvSVSps 1970 - Bread reached #1 with their first hit--"Make It With You" 1974 - Carole King released her single "Jazzman" https://youtu.be/OuNSrgLV648 1977 - Peter Frampton played the first of three sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden. 1979 - Led Zeppelin released their final studio album In through the Out Door. 1981 - The Carpenters collected their 15th #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Touch Me When We're Dancing" https://youtu.be/wi4igeViQBo 1981 - "Endless Love" the duet by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie, was #1 on the R&B chart. 1982 - Willie Nelson was at #1 on the country album chart with Always on My Mind, which became the Billboard #1 country album of the year. The album spent 22 weeks at the top of the charts and stayed for a total of 253 weeks on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts. The title track was originally recorded by Brenda Lee in 1972 and has since been recorded by dozens of performers including Elvis Presley in 1972 and John Wesley Ryles in 1979. 1983 - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton released the single "Islands In The Stream" https://youtu.be/HQW7I62TNOw 1987 - "Who's That Girl" by Madonna became her sixth number one and 13th consecutive Top 10 song. https://youtu.be/mfbmQYJEyKA 1992 - "End Of The Road" by Boyz II Men was the new #1 song on the R&B chart. 1997 - U2 played the first of two sold-out concerts at Wembley Stadium in London. The superstars performed a medley of material and six full-length songs during their encore. 1998 Jo Dee Messina was at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with, "I'm Alright," the title track from her second studio album. https://youtu.be/3-lBN5Jl7iU 1999 - Prince appeared with Sheryl Crow on the Lilith Fair Tour in Toronto to sing "Everyday Is A Winding Road". 1999 - Geri Halliwell, formerly with the Spice Girls, topped the U.K. chart with "Mi Chico Latino" https://youtu.be/0-F0dZ7WxTM 1999 - Travis owned the top U.K. album with The Man Who. “TV/Radio” 1932 - The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) began its first TV broadcast in England 1962 - The Beatles filmed a lunchtime performance for Granada Television at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England for their first TV appearance. However, the film was judged too grainy to be shown, so Granada shelved it until the group became famous. It was shown for the first time on Granada's Scene At 6:30 on November 6, 1963. 1988 - PBS-TV broadcast the documentary Aretha Franklin - Queen of Soul. 1998 - "The Howard Stern Radio Show" premiered on CBS to about 70% of the U.S. “Other Important Events…” 1938 - Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers appeared on the cover of "LIFE" magazine.