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“Born Today” Jason Dolley (24) Sean O’Pry (26) Pauly D (35) Róisín Murphy (42) Jenji Kohan (46) RZA (46) Hedi Slimane (47) Michael Stuhlbarg (47) Edie Falco (52) Marc Cohn (56) Huey Lewis (65) Judge Joe Brown (68) Paul Smith (69) Robbie Robertson (72) Shirley Knight (79) Katherine Helmond (86) “Died Today” Ted Williams (Born: August 30, 1918 / Died: July 5, 2002) “Movies” Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer. 1978 - Hot Lead and Cold Feet 1980 - The Blue Lagoon (Featured Above) 1989 - Weekend at Bernie's 1996 - Phenomenon “Music” 1934 - "Love in Bloom", by Bing Crosby with Irving Aaronson’s orchestra, was recorded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?voMZ2V0YTU44 1954 - Elvis Presley's first commercial recording session took place in Memphis, TN. He recorded "That's All Right (Mama)" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky." 1958 - Ray Charles' performance at the Newport Jazz Festival was recorded for a live album. 1964 - Gerry & the Pacemakers released their single "How Do You Do It" in the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?vAQD-m2AQoXc 1965, Marty Balin and Paul Kantner formed a Folk-Rock group that would evolve into the Jefferson Airplane 1968 - Bill Graham opened The Fillmore West in San Francisco, CA. 1969 - The Rolling Stones gave a free concert for 250,000 fans in London's Hyde Park to introduce Mick Taylor as their new guitarist. 1969, The Who, Chuck Berry and Bodast all played two shows (5.30 and 8.30pm), on this Sunday night at The Royal Albert Hall. 1975 - Bad Company's "Feel Like Making Love" was released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?vSEuKkcX1uKA 1975, Pink Floyd, Captain Beefheart, Steve Miller and Roy Harper all appeared at The Knebworth Festival, England, tickets cost £3.50 1980 - Bauhaus' farewell concert took place in London. 1986, Billy Ocean went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'There'll Be Sad Songs, (To Make You Cry)' https://www.youtube.com/watch?vib5KvicF8Lc 1986, Janet Jackson started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Control'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?vTja7tLaUM8E 1993, Whitney Houston played the first of three nights at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. 1999, The Eurythmics announced their first world tour for more than 10 years and that all profits would be given to charity. “TV/RADIO TODAY” 1935 - "Hawaii Calls" was broadcast for the first time. http://www.angelfire.com/ky2/cumberlandgapbc/491229HawaiiCalls.mp3 “Other Important Events…” 1946 - The bikini bathing suit, created by Louis Reard, made its debut during a fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris. Micheline Bernardini wore the two-piece outfit. 1947 - Larry Doby signed a contract with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in the American League. 1951 - Dr. William Shockley announced that he had invented the junction transistor. 1975 - Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title when he defeated Jimmy Connors. 1995 - The U.S. Justice Department decided not to take antitrust action against Ticketmaster. 1998 - Japan joined U.S. and Russia in space exploration with the launching of the Planet-B probe to Mars.