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“Born Today” Christian Serratos (25) Jason Derülo (26) Ryan Guzman (28) Maggie Grace (32) Nicole Richie (34) Autumn Reeser (35) Liam Gallagher (43) Alfonso Ribeiro (44) Luke Wilson (44) Anne Burrell (46) Ricki Lake (47) Faith Hill (48) Lavan Davis (49) Abby Lee Miller (49) Darva Conger (50) Cheryl Hines (50) Momma Dee (52) Rob Morrow (53) Nancy Travis (54) David James Elliot (55) Dave Coulier (56) Ethan Coen (58) Bill Murray (65) Stephen King (68) Jerry Bruckheimer (72) Leonard Cohen (81) HG Wells (RIP) “Died Today” Walter Brennan (Born: July 25, 1894 / Died: September 21, 1974) Florence Joyner (Born: December 21, 1959 / Died: September 21, 1998) “Movies” 1972 -Cancel My Reservation 1975 - Dog Day Afternoon 1983 - Educating Rita 1984 - All of Me 1984 -Places in the Heart “Music” 1959 - The Isley Brothers released “Shout” https://youtu.be/hzNH30iRaYQ 1959 - Fats Domino held the #1 spot on the R&B chart with “I Want to Walk You Home” 1959 - Santo and Johnny’s “Sleep Walk” was the #1 song 1963 - Bobby Vinton’s “Blue Velvet” spent its 3rd week at #1 on the Easy Listening chart 1965 - The Who performed in The Netherlands beginning their Scandinavian tour 1968 - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s “You’re All I Need to Get By” was #1 on the R&B chart for the 4th week 1968 - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’s “Fire” was the #15 on the chart 1968 - The Bee Gees moved to #9 with “I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You” https://youtu.be/CA4CInDnTk8 1970 - Santana released Abraxas 1970 - Freda Payne’s “Band of Gold” was the #1 song in the U.K. https://youtu.be/DtauQj65_4w 1974 - Carl Douglas’s “Kung Fu Fighting” was the #1 song in the U.K. 1974 - Barry White’s “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe” spent its 3rd week at #1 on the R&B chart 1974 - Olivia Newton-John’s “I Honestly Love You” was the #1 song on the Easy Listening chart for the 2nd week 1976 - The Bee Gees released Children of the World 1978 - Chic released “Le Freak” https://youtu.be/4KUL9-eNXzQ 1979 - Rupert Holmes released “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” 1981 - Adam and the Ants’ “Prince Charming” was the #1 song in the U.K. 1982 - Donald Fagan released “I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World)” 1985 - Madonna’s Like A Virgin was the #1 album in the U.K. 1985 - “Money For Nothing” by the Dire Straits was the #1 song https://youtu.be/uoaBjHYsDAg 1985 - Kool and the Gang’s “Cherish” was the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart for the 5th week 1988 - Def Leppard performed in New Jersey 1989 - U2 performed in Australia 1991 - Dire Straits’ album On Every Street was the #1 album in the U.K. 1991 - Curtis Stigers’s “I Wonder Why” was #60 https://youtu.be/VS2Hp9Ck9mQ 1991 - Metallica’s Black Album was the #1 album 1991 - Bryan Adams’s “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” was the #1 song for the 8th week on the Adult Contemporary chart 1993 - Nirvana released In Utero 1996 - “Ready or Not” by The Fugees was the #1 song in the U.K. 1996 - R.E.M.’s New Adventures in Hi-Fi was the #1 album in the U.K. 1996 - Donna Lewis’s “I Love You Always Forever” was the #2 song https://youtu.be/SqdWTeXWvOg “TV/Radio” 1957 - Perry Mason premiered on CBS 1970 - Monday Night Football premiered on ABC https://youtu.be/3KrppWERtYY 1972 - In Concert premiered on ABC with a performance by Alice Cooper “Other Important Events…” 1937 - J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit was published in London 1970 - The New York Times published the first op-ed page 1984 - NASA launched the satellite Galaxy-C