History

“Born Today” Skyler Astin (28) Trinidad Jame$ (28) Anneliese van der Pol (31) Natalie Horler of Cascada (34) Erik-Michael Estrada (36) Anthony Mackie (37) Liberty Ross (37) Kip Pardue (40) Layzie Bone (41) Sarah Bettens (43) Jermaine Dupri (43) Ani DiFranco (45) LisaRaye (49) Chi McBride (54) Jason Alexander (56) Rosalind Chao (58) George C. Wolfe (61) Bruce Springsteen (66) Mary Kay Place (68) Paul Petersen (70) Julio Iglesias (72) Tom Lester (77) Ray Charles (RIP) Mickey Rooney (RIP) “Died Today” Sigmund Freud (Born: May 6, 1856 / Died: September 23, 1939) Pablo Neruda (Born: July 12, 1904 / Died: September 23, 1973) Bob Fosse (Born: June 23, 1927 / Died: September 23, 1987) “Movies” 1968 - Charly 1969 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Featured Above) 1981 - Only When I Laugh 1981 - Rich and Famous 1983 - Eddie and the Cruisers 1983 - Pieces 1988 - Daffy Duck's Quackbusters 1988 - Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey 1988 - Kansas 1988 - Patty Hearst 1992 - Mr. Saturday Night 1994 - Terminal Velocity 1994 - The Shawshank Redemption “Music” 1957 - Paul Anka’s “Diana” was the #1 song on the R&B chart https://youtu.be/ar-zZ21iW9w 1961 - Stevie Wonder auditioned for Motown Records 1961 - The Shadows had the #1 album in the U.K. 1965 - “Make It Easy On Yourself” by The Walker Brothers was the #1 song in the U.K. 1968 - Steppenwolf released “Magic Carpet Ride” 1972 - Helen Reddy’s “I Am Woman” moved from #87 to #65 https://youtu.be/Gpu_PV3BTfI 1972 - Mac Davis’s “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me” was #1 1972 - Main Ingredient’s “Everybody Plays the Fool” was #7 on the chart https://youtu.be/ql9uwENeG5s 1974 - John Lennon released “Whatever Gets You Through the Night” 1977 - Steely Dan released Aja1978 - Chris Rea’s “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)” spent its 3rd week at #1 on the Easy Listening chart 1978 - Donna Summer’s version of “MacArthur Park” moved from #75 to #50 1978 - A Taste of Honey’s “Boogie Oogie Oogie” remained at #1 https://youtu.be/h6ZWvDnkRCM 1978 - Grease was the #1 album 1980 - Barbara Streisand released Guilty 1980 - Bob Marley gave his last performance at the The Stanley Theatre 1986 - Billy Idol released “To Be A Lover” https://youtu.be/5T557fdi_bE 1986 - We Two Are One by the Eurythmics was the #1 album in the U.K. 1989 - Milli Vanilli’s “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You” was the #1 song 1989 - The Bee Gee’s “One” was the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart 1995 - Michael Jackson’s “You Are Not Alone” spent its 4th week at #1 on the R&B chart https://youtu.be/mHhrZxLWOHc 1995 - Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” spent its 3rd week at #1 1997 - The Rolling Stones kicked off their American tour in Chicago “TV/Radio” 1962 - The Jetsons aired as ABC’s first color TV series 1978 - Fantasy Island on ABC featured an appearance of Sonny Bono “Other Important Events…” 1952 - Richard Nixon gave his Checkers speech, broadcasted to the American people https://youtu.be/I9LcAJOsFGg