On This Day April 9
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History Highlights
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History Highlights
Click each item below to learn more! 1978 – “Baby Come Back,” by Player, begins its third and final week as a No. 1 single. 1995 – TLC marks the first of four weeks as Billboard singles chart-toppers with “Creep.” 2006 – “Grillz,” by Nelly featuring fellow rappers Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp, is the No. 1 single. 2017 – Ed Sheeran rules the Billboard Hot 100 with “Shape of You.”
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Musical Milestones
Click each item below to learn more! 1756 – Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1791) 1944 – Pink Floyd founding member-drummer and auto racer Nick Mason 1948 – Dancer-actor Mikhail Baryshnikov (“The Turning Point,” “White Nights,” “Sex and the City”) 1959 – TV host and political commentator Keith Olbermann 1964 – Actress Bridget Fonda (“Single White Female,” “Point of No Return,” “Jackie Brown”)
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Musical Milestones
Click each item below to learn more! 1892 – English writer and poet J. R. R. Tolkien (“The Hobbit,” “Lord of the Rings”) (d. 1973) 1926 – Record producer-arranger George Martin, known as the “Fifth Beatle” (d. 2016) 1950 – Actress Victoria Principal, best known for her role as Pam Ewing in the hit series “Dallas” 1981 – Star NFL quarterback Eli Manning of the New York Giants
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History Highlights
Click each item below to learn more! 1904 – Jazz pianist-bandleader Count Basie (d. 1984) 1924 – Sportscaster Jack Buck (d. 2002) 1932 – Actor-filmmaker-writer Melvin Van Peebles 1936 – Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain (d. 1999) 1958 – Entrepreneur and AOL co-founder Steve Case 1967 – Actress Carrie-Anne Moss (“The Matrix” trilogy, “Chocolat,” “Memento,” “Disturbia”) 1989 – Actress Hayden Panettiere (“One Life to Live,” “Racing Stripes,” “Heroes,” “Nashville”)
Celebrity Birthdays
Click each item below to learn more! 1887 – Major League Baseball player “Shoeless” Joe Jackson (d. 1951) 1907 – Popcorn pioneer Orville Redenbacher (d. 1995) 1907 – Actress Barbara Stanwyck (“Double Indemnity,” “Sorry, Wrong Number”) (d. 1990) 1952 – Composer and drummer for The Police, Stewart Copeland 1963 – Actress Phoebe Cates (“Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Gremlins”)
Celebrity Birthdays
History Highlights