Isaac Hayes – Time Rewind

On This Day November 20

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On This Day November 6

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Celebrity Birthdays

1854 – Composer John Philip Sousa (“The Stars and Stripes Forever”) (d. 1932)

1914 – Actor Jonathan Harris, born Jonathan Charasuchin, who played Dr. Zachary Smith in the 1960s sci-fi TV series “Lost in Space” (d. 2002)

1931 – Emmy, Oscar, Tony and Grammy-winning director Mike Nichols (“Barefoot in the Park,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” “The Graduate,” ” Silkwood,” “Working Girl,” “Postcards from the Edge,” “The Birdcage,” “Primary Colors,” “Angels in America,” “Closer,” “Charlie Wilson’s War”) (d. 2014)

1946 – Oscar and Golden Globe-winning actress Sally Field (“Gidget,” “The Flying Nun,” “Smokey and the Bandit,” “Sybil,” “Norma Rae,” “Places in the Heart,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Forrest Gump,” “Lincoln,” “The Amazing Spider-Man,” “My Name Is Doris,” “80 for Brady” )

1948 – Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey (d. 2016)

1955 – Journalist, author and former First Lady of California, Maria Shriver

1970 – Actor Ethan Hawke (“Dead Poets Society,” “Reality Bites,” “Before Sunrise,” “Gattaca,” “Training Day,” “Before Sunset,” “The Black Phone,” “The Northman”)

1988 – Oscar and Golden Globe-winning actress Emma Stone (“Superbad,” “The Help,” “Crazy, Stupid, Love,” “The Amazing Spider-Man,” “Birdman,” “La La Land,” “Cruella,” “Poor Things”)

History Highlights

1860 – Former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th U.S. president, handily defeating three other candidates to become the first Republican to win the presidency.

1962 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning South Africa’s racist apartheid policies and calling on all its members to end economic and military relations with the country.

1977 – Thirty-nine people die when the Kelly Barnes Dam bursts, sending a wall of water through Toccoa Falls College in Georgia.

1987 – “Less Than Zero” opens in theaters. It’s a movie about a group of wealthy, young friends in 1980s L.A., starring Robert Downey, Jr., Andrew McCarthy, James Spader and Jami Gertz.

1990 – Nearly a fifth of the Universal Studios back lot in southern California is destroyed in a massive fire that was deliberately set. The blaze also consumes vintage cars from the 1920s and 30s, causing an estimated $50 million in damage.

Musical Milestones

1961 – Jimmy Dean kicks off a five-week run at No. 1 on the singles chart with “Big Bad John.”

1965 – The Rolling Stones are on Cloud 9 when “Get Off Of My Cloud” hits the top spot on the singles chart and floats there for two weeks.

1971 – The soundtrack to the movie “Shaft,” by Isaac Hayes, tops the U.S. album chart.

1971 – “Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves” marks the first of two weeks as a No. 1 hit for Cher. It’s her first chart-topper as a solo act.

1976 – The Steve Miller Band scores its second Billboard chart-topper with “Rock ‘n’ Me,” off the “Fly Like an Eagle” album.

1982 – Movie music propels Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes to the top of the Billboard singles survey as “Up Where We Belong,” from the motion picture “An Officer And A Gentleman,” begins three weeks at No. 1.

1993 – Meat Loaf starts a five-week run at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “I’d’ Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That).”

On this Day August 20

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Celebrity Birthdays

1833 – Benjamin Harrison, 23rd U.S. president (d. 1901)

1931 – Boxing promoter Don King

1942 – Singer-songwriter-producer and actor Isaac Hayes, best known for his soundtrack to the 1971 movie “Shaft,” which garnered him a Best Original Song Oscar (d. 2008)

1946 – Journalist and former network TV anchor Connie Chung

1947 – Actor Ray Wise (“Swamp Thing, ” “RoboCop,” “Twin Peaks,” “Jeepers Creepers 2,” “X-Men: First Class,” “24”)

1948 – Former Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant

1952 – Rock singer-songwriter John Hiatt

1954 – Emmy-winning NBC News “Today” show co-host and weather anchor Al Roker

1956 – Tony-winning actress Joan Allen (“Burn This,” “The Heidi Chronicles,” “Nixon,” “The Contender,” “The Ice Storm,” “Pleasantville,” “The Notebook,” “The Bourne Supremacy” and its sequels)

1958 – Director-producer-screenwriter David O. Russell (“Flirting with Disaster,” “Three Kings,” “I Heart Huckabees,” “The Fighter,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “American Hustle”)

1974 – Golden Globe-winning actress Amy Adams (“Catch Me If You Can.” “Junebug,” “Enchanted,” “Doubt,” “The Fighter,” “American Hustle,” “Big Eyes”)

1992 – Singer-songwriter and actress Demi Lovato, who launched her career on Disney Channel’s “Sonny with a Chance” series

History Highlights

1619 – A Dutch ship carrying 20 enslaved Africans arrives in Jamestown, Virginia, laying the foundation for slavery in the American colonies.

1911 – A dispatcher in the “New York Times” office sends the first around-the-world telegram.

1953 – The Soviet Union publicly admits to the test detonation of a hydrogen bomb.

1977 – NASA launches the unmanned Voyager 2 spacecraft. This electronic “eye in the sky,” along with its companion Voyager I—set for blast-off two weeks later—still beams back new information about the final frontier of our solar system today.

1980 – Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner becomes the first person to climb Mount Everest alone and without the use of oxygen tanks.

1986 – The term “going postal” is established on this day after 44-year-old U.S. Postal Service employee Patrick Sherrill opens fire on coworkers in Edmund, Oklahoma. He shoots 20 people, killing 14 of them, before turning the gun on himself.

1989 – Lyle and Erik Menendez shoot their parents, Jose and Kitty, to death in the family’s Beverly Hills mansion. The crime would shock and grip the entire country.

Musical Milestones

1966 – “Summer in the City,” by The Lovin’ Spoonful, is in the midst of a three-week run at No. 1 on the pop chart.

1969 – John, Paul, George and Ringo come together for the last time as they put the finishing touches on the “Abbey Road” album.

1977 – “Best of My Love,” by The Emotions, reaches No. 1 on the singles chart and remains on top for four weeks. It goes on to win a Grammy for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.

1983 – The Police rule the Billboard Hot 100 with their Grammy-winning single, “Every Breath You Take,” off the “Synchronicity” album.

1988 – Steve Winwood rules both the Billboard album chart and Hot 100 chart. “Roll With It” is the No. 1 album while the title track is the No. 1 single. His work garners Grammy nominations for Album of the Year and Record of the Year.

1994 – “Stay (I Missed You),” by Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories, begins its third and final week as a No. 1 single. The music video was shot in Loeb’s New York City apartment and directed by Ethan Hawke.

2005 – Mariah Carey has the No. 1 single with her Grammy-winning single, “We Belong Together.”

On this Day August 10

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Celebrity Birthdays

1874 – Herbert Hoover, 31st U.S. president (d. 1964)

1928 – Grammy-winning country music singer and Jimmy Dean Sausage Co. founder Jimmy Dean (d. 2010)

1950 – Grammy-winning R&B, jazz and pop vocalist Patti Austin (“Every Home Should Have One,” “Do You Love Me,” “Baby, Come to Me”)

1959 – Actress Rosanna Arquette (“Desperately Seeking Susan,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Crash”)

1960 – Actor-director-producer Antonio Banderas (“Assassins,” “Evita,” “Interview with the Vampire,” “Philadelphia,” “Desperado,” “The Mask of Zorro,” “Spy Kids,” “Shrek,” “Puss in Boots”)

1972 – Actress-model Angie Harmon (“Baywatch Nights,” “Law & Order,” “Rizzoli & Isles”)

History Highlights

1846 – The Smithsonian Institution is founded in Washington, D.C. as an establishment dedicated to the “increase and diffusion of knowledge.”

1948 – The first reality TV show premieres before most Americans even own a TV. “Candid Camera,” with host Allen Funt, filmed pranks as they played out on unsuspecting victims who often didn’t realize they were being duped until they heard the show’s tagline: “Smile! You’re on Candid Camera.”

1965 – President Lyndon Johnson signs the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act into law, paving the way for a major expansion of federal housing programs.

1977 – After terrorizing New York City for more than a year, serial killer David Berkowitz — the self-proclaimed “Son of Sam” — is arrested.

1978 – Three teenage girls die after their 1973 Ford Pinto is rammed from behind by a van and bursts into flames on an Indiana highway. The fatal crash is one of a series of Pinto fires caused by rear-end collisions and the vehicle’s improperly designed fuel tank that eventually leads to a massive recall by Ford and at least one multi-million-dollar lawsuit.

1993 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sworn in as the second female U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

Musical Milestones

1963 – ‘Little’ Stevie Wonder is just 13 when “Fingertips Part 2” reaches the top of the Billboard singles chart and holds there for three weeks. He becomes the youngest musician ever with a No. 1 hit.

1974 – “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” by Roberta Flack, tops the pop chart. Later, it receives three Grammy nominations.

1976 – Elton John plays the first of 10 sold-out nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The $1.25 million generated from the shows breaks a record set by The Rolling Stones in 1975.

1985 – “Shout,” by Tears For Fears, is midway through a three-week run atop the Billboard Hot 100.

1991 – “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You,” by Bryan Adams, is the No. 1 single. It appears on the “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” soundtrack.

2002 – In her third marriage, Lisa Marie Presley ties the knot with actor Nicolas Cage at a resort in Hawaii. Presley was previously married to musician Danny Keough and pop sensation Michael Jackson. Cage files for divorce four months later.

2008 – Soul singer-songwriter Isaac Hayes dies of a stroke at his home in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 65. Hayes won an Oscar for the 1971 smash “Theme From Shaft” and was the voice of Chef from the animated TV series “South Park.”