Today In History

September 30, 2023

1882: The world’s first hydroelectric power plant began operations on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA.

1955: James Dean the well known young Movie Star who starred in Rebel Without A Cause dies at the age of 24 in a car crash in his Porsche in California.

2004: Merck & Co. withdraws Vioxx an arthritis drug, from the market after FDA analysts estimated that Vioxx caused between 88,000 and 139,000 heart attacks, 30 to 40 percent of which were probably fatal, in the five years the drug was on the market.

1938: British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement with Adolf Hitler, in a failed attempt to prevent the outbreak of war.

1999: Japan’s worst nuclear accident occurred at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tokaimura, exposing forty-nine workers to high levels of radiation.
Two with a potentially lethal dose.

Celebrity Birthdays

• Truman Garcia Capote (1924-1984) – An American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor.
• Johnny Mathis (1935) – American singer
• Angie Dickinson (1931) – American actress best known for “Police Woman”
• Fran Drescher (1957) – American actress and comedian best known as “Fran Fine” on “The Nanny’.
• Jenna Elfman (1971) – American actress
• Barry Williams (1954) – American actor known for his role as the eldest of the Brady sons, Greg Brady, on the ABC television series The Brady Bunch.
• Eric Stoltz (1961) – American actor, director, and producer. He played Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask, which earned him the nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting actor.
• Crystal Bernard (1961) – American singer-songwriter and actress best known for her role as K.C. Cunningham on Happy Days.
• Kieran Culkin (1982) – American actor who began his career as a child actor in Father of the Bride. Brother to Macaulay Culkin,

Hitting The Charts

Here Are The Top 10 Songs On The Charts 5, 25, And 50 Years Ago, Today

5 Years Ago Today

1. Girls Like You – Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B
2. Lucid Dreams – Juice WRLD
3. Better Now – Post Malone
4. In My Feelings – Drake
5. Killshot – Eminem
6. Sicko Mode – Travis Scott
7. I Like It – Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin
8. FEFE – 6ix9ine Featuring Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz
9. I Love It – Kanye West & Lil Pump
10. Youngblood – 5 Seconds Of Summer

25 Years Ago Today

1. The First Night – Monica
2. I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
3. One Week – Barenaked Ladies
4. Crush – Jennifer Paige
5. I’ll Be – Edwin McCain
6. My Way – Usher
7. Time After Time – Inoj
8. The Boy Is Mine – Brandy & Monica
9. Daydreamin’ – Tatyana Ali
10. When The Lights Go Out – Five

50 Years Ago Today

1. Half-Breed Cher
2. Loves Me Like A Rock Paul Simon (with The Dixie Hummingbirds)
3. Let’s Get It On Marvin Gaye
4. We’re An American Band Grand Funk
5. Higher Ground Stevie Wonder
6. That Lady (Part 1) The Isley Brothers
7. Ramblin Man The Allman Brothers Band
8. Angie The Rolling Stones
9. Delta Dawn Helen Reddy
10. Keep On Truckin’ (Part 1) Eddie Kendricks