Melissa’s birthday
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Melissa's birthday
Today, September 29th, is Melissa from The Getup Crew's birthday. It is a monumental day in history for several reasons. Not just because we were blessed with Melissa's presence on this earth, but because many celebrities and events in pop culture were also born. Let's start by naming off some moments in history that occurred on September 29th.
Major News Events:
1962 Take Home Pay $94.87 A Week
1982 Tylenol Capsule Laced with Cyanide
1997 UK Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease
1986 U.S.A. Tax Reforms
1946 U.S.A. Meat Shortage
1914 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
1927 Telephone service begins between US & Mexico
1966 The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.
1986 Space Shuttle Discovery
1986 : The Space Shuttle Discovery, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral to launch a communications satellite. This is the first manned space mission since the space shuttle Challenger disaster two and a half years ago.
1995 Trial for former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson sent to the jury
These are just some of the historical events that took place on September 29th. Let's take a look at some of the amazing events and births in pop culture on this day in history: September 29th.
Singer Halsey was born
NBA Star Kevin Durant was born
Russell Simmons' son JoJo was born
This Is Us star Chrissy Metz was born
Jodeci star Devante Swing was born
The Hills star Lo Bosworth was born
2017 - Big Mouth premiered
2000- Remember the Titans premiered
2012 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (third animated series) premiered
1993 - A Bronx Tale premiered
1998 - Felicity premiered
2002 - American Dreams premiered
2010- Law & Order LA premiered
1996 - Nintendo 64 was born in North America
2001 - J Lo and Chris Judd get married
1980 - rapper Kurtis Blow released debut album, the first rap album to be released on a major lable, Mercury Records
1982 - Cheers premiers
1951- Two College Football TV Firsts
On September 29, 1951 NBC gave us the first live sporting event broadcast coast-to-coast, a college football game between Duke University and the University of Pittsburgh.
Later the same day, CBS broadcast the first college football game in color, between the University of California and the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia. CBS was using their Field Sequential System. There were only a precious few sets able to receive the color signal, and the game was broadcast only in a few test markets.
