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This Day in History: Nintendo 64 and Other Awesome Things Besides Melissa Were Born

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…

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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.

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A 29 year radio veteran, Melissa has made notable media appearances including serving as a judge and correspondent on the Emmy Award-winning TV show Community Auditions, Phantom Gourmet, Chronicle and many more. Additionally, Melissa won a Gracie Award in 2019 for her work as Co-Host of The GetUp Crew with Ramiro, Pebbles, Melissa & Leroy. She volunteered coaching cheerleading for 20 years. Melissa is a social influencer who creates videos promoting area businesses, movies, concerts and other lifestyle events.