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 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

  halsey (@iamhalsey) * Instagram photos and videos

  33M Followers, 653 Following, 676 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from halsey (@iamhalsey)

• NBA Star Kevin Durant was born

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  14M Followers, 2,847 Following, 32 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from (@easymoneysniper)

• Russell Simmons' son JoJo was born

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  571K Followers, 2,212 Following, 83 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Jojo Simmons (@jojo_simmons)

• This Is Us star Chrissy Metz was born

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• Jodeci star Devante Swing was born

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  1,042 Followers, 2 Following, 175 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from DevanteSwing (@devanteswingking)

• The Hills star Lo Bosworth was born

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  865K Followers, 846 Following, 2,107 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Lo Bosworth (@lobosworth)

• 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

  Cris Judd says nine-month marriage to Jennifer Lopez was 'very tough'

  Cris Judd has opened up about his nine-month marriage to Jennifer Lopez saying it was 'very tough' and he didn't feel like a 'normal person'. The 45-year-old dancer and choreographer talked about life with 45-year-old Jennifer at the recent 2014 Industry Dance Awards in Hollywood, according to an article on Sunday by Us Weekly.

• 1980 - rapper Kurtis Blow released debut album, the first rap album to be released on a major lable, Mercury Records

  Kurtis Blow (album) - Wikipedia

  Kurtis Blow is the debut album by American rapper Kurtis Blow. It was released on September 29, 1980, by Mercury Records. The record includes the song " The Breaks", which was often sampled later in hip-hop records, mainly for its introduction made by Blow's a cappella vocal, and for the drum break, giving a wordplay dimension to the title.

• 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.