1994 Death Walter Kent, U.S. composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82 1993 Event "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" closes at Booth New York City after 232 performances 1992 Event "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" opens at Booth New York City for 232 performances 1992 Event Ross Perot says he'll run for President on Larry King Show 1988 Event Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know" 1984 Death Philippe Wynne, U.S. soul singer (I'll Be Around), dies at 43 1984 Death Nate Nelson, R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on 52 birthday 1983 Death Billy Fury, actor (That'll Be the Day), dies at 42 of heart failure 1982 Death Elsie Randolph, actress (That'll Make You Whistle), dies 1975 Event President Ford announced he'll seek Republican nomination for president 1974 Event President Richard M Nixon announces he'll resign his office 12PM Aug 9 1972 Birthday Jeremy London, actor, I'll Fly Away, Party of Five 1969 Event Supremes release "Someday We'll Be Together" 1963 Event Beatles record "She Loves You" and "I'll Get You" 1962 Birthday Taylor Dayne, Leslie Wunderman, born in New York, vocalist, I'll Always Love You 1961 Birthday Mary Lou, Daniels Chicago lL, tennis star 1961 Event NATO Secretary-General Paul-Henri Spaak says he'll resign 1959 Death Buddy Holly, rocker (That'll be the Day), dies in a plane crash at 22 1957 Event "That'll Be Day" by Buddy Holly and Crickets reaches #1 1957 Event Buddy Holly and Crickets record "That'll Be the Day" 1955 Event Barbra Streisand's 1st recording "You'll Never Know" at age 13 1954 Event Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio and records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way" 1952 Birthday Veronica "Randy" Crawford, U.S. vocalist, One Day I'll Fly Away 1950 Birthday Wally Lamb, born in America, author, novelist, featured in Oprah's Book Club, books include 'The Hour I First Believed' 'I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison', 'She's Come Undone', 'I Know This Much is True' 1949 Birthday Anita Louis, U.S. singer, Soul Children, I'll Be the Other Woman 1947 Birthday David Essex, Cook, London, rock vocalist/actor, That'll be the Day 1944 Birthday Luther T Ingram, U.S. singer and songwriter, I'll Be Your Shelter 1942 Birthday Gale Garnett, Auckland New Zealand, singer, We'll Sing in the Sunshine 1942 Event Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah" 1940 Event Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey) 1937 Birthday Robert Stone, U.S. writer, Who'll Stop the Rain, WUSA 1936 Birthday Buddy Holly, born in Lubbock, Texas, singer, Peggy Sue, That'll Be the Day 1936 Birthday Ruby Johnson, U.S. singer, I'll Run Your Hurt Away 1929 Birthday Burt Bacharach, born in Kansas City, Missouri, composer, I'll Never Fall in Love Again 1929 Birthday Roy Hamilton, singer, You'll Never Walk Alone 1929 Event Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF 1926 Birthday Karel Reisz, director, Everybody Wins, Isadora, Who'll Stop the Rain 1906 Birthday Hildegarde, Adell Wisconsin, night club vocalist, I'll Be Seeing You 1776 Event Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College 1061 Event Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed
