Today In History for Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.

On this day in history...

• 1666 - Fire in London destroys 13,000 houses & kills 8
• 1935 - A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423
• 1936 - 1st transatlantic round-trip air flight
• 1941 - Academy copyrights Oscar statuette
• 1960 - William Walton's 2nd Symphony, premieres
• 1963 - CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes
• 1968 - Jerry Lewis' 3rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon
• 1972 - Rod Stewart's 1st #1 hit (You Wear it Well)
• 1974 - Jerry Lewis' 9th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
• 1978 - George Harrison marries Olivia
• 1978 - Gloria Fajardo (21) marries Emilio Estefan (25) (Miami Sound Machine)
• 1979 - "I Remember Mama" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 108 perfs
• 1982 - Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down
• 1984 - "Zorba" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 362 performances
• 1985 - Jerry Lewis' 20th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $33,100,000
• 1986 - Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi
• 1991 - Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,071,657
• 1993 - 10th MTV Awards: Pearl Jam, En Vogue wins
• 1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Montreal and Toronto Canada

Famous birthdays for this day...

• 1910 - Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher
• 1914 - Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist
• 1915 - Dai-Keong Lee, composer
• 1915 - Hans Joachim Koellreutter, composer
• 1918 - Laurindo Almeida, composer/guitarist
• 1925 - Ronnie Stevens, London England, actor (Rodney-Dick & Duchess)
• 1936 - David Leonard Blake, composer
• 1939 - Bobby Purify, rocker
• 1939 - Robert Lee Dickey, US singer (I'm your puppet)
• 1939 - Sam Gooden, Chattanooga Tenn, rock vocalist (Impressions-Gypsy Woman)
• 1940 - Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, La, rock vocalist (Just a Dream)
• 1940 - Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist
• 1943 - Joe Simon, US singer (Power of Love)
• 1943 - Rosalind Ashford, Detroit, rock vocalist (Martha Reeve & Vandellas)
• 1946 - Marty Grebb, Chicago, rocker (Buckinghams)
• 1964 - Keanu Reeves, Beirut, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed)
• 1966 - Salma Hayek, actress (Desparado)