Today is: 
National Dessert Day

This Day in History: 
1947: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier

Today's Birthdays: 
Usher, 48
Cliff Richard, 86

This Day in Music
#1 in 1997
Candle in the Wind 1997
Elton John

This Day in Movies
#1 in 1997
I Know What You Did Last Summer