Today is: 
National Ice Cream Day

This Day in History: 

1952: UFOs are detected by air traffic controllers near the White House and US Senate. 

Today's Birthdays: 

Brian May, 79
Will Wood, 33

This Day in Music
#1 in 1969
In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)
Zager and Evans

This Day in Movies
#1 in 1969
The Wild Bunch