This happened at the MTV Music Video Awards on September 14, 1984. Madonna had already become a superstar by that point, but her performance on the first annual MTV awards show shot her into the stratosphere. The female Elvis had arrived. Madonna sang, “Like a Virgin” wearing a wedding dress/bustier with a “Boy Toy” belt buckle. She was all spangled up and at one point was gyrating on the floor revealing garter belts. Men swooned and women had their new fashion icon.

The Cars pulled off an upset for the first video of the year award with “You Might Think” upsetting the favorite, “Thriller” by Michael Jackson. The Cars and other winners received this:

Morten Harket turned 25 years old the night of the first MTV Awards, and you probably don’t know him by name, but he was nominated for five awards two years later as the singer in this video.

Music was also front and center on this day in 1814, when a young man wrote a poem entitled, “Defence of Ft. McHenry”. The poem was written by Francis Scott Key and later became the National Anthem.

President William McKinley died on this day in 1901 after being shot several times in the abdomen on September 6. Theodore Roosevelt took over as President.

On December 1, 1969, the U.S. Select Service held a draft lottery to see who would be sent off to Vietnam. The numbers 1-366 were written on pieces of paper and stuck in tubes. The first number selected was 258, which was today, September 14. (No David Stern wasn’t involved and no, I don’t know why they didn’t just write the days of the year on the pieces of paper.)

Today in 1968 Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland A’s 5-4 to become the first pitcher since Dizzy Dean in 1934 to win 30 games. Nobody has done it since.

In 1986 Bo Jackson hit his first MLB home run today, the blast at Kaufman stadium traveled 475 feet and is the longest homer ever hit in the park.

Four years later on the same date, Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr hit back to back home runs against the Angles to become the first father/son duo to ever hit homers in the same game.

On this day in 1991, San Diego State tailback T.C. Wright left their game against Pacific with a thigh bruise with four minutes left in the first quarter. In came freshman Marshall Faulk. All Faulk did was rush for an NCAA record 386 yards and seven touchdowns. These clips of Faulk at SDSU are worth watching.

Those all fantastic and everything, but we’re going to give the best September 14 debut to this:

“August and Everything After” came out today in 1993. How’s this for a track list for your debut album?

• “Round Here” (Duritz, Dave Janusko, Dan Jewett, Chris Roldan, David Bryson) – 5:32
• “Omaha” – 3:40
• “Mr. Jones” (Duritz, Bryson) – 4:33
• “Perfect Blue Buildings” – 5:01
• “Anna Begins” (Duritz, Bryson, Marty Jones, Toby Hawkins, Lydia Holly) – 4:32
• “Time and Time Again” (Duritz, Bryson, Charlie Gillingham, Steve Bowman, Don Dixon) – 5:13
• “Rain King” (Duritz, Bryson) – 4:16
• “Sullivan Street” (Duritz, Bryson) – 4:29
• “Ghost Train” – 4:01
• “Raining in Baltimore” – 4:41
• “A Murder of One” (Duritz, Bryson, Matt Malley) – 5:44

– Bill Hubbell