Topic: Bowes Amateur Hour

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012.

UPI Almanac for Monday, Sept. 8, 2008.

Singer and songwriter Teresa Brewer has died in New York at the age of 76.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007.

Today is Friday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2006 with 114 to follow.

Today is Thursday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2005 with 114 to follow.

The weekly UPI Almanac package for Sept. 5-11, 2005.

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 8, the 252nd day of 2004 with 114 to follow.

Today is Monday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2003 with 114 to follow.

Today's birthdays include the late David Ruffin, former lead vocalist with the Temptations, who was born in 1941; Bobby Goldsboro also in 1941 (age 62); and Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins in 1957 (age 46).