October 31

Happy Birthday RIP John Candy (1950–1994) ; Lyova Rosenthal(Lee Grant)-85 Dan Rather-81 Saul "Ron" Rifkin-73 Sally Kirkland-71 David Ogden Stiers-70  Graham "Stephen" Rea-66 Margaret Jane Pauley-62 Peter Jackson-51 Dermot Mulroney-49 Rob Schneider-48 Robert Van Winkle(Vanilla Ice)-45 Adam Bouska-29 Sean Lockhart-26

October 30

Happy Birthday RIP Ruth Gordon Jones(1896–1985) ; Grace Slick(Wing)–73 Henry Winkler–67 Timothy B. Schmit–65 Harry Hamlin–61 Kevin Pollak–55 Jack Plotnick–44 Matthew Morrison-34 Shaun Sipos–31

October 29

Happy Birthday Richard Dreyfuss-65 Lucy Kate Jackson-64 Joely Fisher-45 Rufus Sewell-45 Winona Ryder(Horowitz)-41 Brendan Fehr-35 ; 1929, Black Tuesday: stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out.

October 28

Happy Birthday Joan Plowright–83 Charlie Daniels–76 Jane Alexander(Jane Quigley)–73 William Bruce Jenner–63 Telma Hopkins–64 Annie Potts–60 Bill Gates(William Gates III)–57 Julia Roberts–45 Brad Paisley–40 Joaquin Phoenix(Joaquin Rafael Bottom)–38 ; 1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become later known as Harvard University ; 1886 – the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.

October 27

Happy Birthday Nanette Fabray(Fabares)-92 Ruby Dee Ann Wallace-88 John Cleese-73 Robert Picardo-59 Simon Le Bon-55 Marla Maples-49 Kelly Osbourne-28 ; 1904 – The first underground New York City Subway (IRT) line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States.

October 26

Happy Birthday RIP Mahalia Jackson(1911–1972) ; Bob Hoskins–70 Jacquelyn Ellen Smith–67 Pat Sajdak–66 Hillary Rodham Clinton–65 Mark Anthony "Dylan" McDermott–51 Ivan Simon Cary Elwes–50 Keith Urban–45 Anthony Rapp–41 Seth MacFarlane–39 ; 1921 – The Chicago Theatre opens.

October 25

Happy Birthday RIP Pablo Picasso(1881–1973) Sarah Cannon(Minnie Pearl 1912–1996) ; Marion Ross-84 Helen Reddy-71 Jon Anderson-68 Nancy Cartwright-55 Josh Henderson-31 Katy Perry(Katheryn Hudson)-28 Ciara Harris-27 ; 1861 – The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.  

October 24

Happy Birthday RIP Bob Kane(Robert Kahn 1915–1998) ; Fahrid Murray Abraham-73 Kevin Kline-65 John Kassir-55 Monica Arnold-32 Lincoln Lewis-25 ; 1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent from California to President Abraham Lincoln ; 1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance, which is at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan

October 23

Happy Birthday RIP Johnny Carson(1925–2005) John Michael Crichton(1942–2008) ; Ang Lee( 李安 )-58 Weird Alfred Yankovic-53 Sam Raimi-53 Ryan Reynolds-36  ; 2001 Apple introduced the iPod digital music player

October 22

Happy Birthday RIP Curly Howard(Jerome Horwitz 1903–1952) ; Joan Fontaine(Joan de Havilland)-95 Sir Derek Jacobi-74 Christopher Lloyd-74 David "Tony" Roberts-73 Annette Funicello-70 Catherine Deneuve(Catherine Dorléac)-69 Deepak Chopra-66 Jeff Goldblum-60 Ned "Carlos" Mencia-45 Spike Jonze(Adam Spiegel)-43 Michael Fishman-31 Zac Hanson-27 Kyle Gallner-26 ; 1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.

October 21

Happy Birthday RIP John "Dizzy" Gillespie(1917-1993) ; Joyce Randolph(Joyce Sirola)-88 Manfred Mann(Manfred Lubowitz)-72 Judy Sheindlin(Judith Blum)-70 Kensaku Watanabe-53 Carrie Fisher-56 Sasha Roiz-41 Jade Jagger-41 Jeremy Miller-36 William Estes Nipper-34 ; 1879, Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J.

October 20

Happy Birthday RIP Bela Lugosi(Béla Blaskó 1882–1956) ; William Christopher-80 Tom Petty-62 Thomas Newman-57 Viggo Mortensen-54 John Krasinski-33 Adam Butcher-24 ; 1803 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.

October 19

Happy Birthday RIP LaWanda Page(Alberta Peal 1920–2002) Harris Glenn Milstead("Divine" 1945–1988) ; John Lithgow-67 Patricia Ireland-67 Jennifer Holliday-52 Amy Carter-45 Randolph "Trey" Parker-43 Chris Kattan-42 Desmond Harrington-36 ; 1987 – Black Monday - the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or -22.6 percent in value - largest one-day percentage drop (worse than 1929 at -12.82%)

October 18

Happy Birthday RIP George Campbell Scott(1927-1999) ;  Charles "Chuck" Berry-86 Dawn Wells-74 Pam Dawber-62 Martina Navratilova-56 Erin Moran-52 Jean-Claude Van Damme(Jean-Claude Van Varenberg)-52 Zachary Efron-25 ; 1867 – United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day ; 1898 – United States takes possession of Puerto Rico.

October 17

Happy Birthday RIP Rita Hayworth(Margarita Cansino 1918–1987) Tom Poston(1921–2007) ; Jim Seals-70 Michael McKean-65 Margaret "Margot" Kidder-64 George Wendt-64 Norm Macdonald-49 David "Ziggy" Marley-44 Marshall Mathers("Eminem")-40 Chris Lowell-28 Max Irons-27 ; 1919 – RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.

October 16

Happy Birthday RIP Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) ; Angela Lansbury-87 Suzanne Somers(Suzanne Mahoney)-66 Tim Robbins-54 Kim Wayans-51 Michael Balzary("Flea")-50 John Mayer-35 Brea Grant-31  ; 1923 – The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney.

October 15

Happy Birthday RIP Mark Lenard(Leonard Rosenson 1924–1996) ; Lido "Lee" Iacocca-88 Linda Lavin-75 Richard Carpenter-66 Carole "Penny" Marshall-70 Sarah Ferguson-53 Emeril Lagasse-53 Dominic West-43 ; 1951 – The first episode of I Love Lucy, an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley, airs on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).

October 14

Happy Birthday RIP Lillian Gish(1893–1993) ; Charles Everett Koop-96 Sir Roger Moore-85 Ralph Lauren(Ralph Lifschitz)-73 Harry Anderson-60 Greg Evigan-59 Thomas Dolby(Thomas Robertson)-54 Isaac Mizrahi-51 Karyn White-47 Usher Raymond-34 Max Thieriot-24 ; 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

October 13

Happy Birthday Margaret Thatcher-87  Paul Simon-71 Grady Demond Wilson-66 Sammy Hagar-65 Olive Marie Osmond-53 Kathleen "Kate" Walsh-45 Sacha Baron Cohen-41 Branden Williams-38 Ashanti Douglas-32 ; 1843 – In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).

October 12

Happy Birthday RIP Luciano Pavarotti(1935–2007) ; Chris Wallace-65 Susan Anton-62 Chris Botti-50 Dave Legeno-49 Hugh Jackman-44 Tom Guiry-31 ; 1998 - Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, died five days after he was beaten, robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside of Laramie 

October 11

Happy Birthday RIP Anna Eleanor Roosevelt(1884–1962) ; Daryl Hall(Daryl Hohl)-66 David Morse-59 Joan Cusack-50 Luke Perry(Coy Luther Perry)-46 Jane Krajkowski-44 Stephen Moyer(Stephen Emery)-43 Matt Bomer-35 Trevor Donovan Neubauer-34 ; 1975 – The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.

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October 10

Happy Birthday Peter Coyote(Rachmil Cohon)-71 Ben Vereen(Benjamin Middleton)-66 David Lee Roth-58 Tanya Tucker-54 Julia Sweeney-53 Gavin Newsom-45 Brett Favre-43 Jonathan Manu Bennett-43 Mario Lopez-39 ; 1845 The U.S. Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Md. ; 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion and resigned his office.

October 9

Happy Birthday RIP John Lennon(1940–1980) ; Clyde Jackson Browne-64 Sharon Osbourne(Arden)-60 Tony Shalhoub-59 John O'Hurley-58 Scott Bakula-58 Sean Lennon-37 Brandon Routh-33 ; 1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) was chartered in New Haven. ; 1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.

October 8

Happy Birthday Rona Barrett(Burstein)-76 Paul Hogan-73 Cornelius "Chevy" Chase-69 Sarah Purcell-64 Susan "Sigourney" Weaver-63 Darrell Hammond-57 Stephanie Zimbalist-56 Matt Damon-42 ; 1904 – Prince Albert, Saskatchewan was incorporated as a city.

October 7

Happy Birthday RIP June Allyson(Eleanor Geisman 1917–2006) ; Desmond Tutu-81 Joy Behar(Josephina Occhiuto)-70 John Mellencamp-61Judy Landers(Hamburg)-54 Dylan Baker-53 Simon Cowell-53 Dan Savage-48 Toni Braxton-45 Shawn Ashmore-33 ; 1868 Cornell University was inaugurated in Ithaca, N.Y.

October 6

Happy Birthday RIP Janet Gaynor(1906–1984) ; Elisabeth Shue-49 Ioan Gruffudd-39 Jeff Bryan Davis-39 Jeremy Sisto-38 Wes Ramsey-35 Olivia Thirlby-26 ; 1927 The era of talking pictures began with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson.

October 5

Happy Birthday RIP Larry Fine(Louis Feinberg 1902–1975) Jeff Conaway (1950–2011) ; Steve Miller-69 Karen Allen-61 Clive Barker-60 Guy Pearce-45  Kate Winslet-37 Jesse Eisenberg-29 ; 1921 – Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.; 1947 President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised address from the White House.

October 4

Happy Birthday Anne Rice(Howard O'Brien)-71 Susan Sarandon(Susan Tomalin)-66 Armand Assante-63 Christoph Waltz-56 Bill Fagerbakke-55 Jon Secada(Juan Martínez)-51 Isaac Liev Schreiber-45 Alicia Silverstone-36 Rachael Leigh Cook-33 ; 1883 – First run of the Orient Express ; 1957 - "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on CBS

October 3

Happy Birthday RIP Eugene "Gore" Vidal(1925–2012) ; Chubby Checker(Ernest Evans)-71 Roy Horn-68 Lindsey Buckingham-63 Pamela Hensley-62 Peter "Jack" Wagner-53 Tommy Lee(Thomas Bass)-50 Clive Owen-48 Gwen Stefani-43 Neve Campbell-39 Lena Headey-39 Sean William Scott-36 Jake Shears(Jason Sellards)-34 ; 1955 "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS and "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on ABC.

October 2

Happy Birthday RIP Mohandas Gandhi(1869–1948) Julius "Groucho"  Marx(1890–1977) ; Rex Reed-74 Avery Brooks-64  Annie Leibovitz-63 Mike Rutherford-62 Sting(Gordon Sumner)-61 Robbie Nevil-54 Lorraine Bracco-58 Kelly Ripa-42 Tiffany Darwisch-41 ; 1950 The comic strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz was first published. ; 1959 “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS.

October 1

Happy Birthday RIP Walter Matthow (1920–2000) Tom Bosley(1927–2010) ; Jimmy Carter-88 Julie Andrews(Julia Wells)-77 Randy Quaid-62 Elizabeth Dennehy-52 Mark McGwire-49 Ted King-47 Cindy Margolis-47 Zach Galifianakis-43 Rupert Friend-31 ; 1908 - Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile to the market; each car cost $825.