October 9

Happy Birthday RIP John Winston Lennon(1940–1980) ; Clyde Jackson Browne–68 Sharon Osbourne(Arden)–64 Anthony Shalhoub–63 John O'Hurley–62 Scott Bakula–62 Sean Lennon–41 Brandon Routh–37 ; 1701– The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) was chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut ; 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