October 31

Happy Birthday RIP "Michael Landon"(Eugene Orowitz 1936–1991) John Candy (1950–1994) ; Lyova Rosenthal("Lee Grant")–92 Daniel Rather Jr–86 Saul "Ron" Rifkin–78 Sally Kirkland–76 David Ogden Stiers–75 Graham "Stephen" Rea–71 Margaret Jane Pauley–67 Peter Jackson–56 Dermot Mulroney–54 Robert Schneider–54 Robert Van Winkle("Vanilla Ice")–50 Adam Bouska–34 Sean Lockhart–31 ; 1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States ; 1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed

October 30

Happy Birthday RIP Ruth Gordon Jones(1896–1985) Jane Randolph(Roermer 1915–2009) Edward Lauter II(1938–2013) Dick Gautier (1931–2017) ; Grace Slick(Wing)–78 Henry Winkler–72 Harry Hamlin–66 Juliet Stevenson–61 Kevin Pollak–60 Jack Plotnick–49 Nitara "Nia" Long–47 Matthew Morrison–39 Shaun Sipos–36 ; 1925 – John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter  

October 28

Happy Birthday Dame Joan Plowright–88 Charles Daniels–81 Jane Alexander(Quigley)–78 Telma Hopkins–69 Annie Potts–65 William Gates(Henry) III–62 Julia Roberts–50 Bradley Paisley–45 Joaquin Phoenix(Bottom)–43 Peter "Finn" Wittrock–33 ; 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 with the first ticker tape parade (office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets)

October 27

Happy Birthday RIP Theodore Roosevelt Jr(1858–1919) Caroline "Carrie" Snodgress(1945–2004) Ruby "Dee" Wallace(1922–2014) ; Ruby "Nanette" Fabares–97 John Cleese–78 Robert Picardo–64 Simon LeBon–59 Marla Maples–54 Patrick Fugit–35 Kelly Osbourne–33 Troy Gentile–24 ; 1682 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded ; 1904 – The first underground New York City Subway (IRT) line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States

October 24

Happy Birthday RIP "Bob Kane"(Robert Kahn 1915–1998) ; Frederick Murray Abraham–78 Kevin Kline–70 John Kassir–60 Casey Wilson–37 Oliver Jackson-Cohen–31 ; 1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls, in a barrel ; 1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance, which is at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan

October 23

Happy Birthday RIP William "Hayden" Rorke(1910–1987) Johnny Carson(1925–2005) John Michael Crichton(1942–2008) ; Ang Lee( 李安 )–63 Weird Alfred Yankovic–58 Samuel Raimi–58 Ryan Reynolds–41 Emilia Clarke–31 ; 1915 – Women's suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote ; 1958 – The Smurfs, a fictional race of blue dwarves, later popularized in a Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series, appear for the first time in the story La flute à six schtroumpfs, a Johan and Peewit adventure by Peyo, which is serialized in the weekly Spirou magazine 

October 22

Happy Birthday RIP "Curly Howard"(Jerome Horwitz 1903–1952) Joan Fontaine(Beauvoir de Havilland 1917–2013) Annette Funicello(1942–2013) ; Sir Derek Jacobi–79 Christopher Lloyd–79 David "Tony" Roberts–78 Catherine Deneuve(Dorléac)–74 Deepak Chopra–71 Jeffrey Goldblum–65 Brian Boitano–54 Ned "Carlos" Mencia–50 "Spike Jonze"(Adam Spiegel)–48 Michael Fishman–36 Zachary Hanson–32 Kyle Gallner–31 ; 1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter. ; 1883 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust  

October 21

Happy Birthday RIP John "Dizzy" Gillespie(1917–1993) Carrie Fisher(1956–2016) ; Joyce Randolph(Sirola)–93 Manfred Mann(Lubowitz)–77 Judith "Judy" Sheindlin(Blum)–75 Kensaku Watanabe–58 Jade Jagger–46 Sasha Roiz–44 Jeremy Miller–41 William Estes Nipper–39 Aaron Tveit–34 Matthew Dallas–35 ; 1879 – Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J. which was tested the next day and lasted 13.5 hours. This would be the start of the invention of the first commercially practical incandescent light. Popular belief is that he invented the light bulb, which he did not. He invented the first that for which use was practical.

October 20

Happy Birthday RIP Bela Lugosi(Blaskó 1882–1956) John Dewey(1859–1952) Jerome Orbach(1935–2004) Dr. Joyce Brothers(Bauer 1927–2013) William Christopher(1932–2016) Thomas Petty(1950–2017) ; Thomas Newman–62 Viggo Mortensen Jr–59 Calvin Broadus("Snoop Dogg")–46 Samuel Witwer–40 John Krasinski–38 Adam Butcher–29 ; 1803 – The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.

October 18

Happy Birthday RIP George Campbell Scott(1927–1999) Peter Boyle Jr(1935–2006) Erin Moran(1960–2017) Charles "Chuck" Berry(1926–2017) ; Dawn Wells–79 Michael Ditka(Dyczko)–78 Pamela Dawber–66 Martina Navratilova–61 Jean-Claude Van Damme(Varenberg)–57 Zachary Efron–30 ; 1867 – United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day ; 1922 – The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service

October 17

Happy Birthday RIP Edward Montgomery Clift(1920–1966) "Rita Hayworth"(Margarita Cansino 1918–1987) Thomas Poston(1921–2007) Robert "Evil" Knievel(1938–2007) ; James Seals–75 Michael McKean–69 Margaret "Margot" Kidder–68 George Wendt–68 Norman Macdonald–53 David "Ziggy" Marley–48 Marshall Mathers III("Eminem")–44 David Matthew Macfadyen–42 Chris Lowell–32 Maximillian Irons–31 ; 1919 – RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America ; 1956 – The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield,in Cumbria, England

October 16

Happy Birthday RIP Oscar Wilde(1854–1900) Michael Conrad(1925–1983) ; Angela Lansbury–92 Leonard Barrie Corbin–77 Suzanne Somers(Mahoney)–71 Timothy Robbins–59 Kim Wayans–56 Michael Balzary("Flea")–55 Paul Sparks–46 Johnathan Mayer–40 Brea Grant–36 ; 1923 – The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy

October 15

Happy Birthday RIP “Mark Lenard”(Leonard Rosenson 1924–1996) ; Linda Lavin–80 Carole Penny Marshall–74 Richard Carpenter–71 Sarah Ferguson–58 Emeril Lagasse III–58 Dominic West–48 William "Brent" Unger–22 ; 1878 – The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation (later General Electric) in Schenectady ; 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

October 14

Happy Birthday RIP David Dwight Eisenhower(1890–1969) Lillian Gish(1893–1993) Charles Everett Koop(1916–2013) Sir Roger Moore(1927–2017) ; Ralph Lauren(Lifschitz)–78 Harry Anderson–65 Gregory Evigan–64 Thomas Dolby(Robertson)–59 Isaac Mizrahi–56 Stephen Coogan–52 Karyn White–52 Usher Raymond IV–39 Maximillion Thieriot–29 ; 1926 – The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published ; 1964 – Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence

October 13

Happy Birthday RIP Laraine Johnson("Day" 1920–2007) Margaret Thatcher(Roberts 1925–2013) ; Paul Simon–76 Grady Demond Wilson–71 Samuel "Sammy" Hagar–70 Olive Marie Osmond–58 Kathleen "Kate" Walsh–50 Sacha Baron Cohen–46 Ashanti Douglas–37 ; 1843 – In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (בני ברית‎) "Children of the Covenant" , the oldest Jewish service organization in the world

October 12

Happy Birthday RIP Luciano Pavarotti(1935–2007) ; Christopher Wallace–70 Susan Anton–67 Christopher Botti–55 Glenn Soukesian("Colton Ford")–55 Hugh Jackman–49 Adam Rich–49 Joshua Hutcherson–25 ; 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 Wyoming , originally discovered by a cylist that thought he was a scarecrow. 

October 11

Happy Birthday RIP Anna Eleanor Roosevelt(1884–1962) ; Daryl Hall(Hohl)–71 David Morse–64 Joan Cusack–55 Sean Patrick Flanery–52 Luke Perry(Coy Luther Perry III)–51 Jane Krajkowski–49 Stephen Moyer(Emery)–48 Emily Deschanel–41 Matthew Bomer–40 Trevor Donovan Neubauer–38 ; 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 ; 1988 – National Coming Out Day is an annual LGBTQ observed day to commemorate the gay liberation spirit of the person being political. The emphasis is that the most basic form of activism is coming out to family, friends and colleagues, and living life as an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender or queer

October 10

Happy Birthday RIP Helen Hayes(Brown 1900–1993) Ibson Dana Elcar(1927–2005) Christopher Penn(1965–2006) ; "Peter Coyote"(Rachmil Cohon)–76 Benjamin Vereen(Middleton)–71 David Lee Roth–63 Tanya Tucker–59 Julia Sweeney–58 Bradley Whitford–58 Jodi Marzorati("Benson")–56 Daniel Stevens–45 Mario Lopez Jr–44 Daniel Stevens–32 ; 1871 – The Great Chicago Fire: Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8 to October 10 ; Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax

October 9

Happy Birthday RIP John Winston Lennon(1940–1980) ; Clyde Jackson Browne–69 Sharon Osbourne(Arden)–65 Barbara March–64 Anthony Shalhoub–64 John O'Hurley–63 Scott Bakula–63 Sean Lennon–42 Brandon Routh–38 ; 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

October 8

Happy Birthday Rona Barrett(Burstein)–81 Paul Hogan–77 Cornelius "Chevy" Chase–74 Sarah Purcell–69 Susan "Sigourney" Weaver–68 Darrell Hammond–62 Stephanie Zimbalist–61 Matthew Damon–47 Peter "Bruno Mars" Hernandez–42 ; 1921 – KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.

October 7

Happy Birthday RIP "June Allyson"(Eleanor Geisman 1917–2006) ; "Joy Behar"(Josephina Occhiuto)–75 John Mellencamp–66 Judy Landers(Hamburg)–59 Simon Cowell–58 Dylan Baker–58 Daniel Savage–53 Toni Braxton–50 Brandon Quinn Swierenga–40 Shawn Ashmore–38 ; 1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.

October 6

Happy Birthday RIP Laura "Janet" Gainor(1906–1984) "Carole Lombard"(Jane Peters 1908–1942) ; Britt-Marie Eklund–75 Kevin Cronin–66 Elisabeth Shue–53 Ioan Gruffudd–44 Jeremy Sisto–43 Wesley Ramsey–40 Olivia Thirlby–31 ; 1927 – The era of talking motion pictures began with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson, the first prominent talking movie

October 5

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond "Ray" Kroc(1902–1984) "Larry Fine"(Louis Feinberg 1902–1975) Jeffery Conaway(1950–2011) ; Steven Miller–74 Karen Allen–66 Harold Faltermeier–65 Clive Barker–65 Guy Pearce–50 Kate Winslet–42 James Jesse Palmer–39 Jesse Eisenberg–34 ; 1947 President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised address from the White House ; 1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded

October 4

Happy Birthday RIP Joseph "Buster" Keaton(1895–1966) "Charleton Heston"(John Carter 1923–2008) Jacqueline Collins(1937–2015); "Anne Rice"(Howard O'Brien)–76 Susan Sarandon(Tomalin)–71 Armand Assante Jr–68 Christopher Waltz–61 William "Bill" Fagerbakke–60 "Jon Secada"(Juan Martínez)–56 Isaac Liev Schreiber–50 Alicia Silverstone–41 Rachael Leigh Cook–38 ; 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)–76 Uwe "Roy" Horn–73 Lindsey Buckingham–68 Pamela Hensley–67 Peter "Jack" Wagner–58 "Tommy Lee"(Thomas Bass)–55 Clive Owen–53 Gwen Stefani–48 Neve Campbell–44 Lena Headey–44 Sean William Scott–41 Ashley Simpson–33 ; 1955 – "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS and "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on ABC

October 2

Happy Birthday RIP Mohandas Gandhi(1869–1948) William "Bud" Abbott(1895–1974) Henry Graham Greene(1904–1991) Julius "Groucho" Marx(1890–1977) ; Rex Reed–79 Donna Karan(Faske)–69 Avery Brooks–69 Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz–68 Michael "Mike" Rutherford–67 "Sting"(Gordon Sumner)–66 Lorraine Bracco–63 Robert "Robbie" Nevil–59 Kelly Ripa–47 Tiffany Darwisch–46 ; 1950 – The comic strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz was first published ; 1959 – “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS network