October 31

Happy Birthday RIP "Michael Landon"(Eugene Orowitz 1936–1991) John Candy (1950–1994) ; Lyova Rosenthal("Lee Grant")–91 Daniel Rather Jr–85 Saul "Ron" Rifkin–77 Sally Kirkland–75 David Ogden Stiers–74 Graham "Stephen" Rea–70 Margaret Jane Pauley–66 Peter Jackson–55 Dermot Mulroney–53 Robert Schneider–53 Robert Van Winkle("Vanilla Ice")–49 Adam Bouska–33 Sean Lockhart–30 ; 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) ; Grace Slick(Wing)–77 Henry Winkler–71 Harry Hamlin–65 Juliet Stevenson–60 Kevin Pollak–59 Jack Plotnick–48 Nitara "Nia" Long–46 Matthew Morrison–38 Shaun Sipos–35 ; 1925 – John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter

October 29

Happy Birthday Richard Dreyfuss–69 Lucy Kate Jackson–68 Joely Fisher–49 Rufus Sewell–49 Christopher Wiehl–46 Winona Ryder(Horowitz)–45 Brendan Fehr–39 Benjamin Foster–36 ; 1929 – Black Tuesday: stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out financially.

October 28

Happy Birthday Dame Joan Plowright–87 Charles Daniels–80 Jane Alexander(Quigley)–77 Telma Hopkins–68 Annie Potts–64 William Gates III–61 Julia Roberts–49 Bradley Paisley–44 Joaquin Phoenix(Bottom)–42 Peter "Finn" Wittrock–32 ; 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–96 John Cleese–77 Robert Picardo–63 Simon LeBon–58 Marla Maples–53 Patrick Fugit–34 Kelly Osbourne–32 ; 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 26

Happy Birthday RIP Mahalia Jackson(1911–1972) John "Jackie" Coogan(1914–1984) Robert "Bob" Hoskins(1942–2014) ; Jacquelyn Smith–71 Patrick Sajdak–70 Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton–69 Mark "Dylan" McDermott–55 Ivan "Cary" Elwes–54 Thomas Cavanagh–52 Keith Urban–49 Anthony Rapp–45 Seth MacFarlane–43 Emilia Clarke–30 ; 1921 – The Chicago Theatre originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre promoted as the "Wonder Theatre of the World" opened with its first performance "The Sign on the Door " starring Norma Talmadge

October 25

Happy Birthday RIP Pablo Picasso y Lopez(1881–1973) Sarah Colley("Minnie Pearl" 1912–1996) William Bertanzetti("Billy Barty" 1924–2000) Wilma Jeanne Cooper(1928–2013) ; Marian Ross–88 Helen Reddy–75 John "Jon" Anderson–72 Nancy Cartwright–59 Samantha Bee–47 Joshua Henderson–35 "Katy Perry"(Katheryn Hudson)–32 Ciara Harris–31 ; 1945 – The Republic of China takes over administration of Taiwan following Japan's surrender to the Allies

October 24

Happy Birthday RIP "Bob Kane"(Robert Kahn 1915–1998) ; Frederick Murray Abraham–77 Kevin Kline–69 John Kassir–59 Casey Wilson–36 Oliver Jackson-Cohen–30 ; 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 )–62 Weird Alfred Yankovic–57 Samuel Raimi–57 Ryan Reynolds–40 ; 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(de Havilland 1917–2013) Annette Funicello(1942–2013) ; Sir Derek Jacobi–78 Christopher Lloyd–78 David "Tony" Roberts–77 Catherine Deneuve(Dorléac)–73 Deepak Chopra–70 Jeffrey Goldblum–64 Brian Boitano–53 Ned "Carlos" Mencia–49 "Spike Jonze"(Adam Spiegel)–47 Michael Fishman–35 Zachary Hanson–31 Kyle Gallner–30 ; 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) ; Joyce Randolph(Sirola)–92 Manfred Mann(Lubowitz)–76 Judith "Judy" Sheindlin(Blum)–74 Carrie Fisher–60 Kensaku Watanabe–57 Jade Jagger–45 Sasha Roiz–43 Jeremy Miller–40 William Estes Nipper–38 Aaron Tveit–33 Matthew Dallas–34 ; 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) Joyce Brothers(Bauer 1927–2013) ; William Christopher–84 Thomas Petty–66 Thomas Newman–61 Viggo Mortensen Jr–58 Calvin Broadus("Snoop Dogg")–45 Samuel Witwer–39 John Krasinski–37 Adam Butcher–28 ; 1803 – The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.

October 19

Happy Birthday RIP "LaWanda Page"(Alberta Peal 1920–2002) "Robert Reed"(John Rietz Jr 1932–1992) Harris Glenn Milstead("Divine" 1945–1988) ; David Cornwell("John Le Carré")–85 Sir Michael Gambon–76 John Lithgow–71 Patricia Ireland–71 Jennifer Holliday–56 Amy Carter–49 Randolph "Trey" Parker III–47 Christopher Kattan–46 Desmond Harrington–40 ; 1987 – "Black Monday" the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or -22.6 percent in value, the largest one-day percentage drop (worse than 1929 at -12.82%)

October 18

Happy Birthday RIP George Campbell Scott(1927–1999) Peter Boyle Jr(1935–2006) ; Charles "Chuck" Berry–90 Dawn Wells–78 Michael Ditka(Dyczko)–77 Pamela Dawber–65 Robert "Bob" Weinstein–62 Martina Navratilova–60 Erin Moran–56 Jean-Claude Van Damme(Varenberg)–56 Zachary Efron–29 ; 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–91 Leonard Barrie Corbin–76 Suzanne Somers(Mahoney)–70 Timothy Robbins–58 Kim Wayans–55 Michael Balzary("Flea")–54 Johnathan Mayer–38 Brea Grant–35  ; 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) ; Linda Lavin–79 Carole Penny Marshall–73 Richard Carpenter–70 Sarah Ferguson–57 Emeril Lagasse III–57 Dominic West–47 William "Brent" Unger–21 ; 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–89 Ralph Lauren(Lifschitz)–77 Harry Anderson–64 Gregory Evigan–63 Thomas Dolby(Robertson)–58 Isaac Mizrahi–55 Stephen Coogan–51 Karyn White–51 Usher Raymond IV–38 Maximillion Thieriot–28 ; 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–75 Grady Demond Wilson–70 Samuel "Sammy" Hagar–69 Olive Marie Osmond–57 Kathleen "Kate" Walsh–49 Sacha Baron Cohen–45 Ashanti Douglas–36 ; 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–69 Susan Anton–66 Christopher Botti–54 Glenn Soukesian("Colton Ford")–54 Hugh Jackman–48 Adam Rich–48 Joshua Hutcherson–24 ; 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.