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.
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 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.