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