Happy Birthday RIP LaWanda Page(Alberta Peal 1920–2002) Harris Glenn Milstead(“Divine” 1945–1988) ; John Lithgow-67 Patricia Ireland-67 Jennifer Holliday-52 Amy Carter-45 Randolph “Trey” Parker-43 Chris Kattan-42 Desmond Harrington-36 ; 1987 – Black Monday – the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or -22.6 percent in value – largest one-day percentage drop (worse than 1929 at -12.82%)
October 18
Happy Birthday RIP George Campbell Scott(1927-1999) ; Charles “Chuck” Berry-86 Dawn Wells-74 Pam Dawber-62 Martina Navratilova-56 Erin Moran-52 Jean-Claude Van Damme(Jean-Claude Van Varenberg)-52 Zachary Efron-25 ; 1867 – United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day ; 1898 – United States takes possession of Puerto Rico.
October 17
Happy Birthday RIP Rita Hayworth(Margarita Cansino 1918–1987) Tom Poston(1921–2007) ; Jim Seals-70 Michael McKean-65 Margaret “Margot” Kidder-64 George Wendt-64 Norm Macdonald-49 David “Ziggy” Marley-44 Marshall Mathers(“Eminem”)-40 Chris Lowell-28 Max Irons-27 ; 1919 – RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
October 16
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.