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October 11 2011

Happy Birthday Darryl Hall-65 David Morse-58 Joan Cusack-49 Luke Perry-45 Jane Krakowski-43 Emily Deschanel-35 ; 1975 “Saturday Night Live” debuted on NBC.

October 09 2011

Happy Birthday Jackson Browne-63 Sharon Osbourne-59 Tony Shalhoub-58 Scott Bakula-57 Sean Lennon-36 Brandon Routh-32 ; 1936 The first generator at Boulder (later Hoover) Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles.

October 08 2011

Happy Birthday Rona Barrett-75 Chevy Chase-68 Sigourney Weaver-62 Sarah Purcell-63 Darrell Hammond-56 Stephanie Zimbalist-55 Matt Damon-41 ; 1944 “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” debuted on CBS Radio.

October 07 2011

Happy Birthday Joy Behar-69 Oliver North-68 John Mellencamp-60 Judy Landers-53 Dan Savage-47 Toni Braxton-44 Simon Cowell-52 ; 1868 Cornell University was inaugurated in Ithaca, N.Y. with an initial student enrollment of 412

October 06 2011

Happy Birthday Elisabeth Shue-48 Ioan Gruffudd-38 Jeremy Sisto-37 Olivia Thirlby-25 ; 1927 The era of talking pictures began with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson.

October 05 2011

Happy Birthday Steve Miller-68 Clive Barker-59 Guy Pearce-44 Kate Winslet-36 ; 1921 The World Series was broadcast on radio for the first time ; 1947 President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised address from the White House.

October 04 2011

Happy Birthday Anne Rice-70 Susan Sarandon-65 Armand Assante-62Jon Secada-50 Liev Schreiber-44 Alicia Silverstone-35 ; 1957 “Leave It to Beaver” premiered on CBS.

October 03 2011

Happy Birthday Gore Vidal-86 Chubby Checker-70 Roy Horn-67 Pamela Hensley-61 Jack Wagner-52 Neve Campbell-38 Gwen Stefani-41 ; 1955 “Captain Kangaroo” premiered on CBS

October 02 2011

Happy Birthday Rex Reed-73 Avery Brooks-63 Annie Leibovitz-62 Mike Rutherford-61 Sting (Gordon Sumner)-60 Kelly Ripa-41 Tiffany Darwish-40 ; 1950 The comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz was first published. ; 1959 “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS.

October 01 2011

Happy Birthday Jimmy Carter-87 Tom Bosley-84 Julie Andrews-76 Stephen Collins-64 Randy Quaid-61 Mark McGwire-48 Cindy Margolis-46 Kevin Griffin-43 ; 1908 Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile to the market; each car cost $825.