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October 1, 1904 - Vladimir Horowitz, pianist

October 1, 1920 - Walter Matthau, actor

October 1, 1921 - James Whitmore, actor

October 1, 1924 - Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President (1977-1981)

October 1, 1924 - William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

October 1, 1927 - Tom Bosley, actor

October 1, 1928 - George Peppard, actor, the leader in TV series "A-Team"

October 1, 1935 - Julie Andrews, actress, singer, "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music"

October 1, 1950 - Randy Quaid, actor, "cousin "Eddy" in "Vacation" movies

October 1, 1963 - Mark McGwire, MLB baseball slugger, home run record holder

October 2, 1869 - Mahatma Ghandi, India Hindu leader, taught "non-violence"

October 2, 1890 - Groucho Marx, comedian, "Marx Brothers"

October 2, 1895 - Bud Abbott, comedian, comedy team "Abbott & Costello"

October 2, 1928 - George McFarland, actor "Spanky" on "Spanky and Our Gang"

October 2, 1937 - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., attorney

October 2, 1945 - Don McLean, singer, songwriter, wrote and sang "Miss American Pie"

October 2, 1951 - Gordon Sumner, musician, songwriter "Sting"

October 2, 1970 - Kelly Ripa, actress, "Regis and Kelly" and TV series "Hope & Faith"

October 3, 1902 - Harvey Kurtzman, created "Mad" magazine

October 3, 1941 - Chubby Checker, singer, musician

October 3, 1954 -  Al Sharpton, American minister, activist, talk show host

October 3, 1959 - Jack Wagner, actor

October 3, 1969 - Gwen Stefani, singer, songwriter

October 4, 1181 - St. Francis of Assisi, Catholic religious leader

October 4, 1822 - Rutherford B.Hayes, 19th U.S. President (1877-1881)

October 4, 1861 - Frederic Remington, painter, sculptor

October 4, 1895 - Buster Keaton, comedian

October 4,  1923 - Charlton Heston, Oscar winning actorr, Head of NRA. 

October 4, 1941 - Jackie Collins, author

October 4, 1946  - Susan Sarandon, actress

October 4, 1976 - Alicia Silverstone, actress

October 4, 1989 - Dakota Johnson, U.S. actress

October 5, 1829 - Chester A. Arthur, 21st  U.S. President (1881-1885)

October 5, 1882 - Robert Hutchings Goddard, father of the Space Age

October 5, 1902 - Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald's

October 5, 1923 - Glynis Johns, actress, played in "Mary Poppins" 

October 5, 1963 - Laura Davies, LPGA golfer

October 5, 1965 - Mario Lemieux, NHL hockey player

October 5, 1975 - Kate Winslet, actress, "Rose" in movie "Titanic"

October 6, 1846 - George Westinghouse, engineer, inventor, developed AC electric power

October 6, 1906 - Janet Gaynor, actress

October 6, 1914 - Thor Heyerdahl, anthropologist, explorer

October 6, 1956 - Stephanie Zimbalist, actress

October 6, 1963 - Elisabeth Shue, actress

October 7, 1917 - June Allyson, actress

October 7, 1931 - Desmond Tutu, archbishop, won Nobel Peace Prize

October 7, 1943 - Oliver North, National Security Council

October 7, 1951 - John Mellencamp, singer

October 7, 1952 - Vladimir Putin - Russian leader

October 7, 1959 - Simon Cowell, judge on "American Idol"

October 7, 1966 - Toni Braxton, singer

October 8, 1890 - "Eddie" Rickenbacker, WWI flying ace

October 8, 1936 - David Carradine, actor

October 8, 1939 - Paul Hogan, actor "crocodile Dundee".

October 8, 1941 - Jesse Jackson, civil right leader

October 8, 1943 - Chevy Chase, actor, comedian, SNL, "Vacation" movies

October 8, 1943 - R. L. Stine,  author of children's books

October 8, 1949  - Sigourney Weaver, actress, "Ellen Ripley" in movie "Alien"

October 8, 1956 - Stephanie Zimbalist, actress, starred in "Remington Steele"

October 8, 1970  - Matt Damon, actor

Octoer 8, 1980 - Nick Cannon, American actor, rapper, TV host.

October 8, 1985 - Bruno Mars, singer.

October 9, 1938 -  Russell Myers, cartoonist, created "Broom Hilda"

October 9, 1940 - John Lennon, singer, songwriter, musician, member of the "Beatles"

October 9, 1948 - Jackson Browne, singer, songwriter

October 9, 1953 - Sharon Osbourne, actress, wife of Ozzie Osbourne

October 9, 1954 - Scott Bakula, American actor, "Star Trek", "NCI New Orleans"

October 9, 1955 - Scott Bakula, actor, TV series "Quantum Leap" and "Star Trek- Enterprise"

October 9, 1981 - Zacary Ty Bryan, actor, "Brad" on TV series "Home Improvement"

October 10, 1900 - Helen Hayes, actress

October 10, 1914  - Dorothy Lamour, actress

October 10, 1946 - Ben Vereen, actor, singer

October 10, 1958 - Tanya Tucker, singer

October 10, 1969 - Brett Favre, NRL Green Bay Packers quarterback

October 10, 1974 - Dale Earnhardt Jr, auto racer

October 11, 1844 - Henry John Heinz, founded Heinz Ketchup company

October 11, 1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt

October 11, 1932 - Dottie West, singer

October 11, 1937 - Ron Leibman, actor

October 11, 1948 - Daryl Hall, musician, singer

October 11, 1961 - Steve Young, NFL San Francisco 49er's quarterback

October 11, 1962 - Joan Cusack, actress

October 11, 1966 - Luke Perry, actor

October 12, 1935 - Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer

October 12, 1947 - Chris Wallace, TV news correspondent

October 12, 1950 - Susan Anton, actress, singer

October 12, 1950 - Ronald McNair, astronaut, physicist, died in Challenger space shuttle explosion

October 12, 1970 - Kirk Cameron, actor

October12, 1975 - Marion Jones, Olympic track star

October 13, 1925 - Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of England

October 13, 1941 - Paul Simon, singer, songwriter, "Simon & Garfunkel"

October 13, 1949 - Sammy Hagar, singer, musician

October 13, 1957 - Chris Carter, created "The X-Files"

October 13, 1959 - Marie Osmond, actress, singer ,Brother-Sister duo "Donny & Marie"

October 13, 1962 - Jerry Rice, NFL San Francisco 49ers wide receiver

October 13, 1969 - Nancy Kerrigan, Olympic figure skater

October 13, 1980 - Ashanti, singer, songwriter

October 14, 1644 - William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania

October 14, 1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. President (1953-1961)

October 14, 1894 - E. E. Cummings, poet

October 14, 1916 - C. Everett Koop, U.S. Surgeon General

October 14, 1927 - Roger Moore, actor , played "James Bond" in seven movies.

October 14, 1938 - John Dean, Nixon White House counsel during Watergate

October 14, 1939 - Ralph Lauren, fashion designer

October 14, 1979 - Usher, Rap singer

October 15, 1908 - John Kenneth Galbraith, economist

October 15, 1917 - Arthur Schlesinger Jr., historian

October 15, 1920 - Mario Puzo, novelist, wrote "The Godfather"

October 15, 1924 - Lee Iacocca,  Chrysler auto executive, led turnaround of company

October 15, 1943 - Penny Marshall, actress, director

October 15, 1946 - Richard Carpenter, singer, with sister Karen Carpenter

October 15, 1959 - Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and first wife of Prince Andrew

October 15, 1959 - Emeril Lagasse, TV chef

October 15, 1969 - Vanessa Marcil- actress, TV soap opera "General Hospital"

October 16, 1758 - Noah Webster - compiled first American English dictionary

October 16, 1854 - Oscar Wilde, poet, playwright

October 16, 1886 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel

October 16, 1898 - William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice

October 16, 1925 - Angela Lansbury, actress, "Murder, She Wrote"

October 16, 1946 - Suzanne Somers, actress, "Chrissy" on TV series "Three's Company"

October 16, 1958 - Tim Robbins, actor, director

October 16, 1975 - Kellie Martin, actress

October 17, 1912 - Pope John Paul I, pope for just 34 days in 1978

October 17, 1918 - Rita Hayworth, actress

October 17, 1938 - Evel Knievel, motorcycle daredevil

October 17, 1948 - Margot Kidder, actress

October 17, 1948 - George Wendt, actor

October 17, 1963 - Norm McDonald- actor, "SNL"

October 17, 1972 - Eminem, Rap singer

October 18, 1926 - Chuck Berry, singer, songwriter, starred in movie "Patton"

October 18, 1939 - Mike Ditka, NFL Chicago Bears head coach

October 18, 1939 - Lee Harvey Oswald, assassinated President John F. Kennedy

October 18, 1956 - Martina Navratilova, Hall of Fame tennis champion

October 18, 1960 - Jean-Claude Von Damme, actor

October 19, 1922 - Jack Anderson, columnist, journalist

October 19, 1932 - Robert Reed, played the dad on TV series "The Brady Bunch"

October 19, 1945 - John Lithgow, actor , comedian

October 19, 1962 - Evander Holyfield, champion heavyweight boxer

October 20, 1882 - Bela Lugosi, actor, played "Dracula"

October 20, 1925 - Art Buchwald, humorist

October 20, 1931 - Mickey Mantle, MLB baseball slugger

October 20, 1935 - Jerry Ohrbach, actor

October 20, 1953 - Tom Petty, singer

October 20, 1972 - Snoop Dogg, Rap singer

October 21, 1833 - Alfred Nobel, chemist, engineer, established Nobel Prizes

October 21, 1917 - Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet player, bandleader

October 21, 1929 - Whitey Ford, Hall of Fame MLB baseball pitcher

October 21, 1956 - Carrie Fisher, actress, "Princess Leia" in "Star Wars"

October 21, 1980 - Kim Kardashian, television personality

October 22, 1903 - Curly Howard, actor, comedian, one of the "Three Stooges"

October 22, 1917 - Joan Fontaine, actress

October 22, 1920 - Timothy Leary, psychologist, Harvard professor, and 60's guru

October 22, 1938 - Christopher Lloyd, actor

October 22, 1942 - Annette Funicello, actress, singer, beach movies

October 22, 1943 - Catherine Deneuve, actress

October 22, 1963 - Brian Boitano, Olympic champion figure skater

October 22, 1968 - Shaggy,  Reggae/pop singer, sang "It wasn't Me"

October 23, 1893 - Gummo Marx, agent for the "Marx Brothers"

October 23, 1906 - Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the English Channel

October 23, 1925 - Johnny Carson, Talk show host, "The Tonight Show". Tv Talk Show Host Day

October 23, 1935 - Chi Chi Rodriguez, professional golfer

October 23, 1940 - Pelé, soccer player

October 23, 1942 - Michael Crichton, novelist, wrote "Jurrasic Park"

October 23, 1959 - "Weird Al" Yankovic, singer, comedian

October 23, 1962 - Doug Flutie, CFL and NFL quarterback

October 24, 1926 - Y. A. Tittle, NFL quarterback

October 24, 1930 - J.P. Richardson, singer, the "Big Bopper", sang "Chantilly Lace"

October 24, 1936 - David Nelson, actor, son of Ozzie and Harriet on TV series "The Nelsons"

October 24, 1947 - Kevin Kline, actor

October 24, 1980 - Monica Arnold, singer

October 25, 1825 - Austrian music and opera composer Johann Strauss (1825)

October 25, 1881 - Pablo Picasso, the greatest artist of the 20th century.

October 25, 1888 - Richard E. Byrd, aviator, Antarctic explorer

October 25, 1912 - Minnie Pearl, singer, entertainer, Grand Ole Opry star

October 25, 1940 - Bobby Knight, College basketball coach

October 25, 1941 - Helen Reddy, singer

October 25, 1941 - Anne Tyler, novelist

October 25, 1984 - Katy Perry, born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, pop music superstar

October 26, 1879 - Leon Trotsky, Russian Communist leader

October 26, 1914 - Jackie Coogan, "Uncle Fester" on TV series "The Addams Family"

October 26, 1946 - Pat Sajak, TV game-show host , "Wheel of Fortune"

October 26, 1947 - Jaclyn Smith, actress, K-Mart fashion line, TV series "Charlie's Angels"

October 26, 1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, first lady, NY Senator

October 26, 1954 - Lauren Tewes, "Julie" on TV series the "Love Boat"

October 26, 1962 - Dylan McDermott, actor, Tv series "The Practice"

October 26, 1963 - Natalie Merchant, singer

October 27, 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th  U. S President, Quote: "Walk softly and carry a big stick" (1901-1909)

October 27, 1872 - Emily Post, etiquette expert

October 27, 1914 - Dylan Thomas, poet

October 27, 1920-  Nanette Fabray, actress

October 27, 1940-  John Gotti, crime boss

October 27, 1956-  Patty Sheehan, LPGA golfer

October 28, 1914-  Jonas Salk, physician, developed polio vaccine

October 28, 1936 - Charlie Daniels, singer, songwriter, musician

October 28, 1939 - Jane Alexander, actress

October 28, 1944 - Dennis Franz, actor, "NYPD Blue"

October 28, 1949 - Bruce Jenner, Olympic decathlon champion

October 28, 1955 - Bill Gates, Microsoft executive, multi-multi billionaire

October 28, 1967 - Julia Roberts, actress, "Pretty Woman", "My Best Friends' Wedding", many more

October 28, 1972 - Brad Paisley, Country music superstar

October 29, 1891- Fanny Brice, entertainer

October 29, 1947 - Richard Dreyfuss, oscar winning actor, movies include "Jaws" and "Goodbye Girl"

October 29, 1948  - Kate Jackson, actress , TV series "Charlie's Angels"

October 29, 1969 - The Inrenet is created when the first bits and bytes of data are sent between computers at UCLA and Stanford Research Institute.

October 29, 1971 - Winon Ryder, actress, "movie "Girl, Interrupted"

October 30, 1735 -  John Adams, second U.S. President (1797-1801)

October 30, 1882 - William "Bull" Halsey, World War II Pacific Fleet Commander

October 30, 1885 - Ezra Pound, poet

October 30, 1945 - Henry Winkler, actor

October 30, 1951 - Harry Hamlin, actor, attorney "Michael Kuzak" on TV series "L.A. Law"

October 31, 1795 - John Keats, poet

October 31, 1860 - Juliette Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouts of America

October 31, 1887 - Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese leader

October 31, 1912 - Dale Evans, the "Queen of the West", born Frances Octavia Smith

October 31, 1922 - Barbara Bel Geddes, actress "Miss Ellie Ewing" on TV series "Dallas"

October 31, 1931 - Dan Rather, TV News Anchorman

October 31, 1936 - Michael Landon, actor

October 31, 1950 - John Candy, actor, comedian

October 31, 1950 - Jane Pauley, TV journalist

October 31, 1963 - Dermot Mulroney, actor

October 31, 1967 - Vanilla Ice, singer, actor

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