“Born Today”
- Samantha Barks (26)
- Kristina and Karissa Shannon (27)
- Dia Frampton (29)
- Camilla Belle (30)
- John Morris (32)
- Brianna Brown (37)
- Ayumi Hamasaki (38)
- Mandisa (40)
- Efren Ramirez (43)
- Lene of Aqua (43)
- Tiffany (45)
- Kelly Ripa (46)
- Maribel Verdú (46)
- Gillian Welch (49)
- Jeff Bennett (54)
- Philip Oakey (61)
- Lorraine Bracco (62)
- Sting (65)
- Annie Leibovitz (67)
- Donna Karan (68)
- Avery Brooks (66)
- Don Mclean (71)
- Rex Reed (78)
- Mahatma Gandhi (RIP)
- Julius Marx “Groucho Marx” (RIP)
“Died Today”
- Rock Hudson (Born: November 17, 1925 / Died: October 2, 1985)
- Harriet Nelson (Born: July 18, 1909 / Died: October 2, 1994)
- Gene Autry (Born: September 29, 1907 / Died: October 2, 1998)
- Tamara Dobson (Born: May 14, 1947 / Died: October 2, 2006)
“Movies”
- 1968 – Coogan’s Bluff
- 1977 – Julia
- 1981 – Enter the Ninja
- 1981 – Paternity
- 1987 – Anna
- 1987 – Slam Dance
- 1992 – Glengarry Glen Ross
- 1992 – Hero
- 1992 – The Mighty Ducks
- 1992 – Mr. Baseball
- 1992 – Of Mice and Men
“Music”
- 1965 – The McCoys’ “Hang On Sloopy” was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
- 1969 – The Shocking Blue released “Venus” on this date
- 1970 – Pink Floyd released Atom Heart Mother
- 1971 – Rod Stewart had the #1 song on the Billboard chart with “Maggie May”
- 1976 – Helen Reddy’s “I Can’t Hear You No More” was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart
- 1978 – Toto released “Hold the Line”
- 1982 – John Cougar Mellencamp’s “Jack & Diane” was the #1 song
- 1982 – Kenny Rogers had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with “Love Will Turn You Around”
“TV/Radio”
- 1955 – Alfred Hitchcock Presents premiered on CBS
- 1959 – Twilight Zone premiered on CBS
- 1961 – Ben Casey premiered on ABC
“Other Important Events…”
- 1950 – First comic strip of Peanuts (Charlie Brown), then titled Li’l Folks, was published
- 1967 – Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black Supreme Court Justice on this date