DYR Today, October 2

“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