“Born Today”
- Betty Who (25)
- Nicola Roberts (31)
- Jesse Eisenberg (33)
- Nicky Hilton (33)
- Noot Seear (33)
- Paul Thomas (36)
- James Valentine (38)
- Parminder Nagra (41)
- Kate Winslet (41)
- Scott Weinger (41)
- Heather Headley (42)
- Colin Meloy (42)
- Grant Hill (44)
- Thomas Roberts (44)
- Josie Bissett (46)
- Guy Pearce (49)
- Mario Lemieux (51)
- Daniel Baldwin (56)
- Neil deGrasse Tyson (58)
- Clive Barker (64)
- Karen Allen (65)
- Bob Geldof (65)
- Brian Johnson (69)
- Steve Miller (73)
- Glynis Johns (93)
- Bernie Mac (RIP)
- Larry Fine (RIP)
“Died Today”
- Rodney Dangerfield (Born: November 22, 1921 / Died: October 5, 2004)
- Steve Jobs (Born: February 24, 1955 / Died: October 5, 2011)
- Fred Shuttlesworth (Born: March 18, 1922 / Died: October 5, 2011)
“Movies”
- 1956 – The Ten Commandments
- 1966 – Seconds
- 1978 – The Boys from Brazil
- 1984 – Teachers
- 1989 – The Punisher
- 1990 – Avalon
- 1990 – Desperate Hours
- 1990 – Henry & June
- 1990 – Marked for Death
- 1990 – Miller’s Crossing
- 1990 – Shakma
“Music”
- 1962 – The Beatles released “Love Me Do” in the U.K.
- 1963 – Bobby Vinton’s “Blue Velvet” remained the #1 song
- 1968 – Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66 had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with “Fool on the Hill”
- 1968 – The #1 song on the Billboard chart was “Hey Jude”
- 1970 – Led Zeppelin released Led Zeppelin III
- 1973 – Elton John released Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- 1974 – Olivia Newton-John’s “I Honestly Love You” was the #1 song
- 1974 – America’s “Tin Man” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
- 1980 – Queen released “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”
- 1991 – P.M. Dawn released “Set Adrift On Memory Bliss”
- 1991 – Marky Mark’s “Good Vibrations” was the #1 song
- 1991 – Vanessa Williams’s “Running Back to You” was the #1 R&B song
- 1996 – Rush’s “Test for Echo” was the #1 song on the Rock chart
- 1996 – Aaliyah had the #1 on the R&B chart with “If Your Girl Only Knew”
“TV/Radio”
- 1969 – Monty Pyhton’s Flying Circus premiered on BBC
“Other Important Events…”
- 1947 – The first televised presidential address from the White House was given by Harry S. Truman