“Born Today”
- Aimee Teegarden (27)
- Marina and the Diamonds (31)
- Chiaki Kuriyama (32)
- Cupid (34)
- Una Healy of The Saturdays (35)
- Mya (37)
- Jodi Lyn O’Keefe (38)
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. (42)
- Mario Lopez (43)
- Brett Favre (47)
- Wendi McLendon-Covey (47)
- Bai Ling (50)
- Martin Kemp (55)
- Jodi Benson (55)
- Eric Martin (56)
- Simon Townshend (56)
- Julia Sweeney (57)
- Bradley Whitford (57)
- Tanya Tucker (58)
- David Lee Roth (62)
- Nora Roberts (66)
- Jessica Harper (67)
- Cyril Neville (68)
- Ben Vereen (70)
- Peter Coyote (75)
“Died Today”
- Orson Welles (Born: May 6, 1915 / Died: October 10, 1985)
- Yul Brynner (Born: July 11, 1920 / Died: October 10, 1985)
- Christopher Reeve (Born: September 25, 1952 / Died: October 10, 2004)
- Teresa Graves (Born: January 10, 1948 / October 10, 2002)
“Movies”
- 1966 – Hawaii
- 1975 – Shivers
- 1980 – The Elephant Man
- 1980 – Private Benjamin
- 1984 – 1984
- 1986 – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
- 1986 – Peggy Sue Got Married
- 1986 – True Stories
- 1986 – Deadly Friend
- 1997 – Seven Years in Tibet
- 1997 – RocketMan
- 1997 – Most Wanted
- 1999 – Fight Club
- 1999 – The Story of Us
“Music”
- 1964 – Roy Orbison and the Candy Men were still #1 with “Oh, Pretty Woman”
- 1964 – Gale Garnett’s “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart
- 1966 – Simon & Garfunkel released Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
- 1966 – The Beach Boys released “Good Vibrations”
- 1970 – Neil Diamond’s “Cracklin’ Rosie” was the #1 song
- 1970 – The Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
- 1970 – Merle Haggard’s, The Fightin’ Side of Man, was the #1 Country album
- 1987 – Michael Jackson’s Bad was the #1 album
- 1987 – Roseanne Cash’s “The Way We Make a Broken Heart” was the #1 Country song
- 1988 – U2 released Rattle and Hum
- 1992 – Tevin Campbell’s “Alone With You” was the #1 R&B song
- 1992 – Patty Smyth’s “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
“TV/Radio”
- 1964 – The Olympic Games held in Tokyo were the first to be broadcast internationally
- 1965 – The Supremes performed on the The Ed Sullivan Show
- 1983 – NBC premiered Adam, a film for television
“Other Important Events…”
- 1964 – The Olympics opened in Tokyo and were the first held in Asia
- 1967 – The Outer Space Treaty was put into force