“Born Today”
- Tyler Posey (25)
- Bristol Palin (26)
- Carly Schroeder (26)
- Zac Efron (29)
- Freida Pinto (32)
- Esperanza Spalding (32)
- Lindsay Vonn (32)
- Josh Gracin (36)
- Ne-Yo (37)
- Mike Tindall (38)
- Joy Bryant (42)
- Curtis Stigers (51)
- Vincent Spano (54)
- Wynton Marsalis (55)
- Jean-Claude Van Damme (56)
- Erin Moran (56) Featured Above
- Martina Navratilova (60)
- Arliss Howard (62)
- Chuck Lorre (64)
- Pam Dawber (65)
- Terry McMillan (65)
- Mike Ditka (77)
- Dawn Wells (78)
- Chuck Berry (90)
- Peter Boyle (RIP)
“Died Today”
- Thomas Edison (Born: February 11, 1847 / Died: October 18, 1931)
- Lois Kibbee (Born: July 13, 1922 / Died: October 18, 1993)
- Nancy Dickerson (Born: January 19, 1927 / Died: October 18, 1997)
“Movies”
- 1967 – Clambake
- 1967 – The Jungle Book
- 1972 – Run, Cougar, Run
- 1974 – It’s Alive
- 1974 – The Odessa File
- 1974 – A Woman Under the Influence
- 1974 – Airport 1975
- 1976 – Burnt Offerings
- 1980 – Motel Hell
- 1985 – Re-Animator
- 1991 – Cool as Ice
- 1991 – Little Man Tate
- 1991 – My Own Private Idaho
- 1991 – Other People’s Money
- 1996 – Sleepers
“Music”
- 1967 – Ode to Billie Joe was the #1 Country album
- 1969 – “I Can’t Get Next to You” by The Temptations was the #1 song
- 1969 – The #1 Adult Contemporary song was “Is That All There Is” by Peggy Lee
- 1975 – Olivia Newton-John’s “Something Better to Do” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
- 1980 – Barbra Streisand’s “Woman in Love” remained the #1 Adult Contemporary song
- 1986 – Huey Lewis & the News’ Fore! was the #1 album
- 1986 – Tanya Tucker’s “Just Another Love” was the #1 Country song
- 1986 – Janet Jackson’s “When I Think of You” was the #1 song
- 1988 – Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 was released on this date
“TV/Radio”
- 1975 – Simon and Garfunkel reunited and performed on SNL
“Other Important Events…”
- 1981 – The film adaptation West Side Story was released