“Born Today”
- ASAP Ferg (28)
- Candice Swanepoel (28)
- Katie Featherston (34)
- John Krasinski (37)
- Rob Cesternino (38)
- Samuel Witwer (39)
- Snoop Dogg (45)
- Dannii Minogue (45)
- Viggo Mortensen (58)
- Danny Boyle (60)
- Melanie Mayron (64)
- William Russ (66)
- Tom Petty (66) Featured Above
- Wanda Jackson (79)
- Mickey Mantle (RIP)
- Bela Lugosi (RIP)
“Died Today”
- Ronnie Van Zant (Born: January 15, 1948 / Died: October 20, 1977)
- Burt Lancaster (Born: November 2, 1913 / Died: October 20, 1994)
- Jane Wyatt (Born: August 12, 1910 / Died: October 20, 2006)
“Movies”
- 1978 – Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
- 1987 – The Hidden
- 1989 – Fat Man and Little Boy
- 1989 – Gross Anatomy
- 1989 – Next of Kin
- 1995 – Get Shorty
- 1995 – Mallrats
- 1995 – Never Talk to Strangers
- 1995 – Now and Then
- 2000 – Bedazzled
- 2000 – Pay it Forward
- 2000 – The Legend of Drunken Master
“Music”
- 1962 – “Monster Mash” was the #1 song
- 1962 – Frank Ifield’s “I Remember You” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
- 1969 – Plastic Ono Band released “Cold Turkey”
- 1973 – The Rolling Stones had the #1 song with “Angie”
- 1979 – Herb Alpert’s “Rise” was the #1 song
- 1980 – U2 released Boy
- 1980 – Donna Summer released The Wanderer
- 1984 – Purple Rain continued to reign as the #1 album
- 1990 – Garth Brooks’s “Friends in Low Places” was the #1 Country song
“TV/Radio”
- 1979 – Bob Dylan performed on SNL
“Other Important Events…”
- 1955 – J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Return of the King was published this date
- 1977 – Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and Cassie Gaines, were killed in a plane crash over Missouri.