“Born Today”
- Amandla Stenberg (18)
- Ireland Baldwin (21)
- Briana Evigan (30)
- Jessica Stroup (30)
- Miguel (31)
- Izabel Goulart (32)
- Meghan McCain (32)
- Cat Deeley (40)
- Ryan Reynolds (40)
- Kaleena Kiff (42)
- Steve Wilder (46)
- Dr. Sanjay Gupta (47)
- Brooke Theiss (47)
- Augusten Burroughs (51)
- Robert Trujillo (52)
- Doug Flutie (54)
- Nancy Grace (57)
- Sam Raimi (57)
- Weird Al Yankovic (57)
- Martin Luther King III (59)
- Dwight Yoakam (60)
- Ang Lee (62)
- Michael Rupert (65)
- Pelé (76)
- Baby Jane Holzer (77)
- Philip Kaufman (80)
- Barron Hilton (89)
- Johnny Carson (RIP) Featured Above
“Died Today”
- Maybelle Carter (Born: May 10, 1909 / Died: October 23, 1978)
- Armida (Born: May 29, 1911 / Died: October 23, 1989)
- Robert Lansing (Born: June 5, 1928 / Died: October 23, 1994)
“Movies”
- 1941 – Dumbo
- 1966 – Ride in the Whirlwind
- 1968 – Ice Station Libra
- 1968 – Live a Little, Love a Little
- 1970 – No Blade of Grass
- 1981 – Nightmare
- 1985 – Twice in a Lifetime
- 1987 – The Glass Menagerie
- 1987 – The Last Emperor
- 1987 – No Man’s Land
- 1987 – Prince of Darkness
- 1987 – The Sicilian
- 1987 – Suspect
- 1992 – Dr. Giggles
- 1992 – Reservoir Dogs
- 1998 – Apt Pupil
- 1998 – Life is Beautiful
- 1998 – Pleasantville
- 1998 – Soldier
“Music”
- 1965 – Elvis Presley’s “I’m Yours” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
- 1971 – “Maggie May” was the #1 song
- 1971 – “Never My Love” by the 5th Dimension was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
- 1976 – “If You Leave Me Now” by Chicago was the #1 song
- 1978 – Gloria Gaynor released “I Will Survive”
- 1982 – Neil Diamond’s “Heartlight” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
- 1991 – Mariah Carey released “Can’t Let Go”
- 1993 – George Strait’s “Easy Come Easy Go” was the #1 Country song
“Other Important Events…”
- 1915 – Over 20,000 women marched for Women’s Suffrage on Fifth Avenue in New York City
- 1958 – The Smurfs or Les Schtroumpfs De Smurfen comic created by Peyo was published on this day, and was the first appearance of the little blue characters that would eventually become a Hanna-Barbera cartoon series