DYR Today, October 30

“Born Today”

• Tequan Richmond (24)
• Nastia Liukin (27)
• Janel Parrish (28)
• Eva Marcille (32)
• Ivanka Trump (35)
• Matthew Morrison (38)
• Gretchen Rossi (38)
• Adam Edge Copeland (43)
• Ben Bailey (46)
• Nia Long (46)
• Mark Polish (46)
• Michael Polish (46)
• Gavin Rossdale (51)
• Michael Beach (53)
• Kevin Pollack (59)
• Juliet Stevenson (60)
• Mario Testino (62)
• Harry Hamlin (65)
• Henry Winkler (71)Featured Above
• Otis Williams (76)
• Grace Slick (77)

“Died Today”

• Steve Allen (Born: December 26, 1921 / Died: October 30, 2000)
• Peggy Ryan (Born: August 28, 1924 / Died: October 30, 2004)
• Robert Goulet (Born: November 26, 1933 / Died: October 30, 2007)

“Movies”

• 1968 – The Lion in Winter
• 1981 – Looker
• 1981 – Halloween II
• 1987 – Fatal Beauty
• 1987 – Rampage
• 1992 – There Goes the Neighborhood
• 1998 – American History X
• 1998 – Vampires

“Music”

• 1965 – “Yesterday” was the #1 song
• 1965 – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with “Taste of Honey”
• 1968 – Marvin Gaye released “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”

• 1970 – Elton John released Tumbleweed Connection
• 1971 – “Peace Train” by Cat Stevens was the #1 Adult Contemporary song

• 1976 – “Muskrat Love” by Captain and Tennille was the #1 Adult Contemporary song

• 1982 – “Who Can It Be Now” was the #1 song
• 1984 – Bruce Springsteen released “Born in the U.S.A.”

• 1993 – Toni Braxton’s self-titled album was #1 on the R&B chart
• 1993 – George Strait’s “Easy Come Easy Go” was the #1 Country song
• 1995 – “Wonderwall” by Oasis was released on this date

“TV/Radio”

• 1938 – Orson Welles broadcasted H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds
• 1975 – The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone aired on NBC
• 1979 – NBC aired Casper’s Halloween Special

• 1985 – Garfield’s Halloween Adventure aired

“Other Important Events…”

• 1974 – Muhammad Ali and George Foreman squared off for The Rumble in the Jungle