70s

“Born Today” Shiba Inu 6 (8) Holland Roden (30) Bree Olson (30) Amber West (30) Edison Chen (36) Aaron Ashmore (37) Shawn Ashmore (37) Alesha Dixon (38) Omar Benson Miller (38) Taylor Hicks (40) Nicole Ari Parker (46) Thom Yorke (48) Toni Braxton (49) Dan Savage (52) Ann Curless of Expose (53) Matthew Roloff (55) Dylan Baker (57) Simon Cowell (57) Judy Landers (58) Michael W. Smith (59) Jayne Torvill (59) Yo-Yo Ma (61) Tico Torres (63) John Mellencamp (65) Jill Larson (69) Oliver North (73) Joy Behar (74) Desmond Tutu (85) June Allyson (RIP) “Died Today” Edgar Allan Poe (Born: January 19, 1809 / Died: October 7, 1849) Leo Durocher (Born: July 27, 1905 / Died: October 7, 1991) Ed Blackwell (Born: October 10, 1929 / Died: October 7, 1992) Agnes de Mille (Born: September 18, 1905 / Died: October 7, 1993) “Movies” 1959 - Pillow Talk 1964 - Fail-Safe 1965 - The Agony and the Ecstasy 1968 - I Love You, Alice B. Toklas 1977 - Oh, God! 1977 - A Piece of the Action 1983 - Never Cry Wolf 1983 - Never Say Never Again 1987 - Baby Boom 1987 - Like Father Like Son 1988 - Alien Nation 1988 - Clara’s Heart 1988 - Punchline 1994 - Only You 1994 - The Specialist 1994 - A Troll in Central Park “Music” 1967 - The Box Tops had the #1 song with “The Letter” 1967 - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with “A Banda” 1969 - “I Want You Back” by The Jackson 5 was released on this date 1971 - Michael Jackson released the single “Got to Be There” 1972 - Three Dog Night’s “Black and White” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song 1974 - Barry Manilow released “Mandy” 1974 - Helen Reddy released “Angie Baby” 1978 - The Dire Straits released their first album Birmingham at Barbarella 1991 - Garth Brooks's "Ropin' the Wind" was the #1 Country song “TV/Radio” 1952 - Bandstand was broadcast in Philadelphia (An earlier version of the later popular American Bandstand with Dick Clark) 1960 - Route 66 premiered on CBS “Other Important Events…” 1982 - Cats made its Broadway debut at the Winter Garden Theater 1993 - Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature