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“Born Today” Gillian Jacobs (34) Jason Reitman (39) Desmond Harrington (40) Pras (44) Chris Kattan (46) John Edward (47) Trey Parker (47) Jon Favreau (50) Ty Pennington (52) Sinitta (53) Evander Holyfield (54) Jennifer Holliday (56) Floyd Mayweather, Sr. (64) John Lithgow (71) Michael Gambon (76) Robert Reed (RIP) Featured Above Divine (RIP) “Died Today” Martha Raye (Born: August 27, 1916 / Died: October 19, 1994) Hortense Ellis (Born: April 18, 1941 / Died: October 19, 2000) Tom Bosley (Born: October 1, 1927 / Died: October 19, 2010) “Movies” 1966 - The Fortune Cookie 1973 - The Way We Were 1975 - Hester Street 1977 - Looking for Mr. Goodbar 1984 - The Razor’s Edge 1990 - Night of the Living Dead 1990 - Quiqley Down Under 1990 - White Palace “Music” 1967 - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles released “I Second That Emotion” 1968 - “Hey Jude” was the #1 song 1968 - “My Special Angel” by The Vogues was the #1 Adult Contemporary song 1974 - Billy Preston’s “Nothing From Nothing” was the #1 song 1974 - Gordon Lightfoot’s “Carefree Highway” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song 1979 - Styx released Cornerstone 1979 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released Damn the Torpedoes 1985 - Pardners in Rhyme by The Statler Brothers was the #1 Country album 1985 - Stevie Wonder’s “Part-time Lover” was the #1 R&B song 1985 - Julio Iglesias’s Libra was the #1 Latin album 1993 - Mariah Carey released “Hero” 1993 - Pearl Jam released Vs. “Other Important Events…” 1960 - Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested at a sit-in protest in Atlanta