Oct 7th:
Full Moon (Harvest Moon)
2003 - In California, Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor in the recall election of Governor Gray Davis.
2001 - The U.S. and Great Britain began airstrikes in Afghanistan in response to that state's support of terrorism and Osama bin Laden. The act was the first military action taken in response to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.
2001 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 73rd home run of the season and set a new major league record.
1968 - The Motion Picture Association of America adopted the film-rating system that ranged G, PG, PG-13, R, X. X was later changed to NC-17.
1950 - The U.S.-led U.N. forces crossed the 38th parallel and entered North Korea. China in November proved their threat to enter the war by sending several hundred thousand troops over the border into North Korea.
1913 - For the first time, Henry Ford's entire Highland Park automobile factory was run on a continuously moving assembly line when the chassis was added to the process.
Taylor Hicks (Winner of "American Idol 2006" released the single "Do I Make You Proud?") 1976
Rachel McAdams ("The Hot Chick", "Mean Girls", "Red Eye") 1976
Toni Braxton (R&B singer: "Another Sad Love Song", "Unbreak My Heart", "Breathe Again") 1968
Thom Yorke (singer for Radiohead: "Creep", "Fake Plastic Trees", "High and Dry", "Karma Police", "No Surprises", "How to Disappear Completely", "The Pyramid Song", "There There") 1968
Simon Cowell (British judge on "American Idol") 1959
Michael W. Smith (Christian/pop singer with several mainstream hits since 1983: "I Will Be Here For You", "Place in This World", "Signs", "Healing Rain", "Missing Person", "Above All", "I'll Lead You Home") 1957
Yo-Yo Ma (classical cellist) 1955
Vladimir Putin (Russian President elected in 2000) 1952
John Cougar Mellencamp ("Jack and Diane", "Pink Houses", "R-O-C-K in the USA", "Human Wheels") 1951
Dave Hope (Bassist for Kansas: "Carry On My Wayward Son", "Dust in the Wind") 1947
Oliver North (Lt-Col in the US Marines, fired by President Reagon for selling weapons to Iran in The Iran-Contra Scandal) 1943
Joy Behar (Co-host of the talk show "The View") 1943 |