October 9th:
Christopher Columbus Day (US)
Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
2006 - North Korea announces that it has tested its first nuclear device.
2005 - Smoking is fully banned on the UK rail network.
2005 - When Tropical Depression 23 strengthens into Hurricane Vince it makes the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the first season on record to use a name beginning with V.
1994 - US President Clinton sent troops and warships to the Persian Gulf in response to Saddam Hussein sending thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks toward the Kuwaiti border.
1967 - Doc Severinsen replaced Skitch Henderson as musical director of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson."
1946 - The first electric blanket went on sale in Petersburg, VA.
1936 - The first generator at Boulder Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles, CA. The name of the dam was later changed to Hoover Dam.
1888 - The public was admitted to the Washington Monument for the first time.
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson made their longest telephone call to date. It was a distance of two miles.
1776 - A group of Spanish missionaries settled in what is now San Francisco, CA.
1002 - The famous Viking, Leif Erikson, and his crew landed on North America. This is believed to be the first time a non-native reached the Western Hemisphere since Pangea broke apart.
Zachery Ty Bryan (The eldest son Brad Taylor on the sitcom "Home Improvement") 1981
Brandon Routh (Clark Kent in "Superman Returns") 1979
Steve Burns (Creator and original host of the popular children's show "Blues Clues") 1973
Tony Shalhoub (played the lead role on TV's "Monk") 1953
Scott Bakula (star of "Quantum Leap" series became the captain on "Enterprise") 1954
Sharon Osbourne (Ozzy's wife had a short-lived talk show) 1952
Jackson Browne (singer/songwriter of the '70s-80s: "The Pretender", "The Load-Out/Stay") 1948
Brian Lamb (founder and CEO of the American TV channel C-SPAN) 1941
John Lennon (Beatles' singer recorded the Communist anthem "Imagine") 1940 |