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2006 - Beginning on October 11, record amounts of snow ...
2006 - Beginning on October 11, record amounts of snow fell in Buffalo and other parts of Western NY state. By Saturday, the city had 23 inches of snow (the most ever for the city in October), 3 people had died, and thousands were without electricity and water.
1981 - Prince released the album "Controversy". It was his 4th album.
1975 - "Rock & Roll All Night" was released by KISS.
1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent resistance to racial prejudice in America. He was the youngest person to receive the award.
1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis began when U.S. reconnaissance aircrafts photographed Soviet construction of intermediate-range missile sites in Cuba.
1957 - "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley was released.
1926 - The book "Winnie-the-Pooh," by A.A. Milne, was published.
Terrence McGee (American football cornerback for the Buffalo Bills) 1980 Stacy Keibler (Female wrestler in the WWE) 1979 Usher (R&B singer: "Yeah", "Confessions", "Burn") 1979 jessica drake (born Angela Patrice Heaslet, began in porn in 1999, she chooses to have her stage name all lowercase letters) 1976 Ralph Lauren (Clothes designer) 1939 Roger Moore (replaced Sean Connery as James Bond in several films) 1929 e.e. Cummings (poet) 1894 Dwight Eisenhower (34th US President 1953-61) 1890 William Penn (US Quaker Colonial leader founded the colony of Pennsylvania) 1644
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White Cane Safety Day, a day for blind and visually impared people Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
1977 - "Rumours," the second album from Fleetwood Mac, was released.
1951 - The first episode of "I Love Lucy" aired on CBS.
1892 - The U.S. government announced that the land in the western Montana was open to settlers. The 1.8 million acres were bought from the Crow Indians for 50 cents per acre.
1860 - Grace Bedell, 11 years old, wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. The letter stated that Lincoln would look better if he would grow a beard.
Jaci Velasquez (Latina Christian/Pop singer: "I Will Rest In You", "Every Time I Fall", "God So Loved the World", "I Get on My Knees", "If This World", she was in the movie "Chasing Papi") 1979 Vanessa Marcil (starrd in the series "Las Vegas") 1969 Emeril Lagasse (TV chef "kicked it up a notch" with his short-lived sitcom) 1959 Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson (Member of The Jackson 5 and started the group T3 in the '90s) 1953 Richard Carpenter (sang with his sister Karen as The Carpenters: "Close To You", "Top of the World", "We've Only Just Begun", "Rainy Days and Mondays", "It's Going To Take Some Time", "Hurting Each Other", "Sing a Song") 1946 Penny Marshall (directed the sitcom "Laverne and Shirley" and movies such as "Big") 1942 Mario Puzo (author wrote "The Godfather" in 1969) 1920
2002 - The Arthur Andersen accounting firm was sentenced to five years probation and fined $500,000 for obstructing a federeal investigation of the energy company Enron.
2002 - It was reported that North Korea had told the U.S. that it had a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of an 1994 agreement with the U.S.
1992 - Sinead O'Connor was booed off stage at Madison Square Garden during a show to honor Bob Dylan.
1971 - Isaac Hayes' "Theme From Shaft" was released.
1968 - The New Yardbirds played their first concert. The band later changed their name to Led Zeppelin.
1962 - U.S. President Kennedy was informed that there were missile bases in Cuba, beginning the Cuban missile crisis.
1946 - 10 Nazi war criminals were hanged after being condemned by the Nuremberg trials.
1923 - Walt Disney contracted with M.J. Winkler to distribute the Alice Comedies. This event is recognized as the start of the Disney Company.
1859 - Abolitionist John Brown led a raid on Harper's Ferry, VA (now located in West Virginia). He was looking for the government's store of weapons to use in a fight against slavery.
1793 - During the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette was beheaded.
Melissa Lauren (pornstar into bondage and S&M, caught chlamydia) 1984 Erin Dewright aka Erin Brown aka Misty Mundae (softcore/lesbian actress) 1979 John Mayer (boring singer/songwriter sings "Your Body is a Wonderland") 1977 Wendy Wilson (singer in the pop group Wilson Phillips) 1969 Flea (born Michael Peter Balzary, bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers, played Needles in "Back To The Future 2&3") 1962 Tim Robbins (strongly liberal actor: "Bull Durham", "The Shawshank Redemption", "Mystic River", "High Fidelity", "Antitrust") 1958 David Zucker (director: "Airplane", The "Naked Gun" movies, "Baseketball", "Scary Movie 3, 4, & 5") 1947 Suzanne Somers (Sitcoms: "Three's Company", "Step By Step" and she sold excercise equipment) 1946 Angela Lansbury (TV: "Murder, She Wrote") 1925 Noah Webster (started the first dictionary) 1758
1979 - Mother Teresa of India was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1933 - "News-Week" appeared for the first time at newsstands. The name was later changed to "Newsweek."
1917 - The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was formed.
1888 - The first issue of "National Geographic Magazine" was released at newsstands.
1777 - American troops defeated British forces in Saratoga, NY. It was the turning point in the American Revolutionary War.
Marshal Mathers aka Eminem aka Slim Shady (Rapper starred in the movie "8 Mile") 1972 Wyclef Jean (rapper/R&B singer started with The Fugees, sang "Maria, Maria" with Santana) 1972 Chris Kirkpatrick (Nsync) 1971 Norm MacDonald ("SNL" comedian had his own sitcom "Norm") 1963 Mike Judge (creator of animated "Office Space" skits on "SNL" and the live-action feature movie "Office Space", also created cartoon series "Beavis and Butthead" and its spin-off cartoon series "King of the Hill") 1962 Alan Jackson (country singer: "Remember When", "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)", "Pop a Top", "It Must Be Love", "Livin' On Love", "It's 5:00 Somewhere", "Mercury Blues") 1958 Margot Kidder (Lois Lane in "Superman") 1948 George Wendt (Norm on the sitcom "Cheers") 1948 Evel Knievel (daredevil) 1938 Arthur Miller (playwright: "Death of a Salesman") 1915
1997 - Hanson sang the national anthem at the opening game of the World Series.
1988 - The first episode of "Roseanne" aired on ABC.
1898 - The American flag was raised in Puerto Rico only one year after the Caribbean nation won its independence from Spain.
1867 - The U.S. took formal possession of Alaska from Russia. The land was purchased of a total of $7 million dollars (2 cents per acre).
1767 - The Mason-Dixon line was agreed upon. It was the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania. North of he line would contain free states, south would contain slave states.
Azlea Antistia (former Guess? model became a pornstar in 1998) 1976 Jean-Claude Van Damme (action/martial arts movie actor) 1960 Gary Richrath (singer for REO Speedwagon: "Take It On the Run", "Keep On Loving You", "Time For Me To Fly", "Can't Fight This Feeling", "Roll With The Changes") 1949 Lee Harvey Oswald (John F. Kennedy's assasin was later shot by Jack Ruby) 1939 Dawn Wells (Mary Ann on the sitcom "Gilligan's Island") 1938 Peter Boyle (Tim Allen's Boss on "The Santa Clause", Ray's father on the sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond") 1935 George C. Scott (played General "Patton" in an award-winning movie, also portrayed Ebeneezer Scrooge in the most famous version of "The Christmas Carol") 1927 Chuck Berry (early rocker/guitar player: "Johnny B Goode", "No Particular Place To Go", "You Never Can Tell", "Rock and Roll Music") 1926
2003 - In London, magician David Blaine emerged from a clear plastic box and then suspended by a crane over the banks of the Thames River. He survived only on water for 44 days. Blaine had entered the box on September 5.
2001 - Two U.S. Army Rangers were killed in a helicopter crash in Pakistan. The deaths were the first American deaths of the military campaign in Afghanistan.
1998 - Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson got his boxing license back after he had lost it for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during a fight.
1983 - The U.S. Senate approved a bill establishing a national holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
1979 - Prince's second album "Prince" was released.
1951 - U.S. President Truman singed an act officially ending the state of war with Germany.
Omar Gooding (younger brother of Cuba Gooding, played in TV series: "Hanging With Mr. Cooper" and "Smart Guy") 1976 Chris Kattan (annoying "SNL" cast member known for playing the characters Mango, Mr. Peepers, and Mr. Forrester, an unintelligible school sports coach, Chris starred in the movie "Corky Romano") 1970 Trey Parker (co-creator and many voices on the animated series "South Park") 1969 Evander Holyfield (boxer had hit ear bit by Mike Tyson in a pro-fight) 1962 John Lithgow ("Third Rock From The Sun" TV series) 1945 Jeannie C. Reily (young country music sex symbol had a hit with "Harper Valley PTA" in 1968) 1945 Robert Reed (The father, Mike Brady) 1932
2003 - A 40-year-old man went over Niagara Falls without safety devices and survived. He was charged with illegally performing a stunt.
1992 - The Madonna album "Erotica" was released.
1977 - Lynyrd Skynyrd vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines (Steve's sister) and road manager Dean Kilpatrick were killed when their plane crashed in Gillsburg, MS. The other four members of the band were seriously injured but survived the crash.
1973 - "The Joker" was released by the Steve Miller Band.
1973 - The Sydney Opera house officially opened.
1962 - The Four Seasons released "Big Girls Don't Cry."
1961 - Bob Dylan's self-titled debut album was recorded.
1955 - "Day-O" was recorded by Harry Belafonte.
1935 - Mao Zedong arrived in Hanoi after his Long March that took just over a year. He then set up the Chinese Communist Headquarters.
Willis McGahee (Running back for American Football's (NFL) Buffalo Bills) 1981 Thomas Wisniewski (Guitarist for Christian speed-punk band MxPx) 1971 Dannii Minogue (Australian pop singer, Kylie's younger sister, released her first single in 1991) 1971 Snoop Dogg (rapper: "Gin and Juice", "Drop It Like It's Hot") 1970 Tom Petty ("American Girl", "Walls", "Free Falling", "Don't Come Around Here No More", "Into the Great Wide Open", "Running Down a Dream", "Room at the Top", "Breakdown", "Refugee", "You Wreck Me") 1950 Wanda Jackson (rockabilly singer of the 1950s-80s: "Let's Have a Party", "Window Up Above", "Kansas City", "Making Believe", "Mean Mean Man", "Cool Love") 1937 Bela Lugosi (Hungarian actor was the title role in the original 1931 movie version of "Dracula") 1882
2006 - The 600th episode of the radio/web dramedy series "Adventures in Odyssey" airs. This episode makes "Odyssey" the longest running weekly, scripted, non-variety series. The show has been on the radio since Nov. 1987.
1995 - Shannon Hoon, the singer of Blind Melon ("No Rain", "Galaxie") died of a cocaine overdose at the age of 28. They had only rleased 2 albums at that time, and several unreleased songs later became their 3rd and final album.
1994 - North Korea and the U.S. signed an agreement requiring North Korea to halt its nuclear program and agree to inspections.
1992 - The erotic photograph book, "Sex," was released by Madonna. The first run of 500,000 copies sold out.
1983 - The Pentagon reported that 2,000 Marines were headed to Grenada to protect and evacuate Americans living there.
1967 - Thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington, DC, in opposition to the Vietnam War.
1964 - The movie based on the musical "My Fair Lady" premiered.
1961 - Bob Dylan recorded "Bob Dylan," his first album. He was 20 years old when he did the recording for Columbia Records. The cost to produce the session was $400.
1958 - Buddy Holly recorded his last studio session. Holly and the Crickets recorded "True Love Ways," "Moondreams," "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," and "Raining in my Heart."
1945 - Women in France were allowed to vote for the first time.
1917 - The first U.S. soldiers entered combat during World War I near Nancy, France.
1908 - A "Saturday Evening Post" advertisement offered a chance to buy a two-sided record from Columbia. This was the first time records were sold.
Brian Pittman (bassist for two Christian rock bands: Relient K and his new band Inhale Exhale) 1980 Will Estes (movie "U-571", JJ Pryor on TV's "American Dreams", and was Will on the unfinished/cancelled TV series "Reunion") 1978 Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia in "Star Wars") 1956 Rich Mullins (wrote many popular worship/gospel songs: "Awesome God", "Sing Your Praise To The Lord", "Creed", died in a car crash in 1997) 1955 Benjamin Netanyahu (President of Israel 1996-99) 1949 Judy Sheindlin ("Judge Judy", TV's tough family court Judge) 1942 Dizzy Gillespie (jazz trumpeter) 1917 Alfred Nobel (Swedish inventor established a peace prize) 1833
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1990 - Seminal grunge band Pearl Jam, then named Mookie Blaylock, play their first show as a band at the Off Ramp club in Seattle, WA. A year later, they released the classic album "Ten" as the newly formed Pearl Jam. Eddie Vedder joined the band after Temple of the Dog broke up, his old band with Chris Cornell, later of Soundgarden.
1969 - Led Zeppelin release the classic album Led Zeppelin II, featuring the hit single "Whole Lotta Love."
1966 - The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go). The single that hit #1 was "You Can't Hurry Love."
1966 - The Beach Boys released the single "Good Vibrations."
1962 - U.S. President Kennedy went on radio and television to inform the United States about his order to send U.S. forces to blockade Cuba. The blockade was in response to the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.
1957 - Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
1938 - Xerox Co, based in Rochester NY, produced their first image.
Jonathan Lipnicki (child with glasses in "Jerry McGuire", also: "Like Mike", "Stuart Little", "The Little Vampire") 1990 Zac Hanson (drummer with his brothers' band Hanson) 1985 Orville Richard "Shaggy" Burrell (Reggae singer: "It Wasn't Me", "Angel", "In The Summertime", "Boombastic") 1968 Toby Mac (McKeehan) (Singer/rapper in landmark Christian/mainstream rap/rock group DC Talk: "Jesus Freak", "Colored People", "In the Light", "Just Between You and Me", "Consume Me", and recently solo: "Irene", "Gone", "Atmosphere", "Burn For You." He also performed "New World," the theme to the movie "Narnia") 1964 Jeff Goldblum ("Jurassic Park", "Independence Day", "The Fly") 1952 Bobby Fuller (singer's one-hit-wonder was "I Fought The Law" before his death in 1966) 1942 Christopher Lloyd (TV: "Taxi", "Stacked", Movies: "Back To The Future 1-3", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Angels in the Outfield" "The Adams Family") 1938 Jerome Lester "Curly" Horwitz ("The 3 Stooges") 1908
Eid ul-Fitr (end of Ramadan, the month of fasting in Islam) Labor Day (New Zealand) First day of astroligical sign Scorpio Mole Day Canning Day
2001 - Apple Computer releases the first iPod.
1995 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin and U.S. President Bill Clinton agree to a joint peacekeeping effort in the war-torn Bosnia.
1992 - Japanese Emperor Akihito became the first Japanese emperor to stand on Chinese soil.
1989 - Hungary became an independent republic, after 33 years of Soviet rule
1978 - China and Japan formally ended four decades of hostility when they exchanged treaty ratifications.
1973 - U.S. President Richard M. Nixon agreed to turn over the subpoenaed tapes concerning the Watergate affair.
1965 - "Turn! Turn! Turn!" was released by the Byrds.
1929 - In the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged starting the stock-market crash that began the Great Depression.
"Weird" Al Yankovic (known for his parodies of popular songs) 1959 Sam Raimi (director: "Spider-Man 1-3", "The Quick and the Dead", "The Gift", "The Evil Dead") 1959 Dwight Yoakam (country singer was in the movies "Sling Blade" and "Panic Room") 1956 Ang Lee (directs Taiwanese and American movies: "Brokeback Mountain", "Crouching Tiger", "The Ice Storm", "Ride With The Devil", "Hulk") 1954 Michael Crichton (author: "Jurassic Park", "The Lost World", "Congo", "Sphere", "The Great Train Robbery", "Timeline") 1942 Philip Kaufman (director/writer: "Raidrs of the Lost Ark (writer)", "The Right Stuff", "Henry & June", "Rising Sun", "Quills", "Twisted") 1936 Johnny Carson (Host of "The Tonight Show" 1961-1992) 1925
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