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2001 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved ...
2001 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that gave police the power to secretly search homes, tap all of a person's telephone conversation and track people's use of the Internet.
1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-U.S. team to win the World Series.
1992 - Madonna's album "Erotica" was released.
1965 - NBC became the first TV network to carry 30 minutes of nightly news seven days a week.
1962 - During the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. military forces went on the highest alert in the postwar era in preparation for a possible full-scale war with the Soviet Union. The U.S. blockade of Cuba officially began on this day.
1948 - The term "cold war" was used for the first time. It was in a speech by Bernard Baruch before the Senate War Investigating Committee.
1939 - Nylon stockings were sold to the public for the first time in Wilmington, DE.
1931 - The George Washington Bridge opened for traffic between New York and New Jersey.
1929 - In the U.S., investors dumped more than 13 million shares on the stock market. The day is known as "Black Thursday."
Kevin Kline [actor: "Dave", "Wild Wild West", "The Big Chill", "The Road To El Dorado (voice)"] 1947 J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson [early rock'n'roll singer/songwriter ("Chantilly Lace", "White Lightning", "Running Bear") who died on the same plane as Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in 1959] 1930
End of the hurricane season Grenada Day (Thanksgiving)
1994 - Susan Smith of Union, SC, claimed that a black carjacker had driven off with her two sons. Smith was later convicted of drowning her children in a nearby lake.
1994 - The Madonna album "Bedtime Stories" was released.
1983 - U.S. troops and soldiers from six Caribbean nations invaded Grenada to restore order and provide protection to U.S. citizens after a recent coup within Grenada's Communist (pro-Cuban) government. The small Caribbean island's government subsequentky became Democratic.
1982 - The first episode of "Newhart" aired on CBS.
1955 - The microwave oven, for home use, was introduced by The Tappan Company.
1917 - The Bolsheviks (Communists) under Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seized power in Russia.
Ciara Princess Harris (R&B singer: "Goodies", "1,2 Step", "Oh", "Promise") 1985 Sarah Thompson ("Angel", "7th Heaven") 1979 Michael Boatman (TV: "China Beach" a Vietnam War drama series, and Carter on "Spin City") 1964 Nancy Cartwright (Voice on "The Simpsons": (Bart, Nelson, Todd Flanders, Ralph Wiggum) 1957 Richard Byrd (The first person to see the North Pole) 1888 Pablo Picasso (artist famous for his stick figure people) 1881
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1998 - Marilyn Manson began its Mechanical Animals tour in Kansas City, MO. "Mechanical Animals" is his best selling album to date.
1992 - Pearl Jam sets a new record for first week sales when the LP "Vs." sold 950,000 copies. Singles included "Daughter", "Dissident", and "Elderly Woman..."
1981 - Queen and David Bowie record "Under Pressure" in Montreaux, Switzerland.
1970 - "Doonesbury," the Liberal comic strip by Gary Trudeau, premiered in 28 newspapers across the U.S.
1905 - Norway gained independence from Sweden.
1881 - The "Gunfight at the OK Corral" took place in Tombstone, AZ. The fight was between Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and Doc Holiday and the Ike Clanton Gang.
1858 - H.E. Smith patented the rotary-motion washing machine.
1825 - The Erie Canal opens - passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
Jon Heder ("Napolean Dynomite", "Just Like Heaven", "The Benchwarmers") 1977 Seth MacFarlane (Creator/animator/writer for: "The Family Guy", "American Dad", "Johnny Bravo", "Cow and Chicken", "Dexter's Laboratory") 1973 Keith Urban (New Zealand/Australian country singer had his first hit in 1991: "You'll Think of Me", "Days Go By") 1967 Natalie Merchant (singer for the 10,000 Maniacs, they didn't have their first hit until the band had broken up: "These Are The Days", and the remake of a Patti Smith song "Because The Night", solo: "Wonder, "Carnival", "Kind and Generous") 1963 Cary Elwes ("The Princess Bride", "Robin Hood-Men In Tights", "The Crush", "Saw") 1962 Hillary Clinton (former US First Lady, current NY state senator) 1947 Pat Sajak (host of "Wheel of Fortune" for over 20 years) 1947 Charles William Post (started Post Cereal Co.) 1854
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1997 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 554.26 points. The stock market was shut down for the first time since the 1981 assassination attempt on U.S. President Reagan.
1982 - Prince's album "1999" was released. Singles were "1999" and "Little Red Corvette."
1925 - Fred Waller received a patent for water skis.
1904 - The New York subway system officially opened.
1858 - Roland Macy opened Macy's Department Store in New York City. It was Macy's eighth business adventure, the other seven failed.
Kelly Osbourne (daughter of Ozzy and Sharon tried unsuccessfully to be a singer) 1984 Scott Weiland (singer for Stone Temple Pilots: "Plush", "Interstate Love Song", "Creep", "Lady Picture Show", "Sour Girl", "Days of the Week", and for Velvet Revolver: "Slither", "Fall To Pieces") 1967 Ivan Reitman (movie director: "Ghostbusters", "Twins", "Junior", "Kindergarten Cop", "Stripes", "Private Parts", "Dave", "Evolution") 1946 John Cleese ["Monty Python", "Rat Race", "Harry Potter", "James Bond (as Q)"] 1939 Theodore Roosevelt (26th US President 1901-09) 1858 Isaac Singer (founded Singer Sewing Machine Co.) 1811 James Cook (British Explorer mapped many Pacific Islands, most notably Hawaii and New Zealand) 1728
Daylight Savings Time ends [clocks go back an hour tonight(Sunday) at 1:00am] "Make a Difference" Day
1996 - The Dow Jones Industial Average gained a record 337.17 points (or 5%). The day before the Dow had dropped 554.26 points (or 7%).
1990 - Iraq announced that it was halting gasoline rationing.
1977 - "Nevermind The Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols" was released in America.
1965 - The Gateway Arch along the waterfront in St. Louis, MO, was completed.
1919 - The U.S. Congress enacted the Volstead Act, also known as the National Prohibition Act. Prohibition was repealed in 1933 with the passing of the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
1904 - The St. Louis Police Department became the first to use fingerprinting.
1886 - The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by U.S. President Cleveland. The statue weighs 225 tons and is 152 feet tall. It was originally known as "Liberty Enlightening the World."
1793 - Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his cotton gin.
Joaquin Phoenix ("Ladder 49", "I Walk The Line", "Gladiator", "Buffalo Soldiers") 1974 Julia Roberts ("Pretty Woman", "Erin Brockovich") 1967 Jami Gertz ["Twister", "Still Standing (TV series)", "Square Pegs (TV)"] 1965 Daphne Zuniga [Princess Vespa in "Spaceballs", TV: "Melrose Place", "American Dreams (season 3)"] 1962 Bill Gates (CEO of Microsoft Computer Co created the original Windows Operating System) 1955 Dennis Franz ("Hill Street Blues" star known for showing his naked butt on "NYPD Blue") 1944 Jonas Salk (developed a Polio Vaccine) 1914
2002 - Christina Aguilera's album "Stripped" was released. Singles included "Fighter" and "Beautiful."
2001 - KTLA broadcasted the HDTV network telecast.
1996 - In Pasadena, California, a judge drops drug possession charges against Scott Weiland, the singer for the Stone Temple Pilots. The judge concluded that Weiland had made significant progress in rehab.
1977 - "Bat Out Of Hell" was released by Meat Loaf. Singles included "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" and "2 Out of 3 Ain't Bad." In addition to other albums Meat Loaf has recorded, two sequels to "Bat" have been released.
1957 - "Oh Boy!" by Buddy Holly & the Crickets was released.
1956 - Videotape was used for the first time in network television programming. CBS recorded the evening news and fed the tape to West Coast stations three hours later.
1945 - The first ballpoint pens to be made commercially went on sale at Gimbels Department Store in New York at the price of $12.50 each.
1936 - Country singer Hank Snow made his first recordings, "Lonesome Blue Yodel" and "Prisoned Cowboy." He later became known in the 1950s for the dance craze "Rhumba Boogie" and "I'm Moving On."
1929 - America's Great Depression began with the crash of the Wall Street stock market.
1682 - William Penn landed at what is now Chester, PA. He was the founder of Pennsylvania.
Winona Ryder (actress arrested for shoplifting thousands of dollars worth of clothes: "Mr. Deeds", "The Crucible", "Mermaids", "A Scanner Darkly", "Simone") 1971 "Serenity" (Pornstar in 1990s-2000s) 1969 Randy Jackson (Jackson 5 member) 1961 Dan Castellaneta (Plays Homer Simpson and other characters on that cartoon) 1957 Kate Jackson (TV's "Charlie's Angels") 1948 Richard Dreyfuss (outspoken liberal actor: "Jaws", "Mr. Holland's Opus", "Close Encounters", "What About Bob?", "Poseidon (2006)", "Krippendorf's Tribe") 1947
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Buy-A-Doughnut Day
National Candy Corn Day (US)
International Orthopaedic Nurses Day
2001 - Michael Jackson's album entitled "Invincible" was released. It was his first full-length album since "Dangerous" in 1991. It was supposed to be his comeback album, but the album sold poorly.
1986 - The Beastie Boys released the LP "License To Ill." Singles included "Fight For Your Right To Party", "Brass Monkey", and "Girls."
1970 - Jim Morrison was sentenced to 6 months in jail and fined $500 for exposing himself in Miami, FL.
1938 - Orson Welles' "The War of the Worlds" aired on CBS radio. The belief that the realistic radio dramatization was a live news event about a Martian invasion caused panic among listeners.
Ivanka Trump (Donald Trump's daughter) 1981 Gavin Rossdale (Singer for Bush: "Come Down", "Glycerine", "Swallowed", "The Chemicals Between Us") 1967 Kevin Pollak (actor/commedian famous for his impressions of Christopher Walken and William Shatner) 1957 Henry Winkler (The Fonz on "Happy Days", movies: "Click", "The Waterboy", "Holes") 1945 Grace Slick (Hipee singer for Jefferson Airplane & Starship) 1939 Emily Post (wrote a popular instructional book "Etiquette" in 1922) 1873 Fyodor Dostoevsky (author of "Crime and Punishment") 1821 John Adams (2nd US President 1797-1801) 1735
Halloween (All Hallow's Eve) Samhain (Irish-Celtic holiday celebrated Oct.31-Nov.2 marking the end of the Harvest) National Caramel Apple Day (USA) Magic Day Halloween in the US is in second place for the most pizzas delivered. In first place is Superbowl Sunday (the final game for American Football).
2006 - Meat Loaf released "Bat Out of Hell 3." 1992 - Prince and the New Power Generation released the album titled with the symbol that was to become Princes alias throughout the 1990s while disputing music rights with his record label. Singles included: "7", and "The Morning Papers." 1956 - Rear Admiral G.J. Dufek become the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole. Dufek also became the first person to set foot on the South Pole. 1941 - Mount Rushmore was declared complete after 14 years of work. At the time the 60-foot busts of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln were finished. 1926 - Magician Harry Houdini died of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix. His appendix had been damaged twelve days earlier when he had been punched in the stomach by a student unexpectedly. During a lecture Houdini had commented on the strength of his stomach muscles and their ability to withstand hard blows. 1922 - Benito Mussolini became prime minister of Italy. 1868 - Postmaster General Alexander Williams Randall approved a standard uniform for postal carriers. 1864 - Nevada became the 36th state to join the U.S. 1517 - Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace Church. The event marked the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
Eddie Kaye Thomas (Paul Finch in the "American Pie" Trilogy and on TV's "Til Death") 1980 Piper Parabo ("Coyote Ugly") 1976 Malin Sofia Katarina Berggren (singer for Ace of Base: "The Sign", "Don't Turn Around", "All That She Wants", "Beautiful Life") 1970 Robert Matthew "Vanilla Ice" Van Winkle (rapper/rocker famous for "Ice Ice Baby") 1968 Peter Jackson (directed "The Lord of the Rings") 1961 Larry Mullen, Jr. (Drummer for rock band U2) 1961 John Candy (commedian/actor died of a heart attack in 1994: "Uncle Buck", "Vacation", "Spaceballs", "Home Alone", "Splash", "Brewster's Millions") 1950 David Ogden Stiers (Major Charles Winchester on TV's "MASH") 1942 Barbara Bel Geddes (TV's "Dallas") 1922 Chiang Kai-Shek (the first constitutional President of the Republic of China) 1887 Juliette Low (founded Girl Scouts in 1913) 1860
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Samhain (Irish-Celtic holiday celebrated Oct.31-Nov.2 marking the end of the Harvest) All Saints' Day Start of National Novel Writing Month
1994 - Nirvana's "MTV Unplugged" performance was released as "MTV Unplugged in New York."
1968 - The movie rating system of G, M, R, X, followed by PG, PG-13 and NC-17 went into effect.
1884 - A meeting of world leaders in Washington, DC set Greenwich, England as the center of the Prime Meridian.
1800 - U.S. President John Adams became the first president to live in the White House when he moved in.
1765 - The British Parliament enacted The Stamp Act in the American colonies. The act was repealed in March of 1766 on the same day that the Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts which asserted that the British government had free and total legislative power of the colonies.
1611 - "The Tempest," Shakespeare's romantic comedy, was first presented at Whitehall Palace in London
1604 - "Othello," the tragedy by William Shakespeare, was first presented at Whitehall Palace in London
1512 - Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were first exhibited to the public.
Jenny McCarthy 1972 Sophie B. Hawkins [pop singer: "As I Lay Me Down", "Damn (I Wish I was Your Lover)"] 1967 Rick Allen (One-armed drummer for Def Leppard) 1963 Larry Flynt (controversial founder of Penthouse Magazine) 1957 Jim Steinman (Meat Loaf's song partner and co-writter, Jim also wrote "Total Eclipse of the Heart", "It's All Coming Back To Me Now") 1947
Samhain (Irish-Celtic holiday celebrated Oct.31-Nov.2 marking the end of the Harvest) All Souls' Day El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) (Mexico)
2003 - Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs ran in the New York City Marathon. He finished in 4 hours, 14 minutes and 54 seconds. He raised $2 million dollars for children.
2001 - The computer-animated movie "Monsters, Inc." opened. The film recorded the best debut ever for an animated film and the 6th best of all time.
1990 - "Graffiti Bridge," Prince's third film, co-starring Tevin Campbell and Mavis Staples opened.
1948 - Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey for the U.S. presidency. The Chicago Tribune published an early edition that had the headline "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN." The Truman victory surprised many polls and newspapers.
1920 - The first commercial radio station in the U.S., KDKA of Pittsburgh, PA, began regular broadcasting.
1889 - North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted into the union as the 39th and 40th states.
Nelly (rapper) 1974 Burt Lancaster (actor: "From Here to Eternity") 1913 Warren G. Harding (29th US President 1921-23) 1865 James K. Polk (11th US President 1845-49) 1795 Marie Antoinette (French Queen said, "Let them eat cake.") 1755 Daniel Boone (blazed wilderness trail in Kentucky) 1734
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