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Today In History Basic Datebook-October 9th

For The Weekday Of: Thursday in 2008, Friday in 2009
Today in History Basic!
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People on October 9th: birthdates

Jennifer Aspen: 1973 (is 35 in 2008, 36 in 2009)
Actress, Party of Five's Daphne Jablonsky, Rodney's Trina Hamilton
Scott Bakula: 1954 (is 54 in 2008, 55 in 2009)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Singer, TV Director, Quantum Leap's Sam Beckett, Murphy Brown's Peter Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Smith's Mr. Smith, Enterprise's Captain Jonathan Archer; not b. 1955
Carling Bassett: 1967 (is 41 in 2008, 42 in 2009)
Tennis Player, Actress, Canadian, MLN:Seguso
Gary Bennett: 1964 (is 44 in 2008, 45 in 2009)
Country/Western Performer, of BR5-49
Linwood Boomer: 1955 (is 53 in 2008, 54 in 2009)
Actor, Little House on the Prarie's Adam Kendall
Leo Boyer: 2007 (is 1 in 2008, 2 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Kim Raver and Manu's son
Jackson Browne: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Pianist, West German, Protestant
Zachery Ty Bryan: 1981 (is 27 in 2008, 28 in 2009)
TV Actor, Home Improvement's Brad Taylor
Pat Burke: 1937 (is 71 in 2008, 72 in 2009)
Saxophonist, Flautist, Jamaican, of Foundations
Steve Burns: 1973 (is 35 in 2008, 36 in 2009)
Actor, TV Host, former Blues Clues host
Richard Chaves: 1951 (is 57 in 2008, 58 in 2009)
Actor, Days of Our Lives' Captain Eduardo
Autumn Isabella Chiklis: 1993 (is 15 in 2008, 16 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Michelle and Michael's girl
Gulliermo Del Toro: 1964 (is 44 in 2008, 45 in 2009)
Movie Director
Fyvush Finkel: 1922 (is 86 in 2008, 87 in 2009)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Picket Fences' Douglas Wambaugh, Boston Public's Harvey Lipschultz; some say b. 1925 or 1923
Gary Frank: 1950 (is 58 in 2008, 59 in 2009)
Actor, Family's Willie Lawrence
Kenny Garrett: 1960 (is 48 in 2008, 49 in 2009)
Alto-sax
P. J. Harvey: 1969 (is 39 in 2008, 40 in 2009)
Singer, RFMN: Polly Jean
Doug Heath: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, of Paul Revere and the Raiders
James Hyde: 1962 (is 46 in 2008, 47 in 2009)
Soap Actor, Another World's Neil Johanssen, As the World Turns' Liam, Passions' Sam Bennett
Sheila Kelley: 1964 (is 44 in 2008, 45 in 2009)
TV Actress, L.A. Law's Gwen Taylor, Sisters' Charlotte "Charley" Bennett
Shona Laing: 1955 (is 53 in 2008, 54 in 2009)
Singer, New Zealand, of Manfred Mann's Earthband 1970s, soloist
Sean Lennon: 1975 (is 33 in 2008, 34 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Singer, Guitarist, Pianist, Composer, English, John & Yoko's son: MN:Taro Ono
Russell Myers: 1938 (is 70 in 2008, 71 in 2009)
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Broom Hilda
Kurt Neumann: 1961 (is 47 in 2008, 48 in 2009)
Singer/Guitarist, of BoDeans
John O'Hurley: 1956 (is 52 in 2008, 53 in 2009)
TV/Soap Actor, Loving's Keith Lane or Jonathan Matalaine, Young & the Restless' Dr. James Grainger, Santa Barbara's Stephen Slade, Seinfeld's J. Peterman, Father of the Pride's Blake
Sharon Osbourne: 1952 (is 56 in 2008, 57 in 2009)
TV Talk Show Hostess, Soap Actress, Ozzy's wife since 1982; Days of Our Lives' Pam
Kianna Elle Osgood: 2004 (is 4 in 2008, 5 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Terri Ivens and Mark's daughter
Michael Pare: 1959 (is 49 in 2008, 50 in 2009)
Actor, The Greatest American Hero's Tony Villicana, Eddie and the Cruisers frontman
Brandon Routh: 1979 (is 29 in 2008, 30 in 2009)
Movie/Soap Actor, One Life to Live's Seth Anderson, Superman Returns
Jean Sagal: 1961 (is 47 in 2008, 48 in 2009)
Actress, Double Trouble's Kate Foster; Liz's twin sister, Katey's sister
Liz Sagal: 1961 (is 47 in 2008, 48 in 2009)
Actress, Double Trouble's Allison Foster; Jean's twin sister, Katey's sister
Brooke Saint James: 1962 (is 46 in 2008, 47 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, of Tyketto, Wings
Dave Samuels: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
Vibraphonist, of Spyro Gyra
Tony Shalhoub: 1953 (is 55 in 2008, 56 in 2009)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Wings' Antonio Scarpacci, Galaxy Quest, Monk's Adrian Monk
Donald Sinden: 1923 (is 85 in 2008, 86 in 2009)
Actor, English
Michael Lee Smith: 1951 (is 57 in 2008, 58 in 2009)
Singer, lead of Starz
Randy Spelling: 1978 (is 30 in 2008, 31 in 2009)
Actor, Malibu Shores' Flipper, 90210's Ryan Sanders, Sunset Beach's Sean Richards; Tori's brother, Aaron's son; some say b, 1976 (AP)
Tommy Shane Steiner: 1973 (is 35 in 2008, 36 in 2009)
Country Singer
Ellen Wheeler: 1961 (is 47 in 2008, 48 in 2009)
TV Actress, Soap Actress, Another World's Marley Love, All My Children's Cindy Parker Chandler, Dark Shadows' Phyllis Wicke, Bold & The Beautiful's Sara, Another World's Marley Love Hudson, As the World Turns' Marley Hudson
Tyler James Williams: 1992 (is 16 in 2008, 17 in 2009)
Actor, Sesame Street 1996-2002, Everybody Hates Chris's Chris Rock
Jason Wingreen: 1919 (is 89 in 2008, 90 in 2009)
Actor, All in the Family's Harry Snowden
Robert Wuhl: 1951 (is 57 in 2008, 58 in 2009)
Actor, Comedian, Writer, of Batman, Bull Durham, Good Morning Vietnam, Arli$$ deal-maker

People on October 9th: birth anniversaries

Edward Andrews: 1914=d.Mar 8, 1985 (was 70)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Broadside, Supertrain's conductor
Edward Bok: 1863=d.Jan 9, 1930 (was 66)
Editor, Ladies Home Journal 1889-1919
Wally Brown: 1904=d.Nov 13, 1961 (was 57)
Actor, Cimarron City's Jed Fame
Bruce Catton: 1899?=d.Aug 28, 1978 (was 78)
Historian, Writer, The Civil War; some say b. Oct 8, 1899
Woody Chamblis: 1917=d.Jan 8, 1981 (was 63)
Actor, Gunsmoke's Mr. Lathrop
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra: 1547 N.S.=d.Apr 23, 1616 (was 68)
Novelist, Dramatist/Playwright, Poet, Spanish, Don Quixote creator, the Man Of LaMancha; other style says b. Sep 29, 1547 O.S.
John Entwistle: 1944=d.Jun 27, 2002 (was 57)
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Bassist, Songwriter, English, b. in London; MN:Alec; of The Who; Oct 9 is correct although several sources state Sep 10 or 1942 or 1946, but, it is Oct 9 according to The Who's box set booklet "30 Years of Maximum R&B CD"
Lila Kedrova: 1917=d.Feb 16, 2000 (was 82)
Movie/Stage Actress, LN:Howard; was in her 80's at time of death; Zorba the Greek
King Charles X Of France: 1757=d.Nov 6, 1836 (was 79)
King, ruled 1824-1830
Eugen Langen: 1833=d.Oct 2, 1895 (was 61)
Engineer, German, pioneered in building internal-combustion engines.
John Lennon: 1940=d.Dec 8, 1980 (was 40)
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Music Producer, Songwriter, Artist, Movie Actor, English, b. in Liverpool; of The Quarrymen, Moondogs, Silver Beatles, Beatles co-lead, Plastic Ono Band, Elephant's Memory, soloist; MN:Ono nee Winston; Yoko Ono's hubby, Cynthia's ex-; in Rock Hall of Fame as a solo and a Beatle
James Lockwood: 1852=d.????
Explorer, Soldier; Arctic explorer discovered Lockwood Island, the northernmost point of land
Hank Patterson: 1888=d.Aug 23, 1975 (was 86)
Actor, Gunsmoke's Hank, Green Acres' Fred Ziffel
Joe Rosenthal: 1911=d.Aug 20, 2006 (was 94)
Photojournalist, photographed his immortal image of World War II servicemen raising an American flag over battle-scarred Iwo Jima.
Camille Saint-Saens: 1835=d.Dec 16, 1921 (was 86)
Composer, Teacher, French, teaches piano
Howard Saint John: 1905=d.Mar 13, 1974 (was 68)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Li'l Abner's General Bullmoose
Otto Schnering: 1891=d.????
Manufacturer, b. in Chicago; Baby Ruth candy bars
Alastair Sim: 1900=d.Aug 19, 1976 (was 75)
Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Director, Scotish, A Christmas Carol's Scrooge
Elmer Snowden: 1900=d.May 14, 1973 (was 72)
Jazz Performer, Banjoist, Guitarist, Saxophonist, Bandleader, of Duke Ellington orchestra
Jacques Tati: 1908=d.Nov 5, 1982 (was 74)
Actor, Producer/Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, French, RN:Jacques Tatischeff
Judy Tyler: 1932=d.Jul 4, 1957 (was 24)
TV/Movie Actress, Howdy Doody Show's Princess Summerfall Winterspring of the Tinka Tonka tribe; in many 50s TV varieties; d. car crash
Max Von Laue: 1879=d.Apr 23, 1960 (was 80)
Physicist, German, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1914 for his work on the diffraction of X-rays in crystals.
Charles R. Walgreen: 1873=d.Dec 11, 1939 (was 66)
Businessperson, drugstore chain founder
Robert Warwick: 1878=d.Jun 6, 1964 (was 85)
Movie Actor, Zorro, Lady Godiva
Lee Wiley: 1915=d.Dec 11, 1975 (was 60)
Jazz Performer, Singer
Shannon "Savannah" Wilsey: 1970=d.Jul 11, 1994 (was 23)
XXX-rated actress, An e-mailer indicated that she committed suicide

People on October 9th: death anniversaries

Tex Allen: 1998 (was 92)/b.Mar 28, 1906
Actor, Born Irvine E. Theodore Baehr; FN:Robert; cowboy star
Gordon Allport: 1967 (was 69)/b.Nov 11, 1897
Psychologist, Educator, developed an original theory of personality.
Benjamin Banneker: 1806 (was 74)/b.Nov 9, 1731
Inventor, Astronomer, Mathematician, Author, Clockmaker; almanacs
Connee Boswell: 1976 (was 68)/b.Dec 3, 1907
Jazz Singer, TV Actress, Jazz-pop; d. 10-12-76,64?
Jacques Brel: 1978 (was 49)/b.Apr 8, 1929
Singer/Guitarist, Composer, Belgiumese
Carol Bruce: 2007 (was 87)/b.Nov 15, 1919
TV/Stage Actress, Singer, WKRP in Cincinnatti's Lillian "Mama" Carlson
Dagmar: 2001 (was 74)/b.Nov 29, 1926
TV Actress, Panelist, Masquerade Party; aka Jennie Lewis; RN:Virginia Ruth Egnor
David Dukes: 2000 (was 55)/b.Jun 6, 1945
TV Actor, Winds of War, Sisters' Wade Halsey, Mommies' Jack, Dawson's Creek's Mr. McPhee; NOT the ex-KKK leader
Anna Freud: 1982 (was 86)/b.Dec 3, 1895
Scientist, Austrian, Psychoanalyst; Sigmund's daughter; b. Vienna, d. London; founder of child psychoanalysis and one of its foremost practitioners. She also made fundamental contributions to understanding how the ego, or consciousness, functions in averting painful ideas, impulses, and feelings.
Joseph Farwell Glidden: 1906 (was 93)/b.Jan 18, 1813
Inventor, invented the first commercially useable barbed wire
James Hill: 1994 (was 75)/b.1919
Movie Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, English, Born Free
Miriam Hopkins: 1972 (was 69)/b.Oct 18, 1902
TV/Movie Actress
Milton "Bags" Jackson: 1999 (was 76)/b.Jan 1, 1923
Guitarist, Jazz Pianist, Vibraphonist, of Modern Jazz Quartet
Walter Kerr: 1996 (was 83)/b.Jul 8, 1913
Stage Critic, N.Y. Times drama critic
Clare Boothe Luce: 1987 (was 84)/b.Apr 10, 1903
Author, Congressperson, Dramatist/Playwright, Ambassador, Journalist, Diplomat, Actress, b. Mar 10?
Andre Maurois: 1967 (was 82)/b.Jul 26, 1885
Author, Biographer, Novelist, Essayist, French, RN:Emile Salomon Herzog
Lulu McConnell: 1962 (was 80)/b.Apr 8, 1882
Comedienne, Panelist, It Pays to Be Ignorant
Louis Nye: 2005 (was 92)/b.May 1, 1913
Comedian, Radio Actor, Panelist, RLN:Nyestadt; Char: smug Gordon Hathaway (Hi-ho Steverino!); Steve Allen Show reg, Ann Sothern Show's Dr. Delbert Gray, The Beverly Hillbillies' Sonny Drysdale, $1.98 Beauty Show
Pope Pius XII: 1958 (was 82)/b.Mar 2, 1876
Religious Leader, RN:Eugenio Pacelli; 260th pope 1939-58
Thalmus Rasulala: 1991 (was 51)/b.Nov 15, 1939
Actor, What's Happening!'s Bill Thomas, Roots, New Dragnet's Capt. Boltz
Herbert Ross: 2001 (was 74)/b.May 13, 1927
Movie Director, Choreographer, Footloose
John Scali: 1995 (was 77)/b.Apr 27, 1918
Newscaster, Journalist, Diplomat, ABC News
Harvey Vernon: 1996 (was 69)/b.Jun 30, 1927
Actress, Carter Country's Dep. Jasper DeWitt Jr.
Felix Wankel: 1988 (was 86)/b.Aug 13, 1902
Engineer, Inventor, German, 1st rotary internal combustion engine
Morris West: 1999 (was 83)/b.Apr 26, 1916
Author, Australian

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General events on October 9th

In 1642, the first commencement exercises were held at Harvard College.

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Government and Politics on October 9th

In 1867, the Russians formally transferred Alaska to the United States. The U.S. bought Alaska for seven-point-six-million dollars...or about 13 dollars a square mile.

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War, Crime and Disaster events on October 9th

In 439, The ancient city of Carthage was captured on this day by Genseric (GIHN'-sehr-ihk) the Vandal. Presumably, the city was mercilessly vandalized.

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Royalty and Religious events on October 9th

In 1514, King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII.

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Human Achievement and Science events on October 9th

In 1000, Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England). c. 1002.

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Arts and Prose events on October 9th

In 1446, the Korean alphabet, created under the aegis of King Sejong, was first published.

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Weird and Other events on October 9th

In 1989, the official Soviet news agency Tass reported that an unidentified flying object, complete with a trio of tall aliens, had visited a park in the city of Voronezh.

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Random Generated Jokes, Quotes, and Other Stuff!

Today's 'Confused-Us' Saying...
"a great idea needs landing gear, not just wings."

Random Thought...
"Your lawn is never the same again"

Another Random Thought...
"I have a magnetic personality - keep me away from diskettes"

And Another Random Thought...
"A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing"

Still Another Random Thought...
"The man who lives only by hope will die with despair"

Yet Another Random Thought...
"Failed Mr. Wizard Experiment: How much Crisco can you eat?"

Murphy's Law of the Day...
"Nice guys(girls) finish last. - Murphy's Love Laws"

Computer Tagline...
"Strange BBS Abbreviations: WCAWYT? = Who Cares About What You Think?"

Today's Steven Wright Joke...
"I went to a fancy french restaurant called "Deja Vu." The headwaiter said, "Don't I know you?""

Today's 'You Might Be A Redneck If' (tm) Joke...
"Your wife can climb a tree faster than your cat."

Today's Sniglet(tm)...
"STURP v. To pin down a runaway piece of paper or currency with one's foot before the wind blows it away."

Today's Book Hype...
"Daddy are We There Yet?: Miles Away"

Today's Actual Headline...
"LACK OF WATER HURTS ICE FISHING "

Today's Signs You Are a Computer Addict...
"You go to the government server and say "Soon, I will control you.""

Today's Computer Glossary...
"64-BIT MACHINE - a computer selling for eight bucks."

Today's Daffynition...
"Orgasm: Person who accompanies the church choir."

Today's Einstein Quote...
"The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms., from Life Magazine, 1/9/50"

Today's Hannibal Lecter Joke...
"Why won't Hannibal Lecter eat Ben and Jerry? Goes straight to his thighs!"

Today's They Do It...
"Racers like to come in first"

Today's Old Never Die...
"OLD JOKES never die, they just get retold by the young"

Today's Mark Twain Quote...
"Can we afford Civilization? -- "To the Person Sitting in Darkness""

Today's Oxymoron...
"Extinct Life"

Today's Confused Us Quote...
"since the left half of the brain controls the right half of the body, only us lefties are in our right minds. "

Today's Star Trek(tm) Tag...
"Cut life support to all quarters with children. * Picard"

Today's Star Trek (tm) Quote...
Only a fool fights in a burning house. -- Kank the Klingon, "Day of the Dove," stardate unknown.

Today's Star Trek TNG (tm) Quote...
You reacted fast, Lieutenant. But futilely. I will learn to do better, sir. -- Star Trek. Riker, Picard, Worf, "Encounter at Farpoint"

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