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“Born Today” ASAP Ferg (28) Candice Swanepoel (28) Katie Featherston (34) John Krasinski (37) Rob Cesternino (38) Samuel Witwer (39) Snoop Dogg (45) Dannii Minogue (45) Viggo Mortensen (58) Danny Boyle (60) Melanie Mayron (64) William Russ (66) Tom Petty (66) Featured Above Wanda Jackson (79) Mickey Mantle (RIP) Bela Lugosi (RIP) “Died Today” Ronnie Van Zant (Born: January 15, 1948 / Died: October 20, 1977) Burt Lancaster (Born: November 2, 1913 / Died: October 20, 1994) Jane Wyatt (Born: August 12, 1910 / Died: October 20, 2006) “Movies” 1978 - Attack of the Killer Tomatoes 1987 - The Hidden 1989 - Fat Man and Little Boy 1989 - Gross Anatomy 1989 - Next of Kin 1995 - Get Shorty 1995 - Mallrats 1995 - Never Talk to Strangers 1995 - Now and Then 2000 - Bedazzled 2000 - Pay it Forward 2000 - The Legend of Drunken Master “Music” 1962 - “Monster Mash” was the #1 song https://youtu.be/vNuVifA7DSU 1962 - Frank Ifield’s “I Remember You” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song 1969 - Plastic Ono Band released “Cold Turkey” https://youtu.be/Mu3_2w4ff6Q 1973 - The Rolling Stones had the #1 song with “Angie” https://youtu.be/qa8leK9ejrw 1979 - Herb Alpert’s “Rise” was the #1 song https://youtu.be/eJtXaNmmvsA 1980 - U2 released Boy 1980 - Donna Summer released The Wanderer 1984 - Purple Rain continued to reign as the #1 album 1990 - Garth Brooks’s “Friends in Low Places” was the #1 Country song https://youtu.be/t4X3ZRU5Ghg “TV/Radio” 1979 - Bob Dylan performed on SNL “Other Important Events…” 1955 - J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Return of the King was published this date 1977 - Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and Cassie Gaines, were killed in a plane crash over Missouri.