70s

“Born Today” Samantha Barks (26) Kristina and Karissa Shannon (27) Dia Frampton (29) Camilla Belle (30) John Morris (32) Brianna Brown (37) Ayumi Hamasaki (38) Mandisa (40) Efren Ramirez (43) Lene of Aqua (43) Tiffany (45) Kelly Ripa (46) Maribel Verdú (46) Gillian Welch (49) Jeff Bennett (54) Philip Oakey (61) Lorraine Bracco (62) Sting (65) Annie Leibovitz (67) Donna Karan (68) Avery Brooks (66) Don Mclean (71) Rex Reed (78) Mahatma Gandhi (RIP) Julius Marx “Groucho Marx” (RIP) “Died Today” Rock Hudson (Born: November 17, 1925 / Died: October 2, 1985) Harriet Nelson (Born: July 18, 1909 / Died: October 2, 1994) Gene Autry (Born: September 29, 1907 / Died: October 2, 1998) Tamara Dobson (Born: May 14, 1947 / Died: October 2, 2006) “Movies” 1968 - Coogan’s Bluff 1977 - Julia 1981 - Enter the Ninja 1981 - Paternity 1987 - Anna 1987 - Slam Dance 1992 - Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 - Hero 1992 - The Mighty Ducks 1992 - Mr. Baseball 1992 - Of Mice and Men “Music” 1965 - The McCoys’ “Hang On Sloopy” was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 https://youtu.be/iBg3bvhZPZA 1969 - The Shocking Blue released “Venus” on this date 1970 - Pink Floyd released Atom Heart Mother 1971 - Rod Stewart had the #1 song on the Billboard chart with “Maggie May” https://youtu.be/m2CQ0FvAZuw 1976 - Helen Reddy’s “I Can’t Hear You No More” was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart 1978 - Toto released “Hold the Line” https://youtu.be/j0BSbfpUD7c 1982 - John Cougar Mellencamp’s “Jack & Diane” was the #1 song https://youtu.be/XzAVTzfapOE 1982 - Kenny Rogers had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with “Love Will Turn You Around” “TV/Radio” 1955 - Alfred Hitchcock Presents premiered on CBS 1959 - Twilight Zone premiered on CBS https://youtu.be/GnWmfiLlqAE 1961 - Ben Casey premiered on ABC “Other Important Events…” 1950 - First comic strip of Peanuts (Charlie Brown), then titled Li’l Folks, was published 1967 - Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black Supreme Court Justice on this date