NOTABLE BIRTHDAYS FOR OCTOBER 10
Benjamin West (1738-1820) - Anglo-American painter of the Death of General Wolfe.
William Whiting Boardman (1794-1871) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut and a key member of the Whig party.
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Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890) - Speaker of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Dandridge McRae (1829-1899) - Brigadier General of the Confederate Army.
Theodore Shelton Bowers (1832-1866) - Brigadier General for the Union Army.
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Helen Dunbar (1863-1933) - Silent film actress in Fine Manners and Beyond the Rocks.
Earle Dickson (1892-1961) - Inventor of the Band-Aid.
Lester Lonergan Jr (1893-1959) - Stage and screen actor of Guilty Bystander and The Growing Paynes.
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Lamar Stringfield (1897-1959) - First conductor of the NC Symphony.
Helen Hayes (1900-1993) - Actress starring in Caesar & Cleopatra and the first female EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winner).
Jane Winton (1905-1959) - Actress known as the "Green-eyed Goddess" during the 1920s and 30s.
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Johnny Green (1908 -1989) - Winner of 5 Academy Awards for film score, including Body and Soul and An American in Paris.
Florida Friebus (1909-1998) - American actress best known for her roles in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and The Bob Newhart Show as Ms. Bakerman.
Robert F. Boyle (1909-2010) - Movie art director and production designer.
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Milt Larkin (1910-1996) - Trumpeter and bandleader best known for Down Home Saturday Night.
Price Daniel (1910-1988) - The 38th Governor of Texas.
Rudy Bond (1912-1982) - Actor known for his role A Streetcar Named Desire.
Ivory Joe Hunter (1914-1974) - R&B singer songwriter of Since I Met You Baby.
Benson Fong (1916-1987) - Actor with credits in Charlie Chan films and the Flower Drum Song.
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) - Pianist and composer of jazz classics, such as Straight, No Chaser and Brilliant Corners.
Bobby Byrne (1918-2006) - Orchestra leader of Club Seven.
George Rhodes 91918-1985) - Composer and and music director of the Sammy Davis, Jr. Show.
James Clavell (1921-1994) - Novelist of Shogun and King Rat. Also the screenwriter for The Fly and The Great Escape.
Ed Wood (1924-1978) - Filmmaker and director of Plan 9 from Outer Space, which was one of the very first sci-fi films.
Oscar Brown (1926-2005) - Singer and songwriter who discovered the Jackson 5.
Dana Elcar (1927 -2005) - Actor known for his role as Peter Thornton in MacGyver.
Julian "Junior" Mance (1928-2021) - Jazz pianist for Dizzy Gillespie.
Jay Sebring (1933-1969) - Hair stylist and victim of the Manson murders.
Mouse (1940-Still Living) - Artist best known for his psychedelic poster designs and album art for bands like the Grateful Dead and Journey.
Peter Coyote (1941-Still Living) - Movie director, actor and narrator with roles in ET, A Walk to Remember, and Patch Adams.
Bruce Ricker (1942 -2011) - Blues documentarian who worked with Clint Eastwood on the documentary Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser.
Frederick Barthelme (1943-Still Living) - Author of bestseller There Must be Some Mistake.
Ben Vereen (1946-Still Living) - Acclaimed Actor and winner of the American Tony Award for his role in Jesus Christ Superstar.
John Prine (1946-2020) - Country folk singer-songwriter who is known as one of the best songwriters of his generation.
Cyril Neville (1948-Still Living) - Singer, percussionist and second brother of the Neville Brothers band.
Jessica Harper (1949-Still Living) - American actress who replaced Susan Sarandon (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) in the follow up movie Shock Treatment.
Dennis Holmes (1950-Still Living) - Child actor known for his role in the western Laramie.
Nora Roberts (1950-Still Living) - Best-selling novelist who has written over 250 novels.
Gus Williams (1953-Still Living) - NBA guard known as who earned the name "The Wizard" because of his magical moves on the court.
David Lee Roth (1954-Still Living) - Rock singer well known for the song Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody.
Mark Gordon (1956-Still Living) - Film producer of Saving Private Ryan.
J. Eddie Peck (1958-Still Living) - Soap Opera actor with roles on the Bold & Beautiful, All My Children, Days of Our Lives, and The Young and the Restless.
John M. Grunsfeld (1958-Still Living) - American physicist and NASA astronaut.
Tanya Tucker (1958-Still Living) - Iconic country music singer-songwriter.
Bradley Whitford (1959-Still Living) - American actor known for his award winning role in West Wing.
Brian Lee Diemer (1961-Still Living) - Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in 1984 for the steeplechase.
Jodi Benson (1961-Still Living) - Animated voice actor and singer with credits as Ariel in the Little Mermaid and Barbie in the Toy Story franchise, and more.
Quinton Flynn (1964-Still Living) - Voice actor and comedian known for his voice in video games.
Chris Penn (1965-2006) - Actor who played Willard in Footloose and the brother of Sean Penn.
Carolyn Bertozzi (1966-Still Living) - Chemist who won the 2022 Nobel Prize for click chemistry.
Zahn McClarnon (1966-Still Living) - Native American actor known for his roles in Longmire, Dark Winds, and Reservation Dogs.
Michael Giacchino (1967-Still Living) - Multi-award winning director, writer, and composer known for his film scores The Incredibles, Star Trek (2009), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and Jurassic World.
Morgan Neville (1967-Still Living) - Award winning documentary filmmaker whose credits include Best of Enemies, and Won't You Be My Neighbor?.
Brett Favre (1969-Still Living) - Retired American NFL quarterback.
Michael Dean Roland (1972-Still Living) - Collective Soul guitarist and songwriter.
Mario Lopez (1973-Still Living) - Actor most recognized for his role as A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell.
Zach Thornton (1973-Still Living) - Retired soccer goalkeeper.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1974 -Still Living) - Famous auto racer, team owner and race car broadcaster.
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (1978-Still Living) - Actress who played Cassidy on Nash Bridges.
Mýa (1979-Still Living) - Pop and R&B singer best known for her vocals in Lady Marmalade from Moulin Rouge.
Michael Oliver (1981-Still Living) - Child actor known for his role as Junior in Problem Child.
Lzzy Hale (1983-Still Living) - Lead singer for the hard rock band Halestorm.
Troy Tulowitzki (1984-Still Living) - Retired MLB shortstop baseball player who now works.
Aaron Himelstein (1985-Still Living) - Actor who played the younger version of Austin Powers in Goldmember.
HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR OCTOBER 10
1854 - US Assay Office opens in New York City, NY, to manage the smelting of gold and silver.
1863 - Union soldiers take control of Confederates during the Civil War battle at Blue Springs, TN, ending with 166 casualties.
1965 - The Billiard Ball is patented by John Wesley Hyatt.
1802 - Federal government opens the first non-Indian settlement in Oklahoma, allowing whites to claim land in the state.
1871 - After three days ablaze, The Great Chicago Fire is extinguished leaving 300 dead and at least 100,000 homeless.
1886 - King Edward II of England wears the first "tuxedo" dinner jacket to a ball at Tuxedo Park, NY.
1888 - Two trains collide at Mud Run, PA, killing 64 people.
1889 - Barnard College is founded in New York City, opening its doors to allow women to seek a higher education.
1899 - Black inventor Issac R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame.
1902 - Outlaw Tom Horn is put on trial for murdering a 14 year old boy from Wyoming, later being found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging.
1904 - Liberty Theater in midtown Manhattan opens in NYC.
1917 - Plymouth Theatre opens in the Broadway District in NYC.
1920 - Phoenix Cardinals, formerly Chicago Cardinals, play their first NFL game.
1921 - NFL Decatur Staleys, now Chicago Bears, start their first season in the NFL.
1930 - The Associated Press votes Joe Cronin the unofficial American League MVP, while Hack Wilson was voted the unofficial National League MVP.
1932 - The soap opera Betty & Bob premieres on radio.
1933 - Dreft, the Procter & Gamble detergent, goes on sale in stores.
1935 - Porgy & Bess (George Gershwin) opens on Broadway NY.
1956 - Giant, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean premiers in theatres in NYC.
1957 - President Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, after being refused service at a restaurant in Delaware during a goodwill visit.
1958 - US performs one of several nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1960 - WGTE TV begins their broadcast of PBS in Toledo, OH.
1961 - MLB expands the draft to fill two new teams, the Houston Astros and NY Mets.
1961 - Otis M Smith is appointed to Michigan Supreme Court, becoming the first Black judge in the state's history.
1961 - The Bob Newhart Show premieres on NBC.
1963 - Chemist and anti-nuclear weapons campaigner Linus Pauling wins the Nobel Peace Prize the same day the US, Soviet Union, and the UK implement the nuclear test treaty takes.
1965 - Yale University introduces The Vinland Map documenting early Viking exploration as the first known map of America (created in or around 1440).
1965 - The Supremes appear on the The Ed Sullivan Show.
1969 - The Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack is recorded.
1973 - After pleading no contest to tax fraud, US Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns.
1974 - MLB Oakland A's Mike Andrews files $25 million lawsuit against team owner Charlie Finley for breach of contract.
1976 - In the opening game at the Giant's Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, the NY Giants lose to the Dallas Cowboys 24–14.
1978 - Steven Tyler & Joe Perry of Aerosmith are injured by a cherry bomb while performing in Philadelphia.
1978 - Steve Perry becomes the lead singer of Journey.
1979 - The iconic rock band Fleetwood Mac gets a star in Hollywood.
1980 - Goldie Hawn stars in the successful comedy Private Benjamin.
1983 - The true life drama about the murder of a young boy (Adam) premieres on NBC.
1987 - Bruce Springsteen releases Tunnel of Love.
1987 - NHL Hockey player Doug Jarvis ends his career, having played 964 consecutive games.
1990 - The 67th manned space mission Discovery 11 returns to the US from space.
1991 - Ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills four postal workers in NJ.
1996 - The Holocaust Museum dedication in NYC takes place.
2002 - Vernon Smith and Daniel Kahneman are awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences for their work in experimental economics.
2016 - Actress Shailene Woodley is arrested for trespassing during the Dakota Access Pipeline protest in ND.
2017 - Joel Embiid signs a 5 year contract for $148 million, making him one of the highest paid rookies in NBA history.
