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October 9 Birthdays in History - October 9 Deaths - October 9 Events
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October 9, 1981 Zachery Ty Bryan, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Brad-Home Improvement October 9, 1979 Ashley Anderson, Miss Delaware Teen USA 1996 October 9, 1979 Lydia Jane Lipscombe, Christchurch NZ, breastroker 1996 Olympics October 9, 1978 Randy Spelling, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Sean Richards-Sunset Beach October 9, 1977 Lee San San, Miss Hong Kong Universe 1997 October 9, 1976 Rebecca Darrington, Gillette Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming 1997 October 9, 1975 Mahendra Nagamootoo, cricketer, Guyanese leg-spinner October 9, 1975 Mark Viduka, Australian soccer striker, Olyroos, Olympics-96 October 9, 1975 Sean Ono Lennon, John and Yoko's Son October 9, 1974 Kavika Pittman, defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys October 9, 1974 Keith Booth, NBA forward, Chicago Bulls October 9, 1973 A J Ofodile, NFL tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers October 9, 1973 Alexey Trochshinskiy, hockey defenseman, Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998 October 9, 1973 Brandon Pollard, Richmond, Virginia, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold October 9, 1973 Dexter McCleon, cornerback for the St. Louis Rams October 9, 1972 Maurice Kelly, CFL linebacker for the BC Lions October 9, 1972 Roman Oben, tackle for the New York Giants October 9, 1971 Pete Mitchell, NFL tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars October 9, 1970 Annika Sorenstam, Stockholm Sweden, LPGA golfer, 1995 U.S. Women's Open October 9, 1970 Kenny Anderson, NBA guard, Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trailblazers October 9, 1970 Oleg Kryazhev, hockey forward, Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998 October 9, 1969 Charles Jordan, wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins October 9, 1969 Dwayne Sabb, NFL outside linebacker for the New England Patriots October 9, 1967 Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canada, tennis player/actress, Spring Fever October 9, 1967 Gheorge Popescu, Romania, soccer player, Barcelona October 9, 1967 Gica Popescu, Romania, soccer player, PSV October 9, 1966 Mike Williams, NFL wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins October 9, 1964 Martin Jaite, Argentina, tennis star October 9, 1961 Arlene Boxhall, Zimbabwe, field hockey, 1980 Olympics gold October 9, 1961 Jean Sagal, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kate-Double Trouble, Grease 2 October 9, 1961 Liz Sagal, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Allison-Double Trouble, Grease 2 October 9, 1961 Trevor Matich, NFL center/guard for the Washington Redskins October 9, 1959 Michael Pare, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Greatest American Hero, Houston Knights October 9, 1959 Mike Singletary, NFL middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears October 9, 1957 Yuri Vladimirovich Usachyov, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-18, TM-23 October 9, 1955 Linwood Boomer, Vancouver, actor, Adam-Little House on the Prairie October 9, 1955 Steve Ovett, England, runner, Olympics-800m gold, 1500m bronze-1980 October 9, 1954 Scott Bakula, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Quantum Leap, Gung Ho, Murphy Brown October 9, 1953 Hank Pfister, Bakersfield Cat, tennis star October 9, 1953 Tony Shalhoub, actor, Antonio Scarpacci-Wings, Big Night October 9, 1951 Richard Chaves, born in Jacksonville, Florida, actor, Cease Fire, Predator October 9, 1951 Robert Wuhl, Union, New Jersey, actor, Bull Durham, Good Morning Vietnam October 9, 1950 Gary Frank, Spokane, Washington, actor, Enemy Territory, Deadly Weapon October 9, 1950 Mick Malone, cricketer, WA seamer, Test 1977, made 46 took 5-63, 1-14 October 9, 1949 Shep Messing, Israel, soccer goal tender, New York Cosmos October 9, 1948 Dave Samuels, vibraphonist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance October 9, 1948 Jackson Browne, U.S. Base in Germany, rock voclaist, Lawyers in Love October 9, 1945 Jeannie C Riley, Texas, singer, Harper Valley PTA, Hee Haw October 9, 1945 Naftali Bon, Kapsabet Kenya, 4x400m runner, 1968 Olympics silver October 9, 1944 John Entwistle, London, rock guitarist and vocalist, Who-Baba O'Riley October 9, 1944 Nona Hendrix, R and B singer, Patti LaBelle and Blue Belles October 9, 1944 Peter Tosh, Jamaica, reggae musician, Mystic Man, Mama Africa October 9, 1941 Trent Lott, Rep-R-MS, 1973- October 9, 1940 Gordon J Humphrey, Sen-R-NH, 1979- October 9, 1940 Hans Ulrich Humpert, composer October 9, 1940 Joe Pepitone, baseball 1st baseman, New York Yankee October 9, 1940 John Lennon, English Musician October 9, 1939 O V Wright, rocker October 9, 1939 Pierre Mertens, French/Belgian writer, Lettres Clandestines October 9, 1938 Heinz Fischer, Austrian Statesman October 9, 1937 Brian Blessed, English actor, King Arthur, High Road to China October 9, 1937 Pat Burke, rocker, Foundations October 9, 1935 Don[ald] McCullin, British photographer October 9, 1935 Edward GNPP, English prince/duke of Kent October 9, 1935 Jules Croiset, Dutch actor, Help, Doctor Verzuipt! October 9, 1935 Paul Barton, cricketer, NZ batsman in early 1960's, century vs. South Africa October 9, 1935 Paul J M Beers, Dutch actor, Mother Courage and Her Children October 9, 1934 Jacobo Majluta Azar, politician October 9, 1933 Bill Tidy, English cartoonist, Fosdyke Saga October 9, 1930 David Rounds, Bronxville, New York, actor, Terence-Beacon Hill October 9, 1930 Fjolnir Stefansson, composer October 9, 1928 Einojuhani Rautavaara, Helsinki Finland, composer, Kaivos October 9, 1927 Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, Russion Orthodox Priest October 9, 1926 Daniele Delorme, [Gabrielle Girard], Paris, actress, Pardon My Affair October 9, 1925 Robert Finch, actor, Academy Theater October 9, 1924 Robert A Rushworth, Madison Maine, test pilot, X-15 October 9, 1923 Donald Sinden, England, actor, Doctor at Large, Mogambo, Simba October 9, 1923 Ronald Tremain, composer October 9, 1922 Fyvush Finkel, actor, Middle Ages, Picket Fences October 9, 1922 Raymond Wilding-White, composer October 9, 1921 Tadeusz Rozewicz, Polish poet and writer, Utwory dramatyczne October 9, 1920 Jens Bjorneboe, Norway, poet and writer, Dikt, Jonas October 9, 1920 Vivienne Della Chiesa, U.S., actress October 9, 1920 Yusef Lateef, composer October 9, 1919 Rezso Sugar, composer October 9, 1918 E Howard Hunt, Hamburg, New York, involved in Watergate break-in October 9, 1918 E. Howard Hunt, Criminal October 9, 1917 Kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer 1932 Olympics gold October 9, 1914 Edward Andrews, Griffin Georgia, actor, Tea and Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat October 9, 1914 Roger Goeb, composer October 9, 1910 Donald Coggan, English archbishop of York/Canterbury, Glory of God October 9, 1910 Phil Hanna, River Forest, Illinois, singer, Once Upon a Tune October 9, 1908 Jacques Tati[scheff], La Pecq France, director, Traffic, Playtime October 9, 1908 James E Folsom, Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59 October 9, 1907 Klaes Karppinen, Findland, 4 x 10K relay 1936 Olympics gold October 9, 1906 13th earl of Stair, English Lt-colonel/large landowner October 9, 1906 Janis Ivanovs, composer October 9, 1906 Leopold Sedor Senghor, poet/president of Senegal, 1960-80 October 9, 1906 Wolfgang Staudte, German director, Die Morder sind unter uns October 9, 1905 Euphemia MacDonald, dance producer October 9, 1905 Howard St. John, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Born Yesterday, Li'l Abner October 9, 1904 Carl Parrish, composer October 9, 1904 J Dito, Dutch dominican/broadcast chairman, KRO, 1938-45 October 9, 1904 Wally Brown, Malden, Massachusetts, actor, Zombies on Broadway, Girl Rush October 9, 1903 Walter O'Malley, baseball team owner, Dodgers October 9, 1900 Alastair Sims, Edinburgh Scot, actor, Christmas Carol, Stage Fright October 9, 1900 Silvio Cator, Haiti, long jumper 1928 Olympics silver October 9, 1899 Bruce Catton, U.S., historian and writer, Civil War October 9, 1893 Heinrich George, Schulz, German actor, Hitlerjunge Quex October 9, 1893 M de Andrade, writer October 9, 1893 Mario R de Morais Andrade, Brazilian writer/poet/story teller October 9, 1892 Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian Poet October 9, 1892 Ivo Andric, Writer October 9, 1890 Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, Pentecostal, /radio preacher October 9, 1890 Alfred Julius Swan, composer October 9, 1890 Janis Medins, composer October 9, 1888 Hank Patterson, Alabama, actor, Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres October 9, 1888 Irving Cummings Sr, New York City, silent screen star/director, Curly Top October 9, 1886 Frank Newburg, actor, Homemaker October 9, 1884 Helene Deutsch, [Rosenbach], psychoanalyst, Boston October 9, 1884 Martin Elmer Johnson, explorer/photographer October 9, 1878 Robert Warwick, [Bien], Sacramento California, actor, Falcon's Adventure October 9, 1875 Reynaldo Hahn, composer October 9, 1873 Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer, Schwarzschild effect October 9, 1871 Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education, 1939-4- October 9, 1869 Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer October 9, 1863 Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof, Moscow Cons 1888-91 October 9, 1859 Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer, Dreyfus Affair October 9, 1858 Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer, Philips October 9, 1847 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer, Limburg's coal basin October 9, 1847 Stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist, Afr Bond October 9, 1835 Camille Saint-Saens, Paris, France, composer, Ode a Sainte Cecile October 9, 1830 Harriet Hosmer, sculptor October 9, 1823 Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black U.S. newspaper publishers October 9, 1822 George Sykes, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1880 October 9, 1819 Samuel McGowan, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1897 October 9, 1813 Giuseppe Fortunio Francesco Verdi, Italian composer, Traviata, Aida October 9, 1813 John Jones Pettus, Confederate governor, D-Miss, 1859-63 October 9, 1782 Lewis Cass, Gov-Mich October 9, 1771 Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick, 1813-15 October 9, 1766 Bedrich Divis Weber, composer October 9, 1760 Pierre Gaveaux, composer October 9, 1757 Charles X, reactionary king of France, 1824-30, ; deposed October 9, 1727 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer October 9, 1663 Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic, Arcadia October 9, 1626 John Ferrabosco, composer October 9, 1586 Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn October 9, 1581 Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist October 9, 1547 Miguel de Cervantes, novelist, Don Quixote October 9, 1261 Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal, 1279-1325 October 9, 1201 Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris |