TODAY IS... 18TH OCTOBER

TODAY IS... 18TH OCTOBER

BIRTHDAYS

1991 - Tyler Posey - star of US TV Series "Lincoln Heights"

 1987 - Zac Efron - Actor ("High School Musical" movies)

Zac Efron
 

1960 - Jean-Claude Van Damme - actor: Kickboxer, Double Impact, Universal Soldier, Nowhere to Run, Last Action Hero, Hard Target, Timecop

Jean-Claude Van Damme

1956 - Martina Navratilova, tennis champion: Australian Open [1981, 1983, 1985], French Open [1982, 1984], Wimbledon [1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990], U.S. Open [1983, 1984, 1986, 1987]; International Women’s Sports Hall of Famer

1926 - Chuck Berry - American singer and composer Rock and Roll Hall of Famer [inducted 1986]; Lifetime Achievement Grammy [1985]; Maybellene, Roll Over Beethoven, School Day, Rock & Roll Music, Sweet Little Sixteen, Johnny B. Goode, My Ding-A-Ling; in films: Rock, Rock, Rock, London Rock and Roll Show, American Hot Wax, Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music, Christmas in Washington

OTHER EVENTS:

2001 - Mamma Mia!opened on Broadway at The Winter Garden Theatre

2000 - Liz Hurley has been greeted by protesters at the Los Angeles premiere of her new film Bedazzled.

1996 - Warner Bros.’ Sleepers opened in U.S. theatres. The movie stars Kevin Bacon, Robert Deniro, Dustin Hoffman, Brad Pitt and Minnie Driver.

1990 - The City of Los Angeles declared "Rocky Horror Picture Show Day." 1989 - The space shuttle Atlantis was launched on a mission that included the deployment of the Galileo space probe.

1986 - Huey Lewis and The News had the number one album in the U.S. Fore was perched at the pinacle of popdom for one week. Fore featured these tracks: Jacob’s Ladder, Stuck with You, Whole Lotta Lovin’, Doing It All for My Baby, Hip to Be Square, I Know What I Like, I Never Walk Alone, Forest for the Trees, Naturally and Simple as That.

1969 - The Jackson 5 made their U.S. television debut on ABC-TV's "Hollywood Place."

1967 - Walt Disney's Jungle Book is released.

1943 - The first broadcast of "Perry Mason" was presented on CBS Radio. The show went to TV in 1957.

1892 - The first long distance telephone line between Chicago and New York was opened.

1867 - The United States officially takes ownership of the territory of Alaska.