TODAY IS ... 20 OCTOBER

TODAY IS ... 20 OCTOBER

BIRTHDAYS: 1971 - Dannii Minogue, Melbourne Australia, singer, sister of Kylie Minogue – Danni Minogue rose to prominence in the early 1980s for her roles in the Australian television talent show, Young Talent Time and the soap opera Home and Away, before commencing her career as a pop singer in the early 1990s.

1958 – Viggo Mortensen, American actor - His film roles include Aragorn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Frank T. Hopkins in Hidalgo, David Shaw in A Perfect Murder, Tom Stall in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence, and his Academy and Golden Globe Award-nominated role as Nikolai Luzhin in Cronenberg's Eastern Promises.

Viggo Mortensen

1937 - Wanda Jackson - singer: Right or Wrong, Let’s Have a Party, In the Middle of a Heartache; songwriter: [Let’s Stop] Kickin’ Our Hearts Around OTHER EVENTS: 2000 - These films opened in the U.S.: Bamboozled, with Damon Wayans; Bedazzled, with Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley; The Legend of Drunken Master, starring Jackie Chan; Pay It Forward, with Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt; T with Michael Rispoli; and wo Family House,The Yards, starring Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan and Faye Dunaway. 1996 - Spice Girls : Say You'll Be There : No 1 - UK single 1994 – The movie The Specialist starring Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone was released in Australia 1992 - The Madonna album "Erotica" was released. 1973 - The Sydney Opera House is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II

Sydney Opera House

1973 - "The Six Million Dollar Man" premiered on TV. 1973 - Singer/songwriter Jim Croce is killed in a plane crash. He was on his way to a concert in Sherman, Texas when the twin engine plane he was on hits a tree on takeoff. All are killed. Jim Croce was 30. 1973: President Richard Nixon orders Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox over access to Watergate tapes; Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus resign. The public and government outcry called for Nixon's impeachment.