Today in History for October 2010

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 3 of 3

6th - Roy Halladay pitches the second no-hitter in MLB Postseason History during Game 1 of the NLDS versus the Cincinnati Reds
10th - The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved.
13th - The 2010 Copiapó mining accident in Copiapó, Chile comes to an end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground awaiting rescue.

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 6 of 5

10th - Actress and singer Alexa Vega (22) weds film producer Sean Covel (34) at the historical Homestake Opera House in South Dakota
10th - Actor Dave Annable (31) weds actress Odette Yustman (25) at Twin Peaks Ranch in Ojai, California
10th - American Idol Season 9 runner-up Crystal Bowersox (25) weds musician Brian Walker at the Uncommon Ground Cafe in Chicago
10th - "Blossom" actress Jenna von Oy (33) weds Dell computer data consultant Brad Bratcher (39) in Newtown, Connecticut
23rd - Singer-songwriter Katy Perry (25) weds actor-comedian Russell Brand (35) at luxury resort Aman-i-Khas in Northern India
23rd - Singer-songwriter Katy Perry (25) weds actor-comedian Russell Brand (35) at luxury resort Aman-i-Khas in Northern India

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 2 of 2

8th - Musician Ben Harper (40) divorces actress Laura Dern (43) due to irreconcilable differences after 5 years of marriage
29th - Country singer Randy Travis (51) divorces manager Lib Hatcher due to state of incompatibility exists between the two parties after 19 long years of marriage. One of country music's longest-lasting couples

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 50 of 50

1st - Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
2nd - Kwa Geok Choo, Mrs Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1920)
3rd - Ben Mondor, Canadian-born American baseball executive (b. 1925)
4th - Sir Norman Wisdom, English comedian, singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1915)
5th - Bernard Clavel, French novelist (b. 1923)
5th - Mary Leona Gage, American beauty pageant winner and actress (b. 1939)
5th - Steve Lee, Swiss musician and vocalist (Gotthard) (b. 1963)
6th - Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1966)
6th - Colette Renard, French actress and singer (b. 1924)
7th - Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor (b. 1966)
7th - Milka Planinc, former PM of Yugoslavia (b. 1924)
7th - T Lavitz, American musician (b. 1956)
8th - Frank Bourgholtzer, American television correspondent (b. 1919)
10th - Solomon Burke, American singer (b. 1940)
10th - Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano (b. 1926)
12th - Woody Peoples, American football player (b. 1943)
12th - Belva Plain, American novelist (b. 1919)
13th - Vernon Biever, American photographer (b. 1923)
14th - Simon MacCorkindale, British actor (b. 1952)
14th - Benoît Mandelbrot, Polish-born American mathematician (b. 1924)
15th - Richard C. Miller, American photographer (b. 1912)
15th - Mildred Fay Jefferson, American physician and pro-life activist (b. 1926)
15th - Johnny Sheffield, American actor (b. 1931)
16th - Barbara Billingsley, American actress (b. 1915)
16th - Eyedea, American rapper (Eyedea & Abilities) (b. 1981)
18th - Marion Brown, American jazz musician (b. 1931)
19th - Tom Bosley, American actor (b. 1927)
Publisher Bob Guccione (20th) 20th - Bob Guccione, American publisher (Penthouse magazine), dies at 79
20th - Parthasarathy Sharma, Indian cricketer (b. 1948)
23rd - Francis Crippen, American long-distance swimmer (b. 1984)
23rd - Leo Cullum, American cartoonist (d. 1942)
24th - Lamont Johnson, American television director (b. 1922)
24th - Joseph Stein, American playwright (b. 1912)
25th - Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican musician (b. 1951)
25th - Vesna Parun, Croatian poet (b. 1922)
25th - Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (b. 1957)
26th - Glen "Frosty" Little, American circus clown (b. 1925)
26th - Mbah Maridjan, Mount Merapi gatekeeper (b. 1927)
26th - Romeu Tuma, Brazilian politician (b. 1931)
27th - Néstor Kirchner, Argentine politician (b. 1950)
27th - Denise Borino, American actress (b. 1964)
27th - James Wall, American actor and stage manager (b. 1917)
28th - James MacArthur, American actor (b. 1937)
28th - Gerard Kelly, Scottish actor (b. 1959)
28th - Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlander statesman (b. 1938)
28th - Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist (b. 1934)
28th - Liang Congjie, Chinese environmentalist (b. 1932)
30th - Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer (b. 1927)
31st - Maurice Lucas, American basketball player (b. 1952)
31st - Theodore Sorensen, American lawyer and special counsel to John F. Kennedy (b. 1928)