Events in Film & TV
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Oct 5 TV sketch comedy series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" premieres on BBC1
Someday We'll Be Together
Oct 9 The Supremes release single "Someday We'll Be Together", Diana Ross' last recording with the group
- Oct 12 KHOF (now KAGL) TV channel 30 in San Bernardino/Glenda, California (IND) begins
- Oct 20 WKYH (now WYMT) TV channel 57 in Hazard, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 26 WHMA (now WJSU) TV channel 40 in Anniston, AL (CBS) 1st broadcast
- Oct 30 WXPO (now WNDS) TV channel 50 in Manchester, NH (IND) 1st broadcast
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Oct 1 Zach Galifianakis, American actor (The Hangover; Birdman; Between Two Ferns), born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina
- Oct 2 Jun Akiyama, Japanese professional wrestler
- Oct 2 Mitch English, American actor
- Oct 2 Roland Selmeczi, Hungarian stage and screen actor, and film dubber, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2008)
- Oct 3 Shane Butterworth, American actor (Bad News Bears (TV series) - "Timmy"), born in Sherman Oaks, California
- Oct 5 Karyn Parsons, actress (Hilary-Fresh Prince of Bel Air) [or Oct 8 66]
- Oct 7 Malia Hosaka, Hawaiian professional wrestler, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Oct 7 Maria Whittaker, English model, born in Hounslow, United Kingdom
- Oct 8 Dylan Neal, American-Canadian actor (Dylan Shaw-Bold & the Beautiful), born in Richmond Hill, Ontario
- Oct 8 Jeremy Davies, American actor (Saving Private Ryan), born in Traverse city, Michigan
- Oct 9 Steve McQueen, British filmmaker and artist (12 Years a Slave), born in London, England
- Oct 13 Cady McClain, American actress (Dixie Martin-All My Children), born in Burbank, California
- Oct 14 David Strickland, American actor (d. 1999)
- Oct 15 Dominic West, British actor (The Wire), born in Sheffield, England
- Oct 16 Takao Ōmori, Japanese professional wrestler
- Oct 16 Terri J. Vaughn, American actress
- Oct 17 Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian
- Oct 17 Wood Harris, American actor
Trey Parker (53 years old)
Oct 19 American animator, producer, actor and composer (South Park; The Book of Mormon), born in Conifer, Colorado
- Oct 22 Spike Jonze [Adam Spiegel], American director and film producer (Her, Three Kings, Where the Wild Things Are), born in Rockville, Maryland
- Oct 23 Brooke Theiss, American actress (Wendy-Just the 10 of Us, Good & Evil), born in California
- Oct 23 Sanjay Gupta, American neurosurgeon and medical reporter (CNN), born in Novi, Michigan
- Oct 24 Adela Noriega, Mexican actress (Quinceañera), born in Mexico City
Samantha Bee (53 years old)
Oct 25 Canadian-American comedian, actress, and television host, born in Toronto, Ontario
Weddings in Film & TV
Robert Evans & Ali MacGraw
Oct 24 "Love Story" actress Ali MacGraw (30) weds film producer Robert Evans (39)
Deaths in Film & TV
- Oct 8 Eduardo Ciannelli, Italian actor (Foreign Correspondent, Gunga Din), dies at 80
Sonja Henie (1912-1969)
Oct 12 Norwegian figure skater (Olympic gold 1928, 32, 36), and actress (My Lucky Star), dies from leukemia at 57
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