Guest Author - Judith Hodges

Today in History- October 5th

Happy Birthday!
1829 Chester A. Arthur, 21st U.S. President
1917 Allen Ludden, game show host ("Password")
1919 Donald Pleasance, actor (Halloween series)
1922 Bil Keane, cartoonist (Family Circus)
1923 Glynis Johns, actress (Mary Poppins, The Ref)
1924 Bill Dana, comedian/actor (Jose Jimenez)
1925 Gail Davis, actress (On Top of Old Smoky, Blue Canadian Rockies)
1937 Barry Switzer, football coach
1950 Jeff Conaway, actor (Kenickie from Grease, "Taxi")
1951 Karen Allen, actress (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Animal House, The Sandlot)
1958 Bernie Mac, actor (Guess Who, "The Bernie Mac Show")
1960 Daniel Baldwin, actor (Mulholland Falls, Paparazzi)
1962 Michael Andretti, race car driver
1965 Mario Lemieux, hockey player
1967 Guy Pearce, actor (Memento, The Count of Monte Cristo)
1970 Josie Bissett, actress ("Melrose Place", "The Hogan Family")
1972 Grant Hill, basketball player
1975 Kate Winslet, actress (Titanic, Finding Neverland)

Deaths:
1995 Linda Gary, voice actress ("The Smurfs")
2004 Rodney Dangerfield, actor/ comedian (Caddyshack, Back to School)

Events:
1986 Iran-Contra uncovered.