Today CLXVI - The Beginning of Post-Season Baseball

Birthdays:

• Giovanni Battista Beccaria, physicist, October 3, 1716 – May 27, 1781


• John Ross, aka Kooweskoowe, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Native American Nation, October 3, 1790 - August 1, 1866


• Woldemar Bargiel, composer of classical music, October 3, 1828 – February 23, 1897


• Johan Verner Ölund, aka Warner Oland, actor, October 3, 1879 - August 6, 1938


• Alexander Young [A. Y.]Jackson, CC , CMG, painter and founding member of the Group of Seven, October 3, 1882 - April 5, 1974


• Carl von Ossietzky, pacifist, October 3, 1889 – May 4, 1938


• Thomas LEO McCarey, movie director, screenwriter, and producer, October 3, 1898 - July 5, 1969


• Gertrude Edelstein, aka Gertrude Berg, a pioneer of classic American radio, one of the first women to create, write, produce, and star in a long-running hit, when she premiered The Rise of the Goldbergs, known later as simply The Goldbergs, in 1929, October 3, 1899 - September 14, 1966


• Charles John Pedersen, organic chemist, known for describing methods of synthesizing crown ethers, awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, October 3, 1904 – October 26, 1989


• Shelby William Storck, television producer, public relations counselor, newscaster, film producer, and actor, October 3, 1916 - April 5, 1969


• James Alfred Wight, aka James Herriot, veterinary surgeon and writer, October 3, 1916 – February 23, 1995


• James McGill Buchanan, Jr., economist, known for his work on public choice theory, for which he won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics, 1919


• Jean Lefebvre, actor, October 3, 1922 - July 8, 2004


• Eugene Luther GORE Vidal, writer of novels, stage plays, screenplays, and essays, a controversial figure on both the American literary and political scenes for nearly sixty years, 1925


• Erik Belton Evers Bruhn, ballet dancer, choreographer, actor, and writer, October 3, 1928 – April 1, 1986


• Glenn Henry Hall, former NHL goaltender, 1931


• Stephen Michael STEVE Reich, composer, one of the pioneers of minimalism, 1936


• Edward Ray EDDIE Cochran, rockabilly musician, October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960


• Ernest Evans, aka Chubby Checker, singer, best known for popularizing the dance The Twist, 1941


• Pierre Deligne Ph.D., mathematician, known for fundamental work on the Weil conjectures, leading finally to a complete proof in 1973, 1944


• John Perry Barlow, poet, essayist, retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and former lyricist for the Grateful Dead, 1947


• Michael Medved, nationally syndicated conservative radio talk show host, film critic, and author, 1948


• Lindsey Buckingham, guitarist and singer for Fleetwood Mac, 1949


• Kevin Moore, aka Keb' Mo', blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, 1951


• David Mark Winfield, former MLB player for 22 seasons, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1951


• Stephen STEVIE Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist, credited with reviving interest in blues in the 1980's, died in a helicopter crash, October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990


• Clive Owen, actor, 1964


• Darrin Glen Fletcher, former MLB catcher, from 1989 to 2002, 1966


• Rob Liefeld, comic book writer, illustrator, and publisher, 1967


• Gwen Stefani, singer, fashion designer, and actress, frontwoman of No Doubt, 1969


• Wilfredo Cordero Nieva, MLB left fielder; in a 13-season career, he is a .275 hitter with 122 home runs and 564 RBI in 1218 games, 1971


• Neve Adrianne Campbell, actress, 1973


• Christine KEIKO Agena, actress, 1973


• Shannon Marie Kahoolani SHANNYN Sossamon, actress and DJ, 1978


• Matthew Henry Murton, MLB outfielder, currently with the Chicago Cubs, 1981


• Ashlee Nicole Simpson, singer and actress, 1984

RIP:

• Myles Standish, soldier, hired by the Pilgrims as military advisor for Plymouth colony, c. 1584 - October 3, 1656


• Kintpuash, aka Captain Jack, a chief of the Modoc tribe of California and Oregon; he was their leader during the Modoc War, c. 1837 - October 3, 1873


• François Édouard Anatole Lucas, mathematician, known for his study of the Fibonacci sequence; the related Lucas sequence is named after him; he gave a formula for finding the nth term of the Fibonacci sequence, April 4, 1842 in Amiens - October 3, 1891


• Gustav Stresemann, liberal politician and statesman, who served as Chancellor and Foreign Secretary during the Weimar Republic; his most notable achievement is the reconciliaton between Germany and France, for which he and Aristide Briand received the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize, May 10, 1878 – October 3, 1929


• Carl August Nielsen, conductor, violinist, and composer, known for his six symphonies, June 9, 1865 – October 3, 1931


• Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO, composer and poet, November 8, 1883 — October 3, 1953


• Zachary Scott, actor, a distant cousin of both George Washington and Bat Masterson, February 24, 1914 – October 3, 1965


• Woodrow Wilson WOODY Guthrie, influential and prolific folk musician, noted for his identification with the common man, and for his abhorrence of fascism and economic exploitation, father of Arlo Guthrie, July 14, 1912 - October 3, 1967


• Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent, conductor, organist, and composer, April 29, 1895 – October 3, 1967


• Nehemiah Curtis SKIP James, blues singer, guitarist, pianist, and songwriter, June 21, 1902 – October 3, 1969


• Jean Anouilh, dramatist, June 23, 1910 – October 3, 1987


• Walter Clarence DUB Taylor III, character actor, who worked extensively in Westerns, February 26, 1907 - October 3, 1994


• Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude RODDY McDowall, actor, voice actor, and photographer, made his first film appearance at the age of ten, and appeared in many other films as a child actor; he was one of the few child actors to continue his career successfully into adulthood, usually in character roles, such as in four of the five original Planet of the Apes movies the TV series that followed; during the 1990s, he became active in film preservation, September 17, 1928 – October 3, 1998


• Akio Morita, physicist, co-founder of Sony Corporation, January 26, 1921 – October 3, 1999


• Benjamin Orr, musician, the bass guitar player and one of the vocalists for The Cars, September 8, 1947 — October 3, 2000


• Bruce Paltrow, television and film producer, father of Gwyneth Paltrow, November 26, 1943 – October 3, 2002


• Florence Schwartz, aka Florence Stanley, actress; in the 1940's, she began a long career on stage, film, and TV, known for her portrayal of Bernice Fish on both Barney Miller and its spin-off Fish, July 1, 1924 - October 3, 2003


• William Steig, cartoonist, sculptor, and author of popular children's literature, November 14, 1907 – October 3, 2003


• John Joseph Cerutti, former MLB pitcher, and announcer, April 28, 1960 - October 3, 2004


• Jeanette Helen Morrison, aka Janet Leigh, actress, mother of Jamie Lee Curtis,
  July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004


• Ronald William George RONNIE Barker, OBE, comic actor and writer, best-known for his work alongside his long-time comedy partner, Ronnie Corbett, in the TV variety show The Two Ronnies, September 25, 1929 – October 3, 2005