Library Lady

When I was a school librarian, I’d post the birthdays of our students, faculty and staff in the window between the library and the school hallway. I also try to include the birthdays of authors, illustrators and famous people the kiddos might have been familiar with or should be. A more extensive list can be found at http://holidayinsights.com/bday/october.htm

Some of you are back in person with your kiddos and others of you are still interacting virtually. I’d love to hear how you are using this list with your faculty and students.

October 1, 1904- Vladimir Horowitz, pianist

October 1, 1924- Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President (1977-1981)

October 1, 1924- William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

October 1, 1935- Julie Andrews, actress, singer, “Mary Poppins” and “The Sound of Music”

October 2, 1890- Groucho Marx, comedian, “Marx Brothers”

October 2, 1895- Bud Abbott, comedian, comedy team “Abbott & Costello”

October 2, 1928- George McFarland, actor “Spanky” on “Spanky and Our Gang”

October 3 – Natalie Savage Carlson, author

October 3 – James Herriot, author

October 4, 1181- St. Francis of Assisi, Catholic religious leader

October 4, 1822- Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th U.S. President (1877-1881)

October 4, 1861- Frederic Remington, painter, sculptor

October 4 – Karen Cushman, author

October 4 – Robert Lawson, author

October 4 – Donald J. Sobol, author

October 5, 1829- Chester A. Arthur, 21st  U.S. President (1881-1885)

October 5, 1882- Robert Hutchings Goddard, father of the Space Age

October 5, 1902- Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald’s

October 5 – Louis Lumiere, scientist

October 5 – Louise Fitzhugh, author

October 5 – Gene Zion, author

October 5 – David Shannon

October 6, 1846- George Westinghouse, engineer, inventor, developed AC electric power

October 6, 1914- Thor Heyerdahl, anthropologist, explorer

October 6 – Jeanette Winter, author

October 7 – Alice Dalgliesh, author

October 7, 1931- Desmond Tutu, archbishop, won Nobel Peace Prize

October 7, 1943- Oliver North, National Security Council

October 8, 1890 “Eddie” Rickenbacker, WWI flying ace

October 9 – Ada Lovelace, mathematician

October 10 – James Marshall, author

October 11 – Russell Freedman, author

October 11, 1844- Henry John Heinz, founded Heinz Ketchup company

October 11, 1884- Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt

October 12, 1935- Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer

October 12, 1947- Chris Wallace, TV news correspondent

October 12, 1950- Ronald McNair, astronaut, physicist, died in Challenger space shuttle explosion

October 13, 1925- Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of England

October 13, 1941- Paul Simon, singer, songwriter, “Simon & Garfunkel”

October 13, 1959- Marie Osmond, actress, singer ,Brother-Sister duo “Donny & Marie”

October 14 – Lois Lenski, author

October 14, 1644- William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania

October 14, 1890- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. President (1953-1961)

October 14, 1894- E. E. Cummings, poet

October 14, 1916- C. Everett Koop, U.S. Surgeon General

October 15, 1908- John Kenneth Galbraith, economist

October 15, 1917- Arthur Schlesinger Jr., historian

October 15, 1920- Mario Puzo, novelist, wrote “The Godfather”

October 15, 1924 -Lee Iacocca,  Chrysler auto executive, led turnaround of company

October 15, 1943- Penny Marshall, actress, director

October 15, 1946- Richard Carpenter, singer, with sister Karen Carpenter

October 15, 1959- Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and first wife of Prince Andrew

October 15, 1959- Emeril Lagasse, TV chef

October 16, 1758- Noah Webster – compiled first American English dictionary

October 16, 1854- Oscar Wilde, poet, playwright

October 16, 1886- David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel

October 16, 1898- William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice

October 16, 1925- Angela Lansbury, actress, “Murder, She Wrote”

October 16 – Joseph Bruchac, author

October 17 – Christopher Myers, author

October 17, 1938- Evel Knievel, motorcycle daredevil

October 18, 1939- Lee Harvey Oswald, assassinated President John F. Kennedy

October 19, 1932- Robert Reed, played the dad on TV series “The Brady Bunch”

October 19 – Ed Emberley, author

October 19 – Dan Gutman, author

October 20, 1931- Mickey Mantle, MLB baseball slugger

October 20 – Nikki Grimes, author

October 20 – Crockett Johnson, author

October 21 – Janet Ahlberg, author

October 21 – Ursula K. LeGuin, author

October 21, 1833- Alfred Nobel, chemist, engineer, established Nobel Prizes

October 21, 1956- Carrie Fisher, actress, “Princess Leia” in “Star Wars”

October 22, 1903- Curly Howard, actor, comedian, one of the “Three Stooges”

October 23 – Marjorie Flack, author

October 23 – Gordon Korman, author

October 23, 1893- Gummo Marx, agent for the “Marx Brothers”

October 23, 1906- Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the English Channel

October 23, 1925- Johnny Carson, Talk show host, “The Tonight Show”. Tv Talk Show Host Day

October 23, 1940- Pelé, soccer player

October 23, 1942- Michael Crichton, novelist, wrote “Jurrasic Park”

October 25, 1825 – Austrian music and opera composer Johann Strauss (1825)

October 25, 1881 -Pablo Picasso, artist

October 25, 1888- Richard E. Byrd, aviator, Antarctic explorer

October 25, 1912- Minnie Pearl, singer, entertainer, Grand Ole Opry star

October 25, 1940- Bobby Knight, College basketball coach

October 26, 1947- Hillary Rodham Clinton, first lady, NY Senator

October 26, 1947- Pat Sajak, TV game-show host, “Wheel of Fortune”

October 26 – Steven Kellogg, author

October 26 – Eric Rohmann, author

October 27, 1858- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th  U. S President, Quote: “Walk softly and carry a big stick” (1901-1909)

October 27, 1872 -Emily Post, etiquette expert

October 28, 1914- Jonas Salk, physician, developed polio vaccine

October 28, 1955- Bill Gates, Microsoft executive, multi-multi billionaire

October 30, 1735- John Adams, 2d U.S. President (1797-1801)

October 30, 1882- William “Bull” Halsey, World War II Pacific Fleet Commander

October 30, 1885- Ezra Pound, poet

October 30, 1945- Henry Winkler, actor and author

October 31, 1795 John Keats, poet

October 31, 1887- Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese leader

October 31, 1912- Dale Evans, the “Queen of the West”, born Frances Octavia Smith

October 31, 1931- Dan Rather, TV News Anchorman

October 31, 1936- Michael Landon, actor

October 31, 1950- Jane Pauley, TV journalist

October 31 – Katherine Paterson, author