Global Cat Day - October 16:

Happy Global Cat Day to Bodhi and Pepper, our resident cats:

#GlobalCatDay #CatLove #RagdollCat #Ragdoll #TabbyCat #Tabby

 

National Dictionary Day – October 16:

Happy National Dictionary Day 2026!

Dictionaries are now considered antiquated as Merriam-Webster online or Wikipedia are used by most for online term or spelling checking.

I have a soft spot for dictionaries for two reasons:

1 - When I taught 6th grade many years ago, our hall passes 'mysteriously' disappeared on the way to and back from the bathroom. I decided to use one of our classroom Dictionaries as the hall pass to dissuade students from 'misplacing' or destroying the pass (can't flush this), and perhaps learn something along the way.

2 - My dad had his favorite dictionary within arm's reach as he frequently looked up words while doing his nightly crossword puzzles. Every evening, we'd sit at the kitchen table as dad would work the puzzle, pause to scratch my back, continue with the puzzle, scratch my back, etc., etc. My dad died in 1978, but his dictionary holds fond memories for me. Here's his dictionary today...with a preserved leaf from our front yard maple tree as another keepsake.

Happy reading!

#NationalDictionaryDay #MerriamWebster #LookItUp

Jean Craighead George, on writing:

 

I love to write and I love the natural world.

Everything I've written about I've found exciting
and it has never left me at a loss for words.
I've always just done what I love.
- Jean Craighead George.

Born on this day – Big Joe Williams:

Big Joe Williams

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982

Credits:

Songs:

49 Highway Blues; Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey; Baby Please Don't Go; Big Road Blues; Black Gal; Blues for Gamblers; Bye, Bye, Blues; Crawlin' King Snake; Drop Down Mama; First Meeting; Flour Dough Blues; Hand Me Down My Old Walking; Highway 49; House Lady Blues; I May Be Wrong; I Wanna Die Easy When I Die; If You Steal My Chickens, You Can't Make 'Em Lay; Jivin' Woman; Juanita; King Biscuit Stomp; Little Leg Woman; Mellow Apples; Motherless Children; My Grey Pony; P Vine Blues; Ramblin' On My Mind; She Left Me A Mule To Ride; Sloppy Drunk Blues; Sugar Mama; Tell Me Mama; Vitamin A; Wimmin From Coast To Coast.

Albums:

An American Singer, Songwriter, Blues Master, Volume 2 (2021); An American Singer, Songwriter, Blues Master, Volume 4; The Complete Singles 1935-1941 (2021); An American Singer, Songwriter, Blues Master, Volume 5; The Complete Singles 1942-1960 (2021); Baby Please Don't Go (2019); Back To The Country (1964); Back to the Roots (2023); Big Joe Williams (1964); Big Joe Williams at Folk City (1963); Big Joe Williams King Of The Delta Blues (2023); Blues Bash (1973); Blues for 9 Strings; Blues Masters Vol. 6 - Big Joe Williams (2009); Chewred Up Grass (2019); Chicago ‘63 (2023); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 2 (1945-1949) (1991); Delta Blues Live (2019); Down South Summit Meetin' (1960); Fantastic Music for Christmas (All the Greatest Tracks) (2016); Four Classic Albums (Piney Wood Blues / Tough Times / Blues on Highway 49 / Mississippi's Big Joe Williams and His Nine String Guitar) (Digitally Remastered) (2021); Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (1969); Hell Bound and Heaven Sent Blues (1968); Highway 49 (2018); I Got Wild (2003); Instinctively the Blues - Big Joe Williams (2020); Just the Blues, 1958-1961, (24 Successes) (Blues Left Texas) (2018); Malvina My Sweet Woman (1974); Meet Me Around the Corner (Nothing But the Blues) (2012); Nine Strings (2020); No More Whiskey (1998); Piney Wood Blues (1997); Piney Woods Blues (1958); Po' Joe (1999); Studio Blues (1964); The Best of Lightnin' Hopkins (1969); The Blues Collection: Big Joe Williams, Baby Please Don't Go (1994); The Blues Collective - Big Joe Williams (2023); The Essential Big Joe Williams (1945-1961), Vol. 1 (2020); The Essential Big Joe Williams (1945-1961), Vol. 2 (2020); The Original Ramblin' Bluesman 1945-1961; The Ultimate Jazz Archive 12 - Blues (2 Of 4) (2007); These Are My Blues (Live) (1998); Throw a Boogie Woogie; Watergate Blues (2000); Wild Cow Blues (2018).

Movies, television and video:

AC/DC: Baby, Please Don't Go (1976); American Masters (2005); Archer (2014); Blue Chips (1994); Blues Odyssey (2003); Count Basie at Carnegie Hall (1981); Countdown (1974); Drop Zone (1994); Focus (2015); Friday Night Football (2015); Good Mornin' Blues (1978); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); Heart Condition (1990); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); I Am Not Your Negro (2016); Metal Evolution (2011); Nightmare Code (2014); Otis (2008); Out of Sight (1966); Passage to Mars (2016); Poor White Trash (2000); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (1995); She's Out of Control (1989); Shindig! (1965); Swing In (1968); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 1 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 2 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festivals: The British Tours 1963-1966 (2007); The Beach Boys (2024); The Bikeriders (2023); The Blues (1966); The Buttercup Project (2010); The Devil's Music (1979); The Instigators (2024); The Led Zeppelin Story (2004); The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009); Treme (2011); Two Weeks to Live (2020); Wild at Heart (1990).

Born on this day – Molly O'Day:

Molly O'Day

Actress

October 16, 1909 – October 22, 1998

Credits:

Skull and Crown (1935); Lawless Border (1935); The Law of the 45's (1935); Bars of Hate (1935); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934); Hired Wife (1934); Divorce Sweets (1933); Gigolettes of Paris (1933); Playthings of Desire (1933); Get That Venus (1933); Devil on Deck (1932); Sob Sister (1931); Sea Devils (1931); Sisters (1930); Show of Shows (1929); The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1928); The Shepherd of the Hills (1928); The Lovelorn (1927); Hard-Boiled Haggerty (1927); The Patent Leather Kid (1927).

Born on this day – Linda Darnell:

Linda Darnell

Actress

October 16, 1923 – April 10, 1965

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); About Faces (1960); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978); All Star Revue (1953); America After Dark (1957); America in Color (2018); Angels of Darkness (1954); Anna and the King of Siam (1946); Biography (1999); Black Spurs (1965); Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952); Blood and Sand (1941); Brigham Young (1940); Buffalo Bill (1944); Burke's Law (1964); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Centennial Summer (1946); Chad Hanna (1940); Cimarron City (1958); Cineficción Radio / Podcast Series (2020); City Without Men (1943); Climax! (1957); Dakota Incident (1956); Day-Time Wife (1939); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Everybody Does It (1949); Fallen Angel (1945); Folk Music Theater (1962); Forever Amber (1947); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); G.I. Journal (1944); Hangover Square (1945); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood Preview (1955–1956); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hotel for Women (1939); I Am Not Your Negro (2016); Igor Cassini's Million Dollar Showcase (1956); Island of Desire (1952); It Happened Tomorrow (1944); It Happens in Roma (1955); I've Got a Secret (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); John Ford (1992); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy (1941); Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front (2006); My Darling Clementine (1946); MythBusters (2007); Night Without Sleep (1952); No Way Out (1950); Playhouse 90 (1957); Pursuit (1958); Rise and Shine (1941); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Screen Actors (1950); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Second Chance (1953); Showbiz Goes to War (1982); Show-Business at War (1943); Slattery's Hurricane (1949); Star Dust (1940); Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006); Studio 57 (1958); Summer Storm (1944); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); The 13th Letter (1951); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The All-Star Bond Rally (1945); The American West of John Ford (1971); The Castilian (1963); The Costume Designer (1950); The Ford Television Theatre (1956–1957); The Great John L. (1945); The Guy Who Came Back (1951); The Juke Box Jury (1956–1959); The Lady Pays Off (1951); The Linkletter Show (1957); The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942); The Mark of Zorro (1940); The Mike Douglas Show (1962); The Song of Bernadette (1943); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Walls of Jericho (1948); This Is My Love (1954); This Is Your Life (1957); Two Flags West (1950); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); Wagon Train (1958); What's My Line? (1956); You Asked for It (1958); Your First Impression (1962); Yours for a Song (1963); Zero Hour! (1957).

Born on this day – Michael Conrad:

Michael Conrad

Actor

October 16, 1925 – November 22, 1983

Credits:

A Cop (1972); Alias Smith and Jones (1972); All in the Family (1972); All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds (1981); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1962); Baby Blue Marine (1976); Bad Men of the West (1974); Barney Miller (1979); Ben Casey (1964); Blackbeard's Ghost (1968); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1966); Bordello (1981); Brenner (1959–1964); Bronk (1975); Camera Three (1962); Car 54, Where Are You? (1962); Castle Keep (1969); Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980); Charlie's Angels (1978 / 1979); CHiPs (1979); Cowboy in Africa (1968); Danger (1955); Daniel Boone (1965); Deadline (1960); Death Valley Days (1964); Delancey Street: The Crisis Within (1975); Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954); Donovan's Kid (1979); Duncan Be Careful (1964); Emergency! (1973–1975); Fire on the Mountain (1981); Flipper (1964); Garrison's Gorillas (1967); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966); Gone with the West (1974); Gunsmoke (1964–1966); Harbourmaster (1957); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Having Babies (1978); Hawaii Five-O (1972–1978); Head On (1971); Hill Street Blues (1981–1984); How the West Was Won (1978); I Spy (1965–1966); Ironside (1970–1971); It Takes a Thief (1968); Johnny Staccato (1976–1977); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1955); Laredo (1966); Little House on the Prairie (1977); Long Way Home (1975); Lost in Space (1968); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the See-Through Mind (1973); Lucas Tanner (1974); Mannix (1970–1973); Mission: Impossible (1972); Monte Walsh (1970); My Favorite Martian (1966); Naked City (1959–1960); Paris (1979); Perry Mason (1963); Planet of the Apes (1974); Police Story (1979); Rawhide (1965); Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962); Route 66 (1960–1963); S.W.A.T. (1975); Satan's Triangle (1975); Scream Blacula Scream (1973); Search (1973); Soap (1978); Sol Madrid (1968); Stand Up and Cheer for the National Football League's Sixtieth Year (1981); Starsky and Hutch (1975–1976); Studio One (1955–1956); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); That Girl (1966 / 1971); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1982); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards (1982); The Big Story (1957); The Bob Newhart Show (1973–1974); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The Defenders (1962–1963); The Desperate Hours (1967); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1965); The Disappearance of Shere Hite (2023); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Edge of Night (1959); The F.B.I. (1966–1973); The Family Holvak (1975); The Felony Squad (1966–1967); The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (1975); The Fugitive (1966); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Immortal (1970); The Incredible Hulk (1981); The Longest Yard / aka The Mean Machine (1974); The Magical World of Disney (1979 / 1982); The Merv Griffin Show (1981); The Moviemakers (1969); The Mugger (1958); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1973); The Outcasts (1968); The Rangers (1974); The Rockford Files (1975); The Silent Force (1970); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975–1977); The Third Girl from the Left (1973); The Todd Killings (1971); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Virginian (1969–1970); The Waltons (1978); The War Lord (1965); The World: Color It Happy (1967); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); Three Guns for Texas (1968); Thumb Tripping (1972); Time Express (1979); Timothy and the Angel (1976); Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980); True Story (1958); Vega$ (1979); W (1974); Wagon Train (1963); 'Way Out (1961); Wheeler and Murdoch (1972); Working Stiffs (1979).

Born on this day – Angela Lansbury:

Angela Lansbury

Actress

Singer

October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022

Credits:

10th Annual Ribbon of Hope Celebration (2007); 12h45 (2022); 13 Stars for Channel 13 (1969); 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1995); 2003 Annual BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards (2003); 2005 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2005); 25th Annual Family Film Awards (2022); 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1997); 50th Annie Awards (2023); 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards (2006); 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1996); 60 Minutes (1996); A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury (1996); A Breath of Scandal (1960); A Lawless Street (1955); A Life at Stake (1955); A Life in Words and Music (2007); A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (2012); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); A Talent for Murder (1983); ABC News Breakfast (2025); About Schmidt (2002); Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 50th Anniversary Celebration Tribute to Bob Hope (1996); Access Hollywood (2022); AFI Life Achievement Award (1993–2008); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004); Agatha Christie: A Woman of Mystery (2007); All Fall Down (1962); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Amanpour & Company (2022); Amanpour. (2014); Amazing World of Radio (2019); American Graduate Day (2016); American Masters (1991–2000); America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1989); America's Top Sleuths (2006); Anastasia (1997); Anastasia's Music Box Favorites (1997); Angela Lansbury & Friends Benefiting Salute to Terrence McNally (2011); Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves (1988); Aspel & Company (1990); At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper (1995); At the Paley Center (2010); Backstory (2001); Beauty and the Beast (1991); Beauty and the Beast DVD Read-Along (2002); Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along (2020); Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997); Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971); Bednobs, Broomsticks and Beyond (1998); Biography (1995–2006); Birth of Hollywood (2011); Blithe Spirit (2014); Blue Hawaii (1961); Bob Hope & Friends: Making New Memories (1991); Bob Hope: The First 90 Years (1993); Breakfast (2011); Bride of Chucky (1998); Brisant (2022); Britain's Favourite Detectives (2014); Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (1994); Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Butterfly in the Sky (2022); Buttons, A New Musical Film (2018); Call Me Kate (2023); Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012); Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010); CBS at 75 (2003); CBS Mornings (1995); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023); CBS: The First 50 Years (1998); Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004); Celebrity Playhouse (1955–1956); Character Studies (2005); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Ciclo Agatha Christie (2006); Cinema Showcase (1978); Clapper Board (1981); Climax! (1956–1957); Commitment to Life (2023); Concert Number Three (2004); Corazón de... (2006); Curtain Up for Victory: Inside the Stage Door Canteen (2010); Dear Heart (1964); Death on the Nile (1978); Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette (1978); Diet America Challenge (1989); Disney 100: A Century of Dreams - A Special Edition of 20/20 (2023); Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: A Kingdom of Kindness (2006); Disney Princess Sing-Along Songs: Volume 1 - Once Upon a Dream (2004); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Be Our Guest (1992); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Friend Like Me (1993); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs (1988); Disney Sing-Along Songs: You Can Fly! (1988); Disney Through the Decades (2001); Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Magical Ballroom (2000); Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All (2001); Do You Sleep in the Nude? (2007); Donahue (1990); Downton Abbey Revisited (2012); Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002); Elizabeth Taylor: A Tribute (2011); Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024); Elvis Presley: Hot Shots and Cool Clips Volume 2 (2007); Elvis: #1 Hit Performances (2007); Entertainment Tonight (2008–2025); Every Act of Life (2018); Everything Is Terrible: The Movie (2009); Famous Nathan (2014); Fantasia 2000 (1999); Film '84 (1984); Film Night (1973); Fireside Theatre (1955); Forever Hollywood (1999); Four Star Playhouse (1954–1955); Frank Capra's American Dream (1997); Front Row Center (1956); Gala Tribute AFI's 40th Anniversary (2007); Gaslight (1944); General Electric Theater (1954); Glass Onion (2022); Glorious Technicolor (1998); Good Day Live (2004); Good Morning America (2022); Grammy Living Legends (1989); Great Performances (1985–2018); Harlow (1965); Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up (2023); HBO First Look (2008); Heidi 4 Paws (2009); Helter Skelter: An American Myth (2020); Hollywood Backstage (1964–1968); Howard (2018); Iconic Vision: John Parkinson, Architect of Los Angeles (2018); If Winter Comes (1947); In the Cool of the Day (1963); Ingrid (1984); Inside the Dream Factory (1995); Inter-Stitch-als (2001); Intimate Portrait (2003); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1985–2001); Kind Lady (1951); Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix (2017); Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix (2014); Kingdom Hearts II (2005); Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ (2007); Knives Out (2019); Kyle Riabko: The Lead (2009); Lace (1984); Larry King Live (2004); Larry King Now (2018); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2007); Late Show with David Letterman (1994–1995); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005); Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005); Les Chroniques du Mea (2020–2025); Les enfants de la télé (2020); Liberty Weekend (1986); Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982); Little Women (2017); Lorraine (2014); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1956); Made in Hollywood (2011–2019); Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (2019); Magnum, P.I. (1986); Mary Poppins Returns (2018); Masterpiece Studio (2018); Maury (1994–1996); Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2013); Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre (2014); Mickey's Audition (1992); Miracle on 42nd Street (2017); Mister Buddwing (1966); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011); Mr. Prince (2009); Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992); Mrs. Santa Claus (1996); MsMojo (2021); Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996); Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000); Murder, She Wrote: Mystery Jigsaw Puzzles (1996); Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997); Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle (2003); Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001); Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks (2001); Mutiny (1952); Nanny McPhee (2005); National Velvet (1944); NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas (2022); New York Illustrated (1967); Newhart (1990); Not Necessarily the News (1987); Omnibus (2000); Pantomime Quiz (1953); Playhouse 90 (1958–1959); Please Murder Me! (1956); Presley (1987); Private Screenings (2006 / 2014); Queen of Diamonds (2004); Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (1986); Reflections on 'Gaslight' (2003); Remains to Be Seen (1953); Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times (2008); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1953); Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches (2016); Samson and Delilah (1949); Scene of the Crime (1984); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Screen Goddesses (2006); Season of Passion (1959); Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1994); Shootdown (1988); Short Talks on the Universe Benefit Performance (2002); Show of titles (2021); Sinatra: 80 Years My Way (1995); Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000); Six by Sondheim (2013); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); Something for Everyone (1970); Spotlight on Broadway (2013); Stage 7 (1955); Star Time Playhouse (1955); Starring Dick Van Dyke (2025); Stars of the Silver Screen (2011); State of the Union (1948); Strange Stories (1960); Studio 57 (1956); Sunday AM (2014); Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982); Tale as Old as Time: The Making of 'Beauty and the Beast' (2002); Tales of the City (2019); Tavis Smiley (2013); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); Tenth Avenue Angel (1948); That Fellow in the Coat (2008); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment!: The Masters Behind the Musicals (2004); The 100 Greatest Family Films (2005); The 104th Tournament of Roses Parade (1993); The 10th Annual AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2011); The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards (1989); The 11th Annual People's Choice Awards (1985); The 12th Annual Golden Laurel Awards (2001); The 12th Annual Monte Cristo Awards (2012); The 13th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards (2011); The 13th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards (2002); The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards (1988); The 15th Annual Directors Guild Awards (1963); The 17th Annual CableACE Awards (1995); The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992); The 18th Annual Professional Dancers Society Gypsy Awards (2004); The 1992 Pacific Center HIV - AIDS Benefit (1992); The 1996 Annual Lucy Awards (1996); The 19th Annual AFI Awards (2019); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959); The 2011 Annual American Theatre Wing Gala (2011); The 2012 Annual Actors Fund Gala Awards (2012); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 20th Annual People's Choice Awards (1994); The 20th Annual Tony Awards (1966); The 21st Annual Tony Awards (1967); The 21st BAFTA Awards (1990); The 22nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1965); The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968); The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969); The 25 Songs of Christmas (2016); The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971); The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2023); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 2nd Annual Lucy Awards (1995); The 30th Annual International Emmy Awards (2002); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979); The 35th Annual Academy Awards (1963); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 37th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards (2000); The 37th Annual Thalians Ball (1992); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990); The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (1988); The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (1989); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 44th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards (1992); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1988); The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1993); The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1989); The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1994); The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990 (1990); The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1995); The 47th Annual Writers Guild Awards (1995); The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 (1991); The 49th Annual Golden Apple Awards (1989); The 49th Bafta Awards (1996); The 49th Golden Globe Awards (1992); The 50th Annual Golden Apple Awards (1990); The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1994); The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995); The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998); The 52nd Annual Village Voice Obie Awards (2007); The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (1999); The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The 5th Annual AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2006); The 5th Annual Governors Awards (2013); The 5th Commitment to Life Awards (1991); The 60th Annual Golden Apple Awards (2000); The 61st Annual Tony Awards (2007); The 63rd Annual Tony Awards (2009); The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992); The 64th Annual Tony Awards (2010); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 65th Annual Tony Awards (2011); The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012); The 70th Annual Directors Guild Awards (2018); The 70th Annual Tony Awards (2016); The 76th Annual Drama League Awards (2010); The 78th Annual Drama League Awards (2012); The 7th Annual AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2008); The 7th Annual Britannia Awards (1995); The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008); The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965); The Annual 2011 Actors Fund Gala Awards (2011); The Annual American Ireland Fund Heritage Awards Presenting A Trubute to Angela Lansbury (1993); The Annual Anglo-American Cultural Gala Awards (2010); The Annual British Academy Britannia Awards (1992); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Present a Salute to Bob Hope (1989); The Annual International Broadcasting Awards (1989); The Annual National Arts Awards (2010); The Annual Theatre World Awards (1976); The Bafta British Film and Television Awards (1993); The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1985); The Best of Disney Music: A Legacy in Song - Part I (1993); The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic (1991); The Blackwater Lightship (2004); The Boys (2009); The CBS Evening News (2022); The Cockettes (2002); The Company of Wolves (1984); The Court Jester (1955); The Danny Kaye Show (1964); The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960); The David Frost Show (1971); The Defense Rests: A Tribute to Raymond Burr (1993); The Dick Cavett Show (1968–1972); The Directors (1997); The Dream Is Alive: 20th Anniversary Celebration of Walt Disney World (1991); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Bette Davis (1989); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor (1978); The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975); The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962); The George Gobel Show (1954–1956); The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983); The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20 (2025); The Grand Opening of Euro Disney (1992); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Grinch (2018); The Harvey Girls (1946); The History Chicks (2017); The Hoodlum Saint (1946); The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis (1955); The Julie Andrews Hour (1973); The Ken Murray Show (1952); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2010 / 2000/ 1993 / 1990); The Lady Vanishes (1979); The Last Unicorn (1982); The Late Show (1986); The Laurence Olivier Awards (1991); The Laurence Olivier Awards 1984 (1984); The Laurence Olivier Awards 2011 (2011); The Laurence Olivier Awards 2015 (2015); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Love She Sought (1990); The Magical Journey of 'Anastasia' (1997); The Making of 'Anastasia' (2006); The Making of Beauty and the Beast (1991); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Manchurian Candidate (1962); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Mirror Crack'd (1980); The Neighbors (2013); The Nostalgia Critic (2019–2022); The One Show (2016); The Oscars (2014); The Oscars (2023); The Paul O'Grady Show (2008); The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show (1953); The Perry Como Show (1966); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); The Pirates of Penzance (1983); The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947); The Project (2011); The Purple Mask (1955); The Red Danube (1949); The Reluctant Debutante (1958); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–1999); The Second Annual West End Theatre Awards (1977); The Shell Seekers (1989); The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986); The Star and the Story (1955–1956); The Story Behind the Story (2002); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964–1990); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1995–1996); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Trouble with Agatha Christie (1991); The TV Academy Annual Tribute: A Salute to Angela Lansbury (1990); The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (1999); The View (2006–2007); The Visa Signature Tony Awards Season Celebration (2009); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Storybook (2005); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990); The World of Henry Orient (1964); The Writers Guild Awards (1962); The Year: 2022 (2022); Theater Talk (2007–2015); There's Only One Elvis (2002); This Is Your Life (1977–1994); Till the Clouds Roll By (1946); To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009); Today (1979–1983); Touched by an Angel (2002); TV Land's Top Ten (2005); Undercurrent (1957); Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009); Walt Disney World's 20th Anniversary Celebration (1991); WatchMojo (2013–2025); We Haven't Really Met Properly...: Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion/Zeke (2005); We Haven't Really Met Properly...: Billie Burke as Glinda, Good Witch of the North (2005); We Haven't Really Met Properly...: Charley Grapewin as Uncle Henry (2005); We Haven't Really Met Properly...: Clara Blandick as Auntie Em (2005); We Haven't Really Met Properly...: Frank Morgan as the Wizard of Oz/Professor Marvel (2005); We Haven't Really Met Properly...: Jack Haley as the Tin Man/Hickory (2005); We Haven't Really Met Properly...: Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West/Miss Gulch (2005); We Haven't Really Met Properly...: Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow/Hunk (2005); We Haven't Really Met Properly...: Terry as Toto (2005); What Happens in A Wife's Nightmare? (2022); What's My Line? (1966); Why I'll Never Make It (2022); Wogan (1991); Women He's Undressed (2015); Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007); Working in the Theatre (2009); Your Show of Shows (1954); Your Studio and You (1995).

Born on this day – Eileen Ryan:

Eileen Ryan

Actress

October 16, 1927 – October 9, 2022

Born on this day – Carmen Sevilla:

Carmen Sevilla

Actress

Singer

Dancer

October 16, 1930 – June 27, 2023

Born on this day – Patricia McNulty:

 

Patricia McNulty

Actress

Editor

October 16, 1942 – September 4, 2023

Credits:

Avril Lavigne: The Bonez Tour (2005); Capturing the Friedmans (2003); Hazel (1962); Live at the Quick (2002); Mr. Novak (1963); My Three Sons (1961–1967); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); Star Trek (1966); Tammy Tell Me True (1961); The Detectives (1961); The House of God (1981); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1962); The Tycoon (1964).

Born on this day – Suzanne Somers:

Suzanne Somers

Actress

Writer

Singer

October 16, 1946 – October 15, 2023

Credits:

Say It Isn't So (2001); The Darklings (1999); Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998); Step by Step (1991–1998); No Laughing Matter (1998); Love-Struck (1997); Devil's Food (1996); The Nutty Professor (1996); The Simpsons (1996); The Naked Truth (1995); ABC TGIF (1991–1995); ABC Sneak Peek with Step by Step (1994); Seduced by Evil (1994); Serial Mom (1994); Full House (1994); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); Sisters (1993); Exclusive (1992); Keeping Secrets (1991); Rich Men, Single Women (1990); She's the Sheriff (1987–1989); Totally Minnie (1988); Goodbye Charlie (1985); Hollywood Wives (1985); Three's Company (1977–1981); Nothing Personal (1980); Yesterday's Hero (1979); The Ropers (1979); Billy (1979); Zuma Beach (1978); Happily Ever After (1978); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); Ants! (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1975–1977); The Love Boat (1977); Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977); One Day at a Time (1976); Sky Heist (1975); The Rockford Files (1974); Lotsa Luck! (1974); Magnum Force (1973); American Graffiti (1973); Fools (1970); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Bullitt (1968).

Born on this day – Pamela Bach:

Pamela Bach

Actress

Producer

October 16, 1963 – March 5, 2025

Credits:

74th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2005); 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990); Appointment with Fear (1985); Baywatch (1991–2000); Baywatch Nights (1997); Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2011); Biography (2005); Castle Rock (2000); Celebrity Big Brother (2011); Cheers (1986); David Hasselhoff Live & Forever (1990); Diversity News TV (2009); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Entertainment Tonight (2007); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Good Day Live (2004); Inside Edition (2015); Knight Rider (1985); Larry King Live (2007); Luxury Gala 2023 (2023); Mansion of Blood (2015); Missing (2003); More Than Puppy Love (2002); Nudity Required (1989); Otherworld (1985); Rhythm (Make Moves Towards What You Love) (2025); Ring of the Musketeers (1992); Route 66 (1998); Sirens (1994–1995); Sonny Spoon (1988); Superboy (1989); T.J. Hooker (1985); Talent Watch (2012); The 11th Annual Satellite Awards (2006); The 19th Annual ARIA Awards (2005); The Fall Guy (1986); The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special (1986); The Young and the Restless (1973); This Is David Gest (2007); Throb (1986); Very Important Pennis (1996); VH1: All Access (2006); Viper (1998); Wobworld / as the voice of Magic the Cat (2025).

On this day in movie history - Confidential (1935)

Confidential

directed by Edward L. Cahn,

written by Wellyn Totman and Olive Cooper,

based on a story by Scott Darling and John Rathmell,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1935.

Music by Abe Meyer.

Cast:

Donald Cook, Evalyn Knapp, Theodore von Eltz, Warren Hymer, J. Carrol Naish, Herbert Rawlinson, Kane Richmond, Guy Edward Hearn, James P. Burtis, Clay Clement, Reed Howes, Morgan Wallace, Monte Carter, Al Bridge, Earl Eby, Lynton Brent, George Chesebro, Mary Gwynne, Frank Marlowe, Lillian Castle, Donald Kerr, Edwin Argus, Jack Gustin, David Worth, Allen Connor, Tom Brower, Harry Harvey, Sr., Robert Homans, Allan Cavan, Earl Dwire, John Ince, Lee Phelps.

On this day in movie history - Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Requiem for a Heavyweight

directed by Ralph Nelson, and written by Rod Serling,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1962.

A remake of the 1956 teleplay, directed by Ralph Nelson and written by Rod Serling.

Music by Laurence Rosenthal.

Cast:

Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, Stanley Adams, Madame Spivy, Cassius Clay, Val Avery, Herbie Faye, Jack Dempsey, Haystack Calhoun.

On this day in movie and screenplay history - Barfly (1987)

Barfly

directed by Barbet Schroeder,

written by Charles Bukowski,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1987.

Music by Jack Baran.

 

Cast:

Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance, J.C. Quinn, Frank Stallone, Sandy Martin, Roberta Bassin, Gloria LeRoy, Joe Unger, Harry Cohn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Joe Rice, Julie ‘Sunny’ Pearson, Donald L. Norden, Wil Albert, Hal Shafer, Zeke Manners, Pearl Shear, Rik Colitti, Michael Collins, Ronald G. Joseph, Damon Hines, Lahmard J. Tate, Gary Carlos Cervantes, Peter Conti, Vance Colvig Jr., Stacey Pickren, Leonard Termo, Gary Cox, Fritz Feld, Albert Henderson, Sandy Rose, Madalyn Carol, George Marshall Ruge, Debby Lynn Ross, Charles Bukowski, John Forker.

Recommended reading:

 

The Movie: "Barfly"

by Charles Bukowski.

Edited by Barbet Schroeder.
Published by Black Sparrow Press.
Published in 1987.

ISBN 10: 087685708X
ISBN 13: 9780876857083

Paperback.

Description:

The screenplay of the 1987 movie, directed by Barbet Schroeder.

On this day in television history - The Detectives (1959)

The Detectives

a.k.a. The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, Captain of Detectives and Robert Taylor's Detectives,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1959, and ran for three seasons until May 18, 1962.

Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.

Directed by: Alvin Ganzer, Arnold Laven, Arthur Hiller, Charles F. Haas, David Friedkin, David Lowell Rich, Dick Moder, Don McDougall, Don Medford, Don Weis, Felix E. Feist, Gerald Mayer, Harry Keller, James Clavell, James Neilson, James P. Yarbrough, John Rich, Joseph H. Lewis, Lamont Johnson, Lawrence Dobkin, Lewis Allen, Murray Golden, Paul Landres, Paul Wendkos, Richard Carlson, Richard Donner, Richard Whorf, Robert B. Sinclair, Robert Butler, Roger Kay, Stuart Rosenberg, Ted Post, Thomas Carr, Tom Gries, Walter Doniger, William A. Graham, William F. Claxton.

 

Written by: A.I. Bezzerides, Alfred Brenner, Alvin Sapinsley, Anthony Boucher, Antony Ellis, Arthur Browne Jr., Barry Trivers, Borden Chase, Boyd Correll, Calvin Clements Sr., Christopher Knopf, Clark Howat, Curtis Kenyon, David P. Harmon, Don Brinkley, Donald S. Sanford, Ed Adamson, Elliot West, Ellis Marcus, Erna Lazarus, Gene Roddenberry, George Bruce, George W. George, Gordon Gordon, Harry Kronman, Henry F. Greenberg, Herbert Abbott Spiro, Herman Groves, Howard Dimsdale, Jack Laird, Jay Simms, John K. Butler, Joseph Petracca, Joseph Stefano, Judy George, Laurence E. Mascott, Lawrence Dobkin, Lee Berg, Lee Karson, Leonard Freeman, Lewis Reed, Louis Pelletier, Meyer Dolinsky, Michael Morris, Michael Plant, Mildred Gordon, Milton S. Gelman, Mort Thaw, Norman T. Herman, Palmer Thompson, Patricia Chase, Peter Packer, Peter Stephens, Philip Saltzman, Richard Collins, Richard Morgan, Robert B. Sinclair, Robert C. Dennis, Robert J. Shaw, Stanley Niss, Sy Salkowitz.

 

Cast:
Robert Taylor, Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Mark Goddard, Lee Farr, Adam West, Ursula Thiess, Michael Harris, Rita Lynn, Joe Higgins, Johnny Seven, Arthur Batanides, Enid Jaynes, Marc Lawrence, Sandra Warner, Dabbs Greer, William Sargent, Adam Williams, John Anderson, Michael Parks, Sandra White, Al Ruscio, Laura Shelton, Alice Backes, Arlene Martel, Joe Mantell, John Milford, Naomi Stevens, Robert Brubaker, Bruce Gordon, Vera Miles, Jay Adler, Grace Lee Whitney, Diane Mountford, Aneta Corsaut, Jena Engstrom, Jack Kruschen, Harold J. Stone, Eileen Ryan, Robert Karnes, Michael Fox, Joey Faye, Sue England, Joan Marshall, Bernard Fein, Denise Alexander, John Considine, Augusta Merighi, William Tannen, Jack Holland, Jean Allison, Hazel Shermet, Philip Bourneuf, Kay Stewart, Larry Breitman, Mel Carter, Marc Cavell, Jay Strong, John Larkin, Morris D. Erby, George E. Mather, Hugh Sanders, Arthur Malet, Joe Turkel, Adrianne Ellis, Adrienne Hayes, Alice Allyn, Alice Frost, Amzie Strickland, Anita Sands, Barbara Nichols, Brian G. Hutton, Bruce Dern, Catherine Mazzola, Cathy O'Donnell, Charles McGraw, Claire Carleton, Danielle Aubry, Darlene Fields, Diane Ladd, Dianne Foster, Donna Douglas, Dyan Cannon, Edward G. Robinson, Ellen Burstyn, Eva Gabor, Fay Spain, George Conrad, Inger Stevens, James Coburn, James Whitmore, Jean Hagen, Joseph Sargent, Joyce Van Patten, L.Q. Jones, Lawrence Tierney, Lee Meriwether, Marianna Hill, Marion Ross, Marsha Hunt, Martin Landau, Michael Constantine, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Anderson, Robert Culp, Telly Savalas.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Murder in C-Sharp Minor.

Released October 16, 1959.

Directed by Herman Hoffman.

Written by Stuart Jerome and Arthur Orloff.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Jackson, Howard McNear, Peter Leeds, Jody Lawrance, Herb Vigran, Robert Osterloh, Peter Brian, Kenner G. Kemp.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise (1993, 1995, 2002)

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 7. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Gambit, Part II.

Released October 16, 1993.

Directed by Alexander Singer.

Written by Ronald D. Moore, Naren Shankar, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Richard Lynch, Robin Curtis, Julie Caitlin Brown, Cameron Thor, James Worthy, Sabrina Le Beauf, Martin Goslins, Majel Barrett, Steve Blalock, Eugenie Bondurant, Kevin Indio Copeland, Goldie Gareza, Paul Genick, Kerry Hoyt, Keith Rayve, Oliver Theess.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 2. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Parturition.

Released October 16, 1995.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Tom Szollosi, Kenneth Biller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Majel Barrett, Jasmin Bischoff, John Copage, Kenneth David Ebling, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Ken Gruz, Susan Henley, Julie Jiang, Louis Ortiz, Tami Peterson, Richard Sarstedt, Louis C. Simon, John Alex Tampoya.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 2. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: A Night in Sickbay.

Released October 16, 2002.

Directed by David Straiton.

Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Vaughn Armstrong, Alexandrea Ortiz, Emma the Beagle, Evan English, Aldric A. Horton, Mark Watson.