In History – Happy 40th Birthday Dale, Jr.

TODAY IN HISTORY - 10/10

1945 - Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series
1971 - 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins Entertainer of Year
1977 - 11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins
1983 - 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY:

1958 - Tanya Tucker, Seminole Tx, country singer/actress
1974 - Dale Earnhardt Jr, American NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver

1975 - Actress Elizabeth Taylor (43) 6th marriage and remarriage to actor Richard Burton (49)

GOODBYE TO:

1985 - Orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70
1985 - Yul Brynner, [Taidje Khan], actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 65
1991 -Redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford & Son), dies of heart attack at 68
2013 - Scott Carpenter, American pilot and astronaut, dies from complications from a stroke at 88

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