On This Day – Happy Birthday Tanya Tucker

ON THIS DAY - October 10th:

1959 - Pan Am begins regular flights around the world
1963 - "From Russia With Love" 2nd James Bond film based on a novel by Ian Fleming, starring Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi, premieres in London
1968 - Detroit Tigers beat St Louis Cards, 4 games to 3 in 65th World Series
1977 - 11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins
1983 - 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
1988 - 22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K T Oslin win

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1958 - Tanya Tucker, Seminole Tx, country singer/actress
1969 - Brett Favre, NFL quarterback (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)

GOODBYE TO:

1985 - Orson Welles, American actor/director (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds), dies of a heart attack at 70
1985 - Yul Brynner, [Taidje Khan], actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 65
1991 - Redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford & Sons), dies of heart attack at 68
2012 - Alex Karras, American NFL player, dies from kidney failure at 77
2013 - Scott Carpenter, American pilot and astronaut, dies from complications from a stroke at 88

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