In this year on October 25th, Kevin was born and... Births 1825 Johann Strauss born 1838 Georges Bizet born 1881 Pablo Picasso born 1888 Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd born (Arctic explorer; 1st to N. Pole) 1912 Minnie Pearl born 1924 Billy Barty born 1928 Marion Ross born (Happy Days) 1940 Bobby Knight born (IU basketball) 1941 Helen Reddy & Ann Tyler born 1944 Jon Anderson born (YES lead singer) 1948 Glen Tipton born (Judas Priest co-lead guitarist) 1954 Ed Powers born (porn king) 1955 Gale Anne Hurd born (producer) 1959 Nancy Cartwright born (voice of Bart Simpson) 1962 Chad Smith born (Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer) 1970 Ed Robertson born (Barenaked Ladies) 1970 Adam Pascal born (lots of theater; co-p Fully Committed) 1970 Adam Goldberg born (actor) 1971 Craig Robinson born (The Office) 1984 Katy Perry born (singer) 1985 Ciara born (singer) 2008 Amy Pohler and Will Arnett's son Archie born Deaths 1400 Jeffrey Chaucer died 1993 Vincent Price died 2002 Richard Harris died 2008 Estelle "I'll have what she's having" Reiner died 2008 Gerard Damiano died (director of Deep Throat) Marriages 1764 John Adams married Abigail Smith 1998 Punky Brewster married 2008 Wanda Skyes married (before Proposition 8 made it illegal) 2009 Fred Armisen married Elisabeth Moss Other events 1861 Toronto stock exchange opens 1870 first U.S. trademark was given to the Averill Chemical Paint Company of NYC 1870 postcards first used in U.S. 1917 October Revolution in Russia 1924 premiere of Little Orphan Annie comic strip 1930 1st transcontinental air service begun 1945 China takes over Taiwan following Japan's surrender to the Allies 1955 Tappan introduces the microwave oven 1962 Steinbeck awarded the Nobel Prize in literature 1962 Adlai Stevenson showed photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles were in Cuba- Cuban missile crisis 1964 Rolling Stones 1st appeared on Ed Sullivan 1971 Disney World dedicated 1971 China admitted to the UN, despite Tibetan oppression 1983 U.S. invaded Granada 1988 Traveling Wilburys Volume One released 2007 SAG gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during its 75th anniversary 2008 Amy Winehouse enters rehab (again) 2009 McDonalds closes all of its locations (3) in Iceland 2010 Indonesian tsunami and it's Thanksgiving Day in the Virgin Islands Also born in Austin, TX: Sandra Bullock, Dabney Coleman, Ethan Hawke, Tobe Hooper, Harry Knowles, Nelly, Amber Heard, Steve Austin, Angus T. Jones, Tom Ford, Ciara, Bob Schieffer Also raised in or near Acworth and Kennesaw, GA (other hicks who've made it!): Ryan Seacrest, Ty Pennington, Ron Lester (classmate at NCHS), Julia and Eric Roberts, Jack McBrayer, Little Richard, plus a lot of folks from HotLanta itself, including: Chloe Moretz, Ed Helms, Brittany Murphy, David Cross, Chris Tucker, AnnaLynne McCord, Stephen Dorff, Raven Symone, Steven Soderbergh, Spike Lee, Kenan Thompson, DeForest Kelly, Alan Ball, Andre Benjamin, Jerry Reed, Jeff Foxworthy (of course), Chris Robinson, Nipsey Russell, and Tyler Perry's studio Also graduated from UVA around the time Kevin did: Tina Fey Also graduated from IU around the time Kevin did: Meg Cabot (writer, 'The Princess Diaries'), Kevin Kline (well, he graduated much earlier than this KK!)