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October 21 Birthdays




Kim Kardashian - 36



Carrie Fisher - 60



Judge Judy Sheindlin - 74



Benjamin Netanyahu - 67



Alfred Nobel - (1833-1896)



Dizzy Gillespie - (1917-1993)



Hernando Desoto - (1496-1542)








October 21st

2011: Free and Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers became a Canadian citizen during an hour long ceremony at Central City tower in Surrey, BC. Rodgers has been married to former Miss Canada Cynthia Kereluk since 2007.

2006: Bob Seger sang “America the Beautiful” before Game 1 of the 2006 World Series at Comerica Park in Detroit.

1998: Alice Cooper filed a lawsuit against Kiss claiming their song “Dreamin’” sounded too similar to his first hit single “I’m Eighteen”. The suit would be settled out of court the following year.

1997: David Lee Roth released his autobiography Crazy from the Heat. The autobiography told stories about his days in Van Halen and as a solo artist along with stories of his childhood and his rock climbing hobby.

1995: Def Leppard reached number two on the U.K. Singles Chart with “When Love and Hate Collide”. The song would be their biggest hit in their home country. It would only reach number fifty-eight in the U.S.

1993: The Ramones made a guest appearance on The Simpsons. Drummer Marky Ramone later called their appearance a career highlight and their appearance has regularly been noted as one of the best in the program’s history.

1985: Eric Clapton, Dave Edmunds, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr joined Carl Perkins onstage at a concert in London to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Perkins’ most well- known song, “Blue Suede Shoes”.

1980: The Police kicked off the first North American leg of the tour in support of their third album Zenyatta Mondatta at the Winnipeg Arena.

1976: The Who performed their last concert with Keith Moon in North America at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.



Birthdays:

Manfred Mann born in 1940

Tetsu Yamauchi - Bassist for Free and The Faces born in 1947

Brent Mydland - Keyboardist for Grateful Dead born in 1952

Steve Lukather - Guitarist for Toto born in 1947