Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Happy Halloween!

Birthdays:

Peter Jackson - 46

Eddie Kaye Thomas - 27

Piper Perabo - 31

VANILLA ICE - 40

Rob Schneider - 44

Dermot Mulroney - 44

Larry Mullen Jr. - 46

Jane Pauley - 57

Dan Rather - 76

Michael Collins - 77

On this day:

834 A.D. - The Roman Catholic Church moved ALL HALLOWS' EVE to October 31st. The celebration had been established to honor the SAINTS.

1926 - HARRY HOUDINI died in a Detroit hospital of gangrene and peritonitis, resulting from a ruptured appendix following a punch to the stomach.

1970 - LORETTA LYNN'S signature song, "Coal Miner's Daughter", first hit the charts.

1970 - MICHELLE PHILLIPS of the MAMAS & PAPAS married DENNIS HOPPER. They divorced eight DAYS later.

1976 - "Carrie" was released starring SISSY SPACEK as a deadly telekinetic teen.

1980 - BOW WOW WOW singer ANNABELLA LWIN celebrated her 15th birthday by playing a concert at London's Rainbow Theatre. On stage with her was a background singer known as LIEUTENANT LUSH who went on to become BOY GEORGE.

1986 - For the first time, Universal Studios opened at night. . . so they could present Halloween Horror Nights, which included appearances by Dracula, The Mummy, and The Creature from the Black Lagoon

1988 - DEBBIE GIBSON held a séance to contact LIBERACE and SID VICIOUS.

1993 - 23-year-old RIVER PHOENIX collapsed and died outside the Viper Room, a Hollywood club that was then-owned by JOHNNY DEPP.

1993 - TUPAC SHAKUR was arrested for allegedly shooting two off-duty Atlanta policemen during a late-night argument. The charges were dropped after witnesses testified that Tupac shot the cops in SELF-DEFENSE.

Battle of the Sexes- The ladies won today and are now only down by 1.

MIX105.1's HOLIDAY SOIREE! We made a huge concert announcement this morning at 7:20! It's our next big show starring COLLECTIVE SOUL, EMERSON HART FROM TONIC, and JON McLAUGHLIN on Friday, November 30th! And did I mention Scott's band Simulcast will be opening the show! It's going to be a great concert and will sell out, so get you tickets ASAP! Tickets go on sale Saturday morning at 10am at the House of Blues box office and http://www.blogger.com/www.mix1051.com See you at the show!

$25 Pyramid- Zack played today and got 2 out of 5. The jackpot goes up to $40 tomorrow.

JJ REDICK-The Orlando Magic superstar joined us this morning as the Magic open up the regular season tonight at 7:00 against the Bucks. Tickets are still available at http://www.blogger.com/www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-4-NBA-TIX. GO MAGIC!

Fact or Fiction- We have a new champion! Julie won $20 this morning and has now been crowned our reigning champion. You can steal the money and become our new champion tomorrow morning at 8:35.