Oct. 9 is relatively uneventful – a couple of birthdays, including:
Scott Bakula, the TV actor most famous for his TV series Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise (though I’ve liked him a lot in a movie The Lord of Illusions – quite a chilling thriller/horror movie)
Tony Shalhoub, most notable in his role of Jeebs, the alien who can grow his head again and again the MIB I and II, as well a few other ones, where he did not catch my attention as much as in these two. I hear he’s big on TV right now, the series called The Monk – never seen it myself
One history fact caught my attention – in the year 1000 on Oct.9 the viking Leif Ericsson discovers Vinland, therefore discovering North America (which was almost 500 years later successfully re-discovered by Christopher Columbus). This event was not portrayed in the movies that much, but it was an inspiration for an absolutely wonderful