Halloween. Pop Culture from 1996. Biggest statue in the world, 1st paved coast to coast highway, 1st US Navy ship sunk in WW2, Nevada's birthday. Todays birthdays - Michael Landon, David Ogden Steirs, Barbara Bel Geddes, Dale Evans, Adam Horovitz, Annabella Lwin, Vanilla Ice, Linn Berggrin, John Candy, Daryl Worley, Rob Schneider. Sean Connery died.