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Calendar: 2009 at the movies

October 2009

This month sees the release of some of Bollywood’s most ambitious projects. Swim on the wild side with Akshay Kumar in Blue and indulge in some fantasy with Big B the genie in Aladin.

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In 1966, a 19-year-old Cat Stevens released I Love My Dog.

Hollywood releases: A Serious Man, The Invention of Lying, Whip It, Zombieland, More Than A Game

Walt Disney’s The Mickey Mouse Club premiered on TV in 1955. And the show is still going strong!

A sad day for music. In 1970, Janis Joplin – renowned for her passionate, bluesy vocal style - died from a drug overdose at the age of 27.

Soha Ali Khan celebrates her birthday today

In 1965, Henry Mancini received a gold record for the soundtrack LP from the movie, The Pink Panther.

Elizabeth Taylor made a record of sorts on this day. In 1991, she got married for the eighth time - to construction worker Larry Fortensky.

Today’s also the day that Vinod Khanna and Simon Cowell blow out their birthday candles

Andrew Lloyd Weber’s successful musical, Cats, opened on Broadway in 1982.

In 1984, Anne Murray became the first woman to win the Country Music Association’s Album of the Year Award for A Little Good News.

Bollywood releases: 3 Nights 4 Days, Acid Factory, Shaabash! You Can Do It

Hollywood releases: Couples Retreat, The Damned United, Good Hair

The diva of Bollywood, Rekha, turns a year older, but remains as ageless as ever.

It’s a day for birthdays. While Amitabh Bachchan, Ronit Roy and Chandrachur Singh plan their bashes, across the ocean so does Michelle Trachtenberg

He’s sexy, he’s hot and he’s Wolverine. Hugh Jackman celebrates his birthday today and we say he only gets hotter by the year.

In 1963, Beatlemania hit the London Palladium as the group made their first appearance on a major TV show - for the BBC.

This is a great day for children everywhere. In 1926, Winnie-the-Pooh made his debut with his honey pot and zany friends.

In 1988, UB40’s signature song Red Red Wine became the first reggae hit to make it to number one in the US.

Bollywood releases: All The Best, Blue, Main Aurr Mrs Khanna Hollywood releases: Law Abiding Citizen, The Stepfather, Where The Wild Things Are, New York, I Love You

Danseuse Hema Malini shares her birthday with singer John Mayer.

The very first issue of the National Geographic Magazine was published in 1888.

The old and the young. Om Puri and High School Musical star Zac Efron turn a year older.

In 1944, Marlon Brando, an actor who would become legend, made his stage debut in the Broadway hit, I Remember Mama.

Back home, our own tough guy, Sunny Deol, doesn’t know whether to beat his birthday cake to pulp or eat it.

The Beatles received a gold record for the single, Yesterday, in 1965.

In 1997, Elton John’s tribute to Princess Diana, Candle in the Wind 1997, was declared the biggest-selling single record of all time by The Guinness Book of Records.

The yodelling Shammi Kapoor and the bootylicious Kim Kardashian share a birthday.

Phil Collins’ remake of Groovy Kind of Love parked itself on the number one spot for two weeks in 1988.

Hollywood releases: Amelia, Astro Boy, The Vampire's Assistant

Motown Records founder Berry Gordy – who helped launch the careers of Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson - received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1996.

Actress-turned-director Aparna Sen shares her birthday with singer Katy Perry.

She may not be around on screen much, but we still remember Raveena Tandon on her birthday.

In 1975, Bruce Springsteen appeared on the cover of both TIME and Newsweek.

Hollywood releases: Michael Jackson's This Is It

Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon became the longest-charting album of all time in 1983 when it logged its 491st week on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.

Bollywood releases: Aladin, London Dreams

In 1984, Billy Ocean’s Caribbean Queen hit the million mark and became a gold record.