Today in History

Today in Music History for Oct. 30: In 1908, Patsy Montana, the first woman in country music to have a million-selling record, was born in Hot Springs, Ark. She accomplished the feat with her 1935 recording of "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart.

Today in Music History for Oct. 29: In 1787, Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni" premiered at the Tyl Theatre in Prague.

Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 28: Jazz singer Cleo Laine is 90. Actress Joan Plowright is 88. Country singer Mitchell Torok is 88. Country musician Charlie Daniels is 81. Player/coach Basketball Hall-of-Famer Lenny Wilkens is 80.

Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 27: Actress Nanette Fabray is 97. Quebec singer-songwriter Gilles Vigneault is 89. Actor-comedian John Cleese is 78. Country songwriter-singer Dallas Frazier is 78. Author Maxine Hong Kingston is 77.

Celebrity Birthdays for is Oct. 26: Actress Shelley Morrison ("Will and Grace") is 81. Actress Jaclyn Smith ("Charlie's Angels") is 72. "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak is 71. Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is 70.

Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 25: Actress Marion Ross is 89. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Bob Knight is 77. Singer Helen Reddy is 76. Author Anne Tyler is 76. Roy Lynes, organist and vocalist with Status Quo, is 74. Singer Jon Anderson (Yes) is 73.

Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 24: Country songwriter Whitey Shafer ("All My Ex's Live in Texas") is 83. Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman is 81. Steel guitarist Santo Farina, of the duo Santo and Johnny, is 80. Actor F. Murray Abraham is 78.

Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 23: Movie director Philip Kaufman is 81. Gospel singer Yvonne Staples (The Staple Singers) is 79. Soccer legend Pele is 77. Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups is 74.

Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 22: Black Panthers co-founder Bobby Seale is 81. Actor Christopher Lloyd is 79. Actor Derek Jacobi is 79. Actor Tony Roberts is 78. Actress Catherine Deneuve is 74. Movie director Jan de Bont is 74.

Today in History for Nov. 4: On this date: In 1809, the steamer "Accomodation," the first on the St. Lawrence, arrived at Quebec from Montreal. The trip took 66 hours at a speed of five knots but 30 hours were spent at anchor. The fare was $8.