1961

Marion Ross is best-known role is that of Marion Cunningham
on the ABC television sitcom Happy Days, on which she
starred from 1974 to 1984 and for which she received two
Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Since the 1990s, Ross has been known for voice-over work on
animated television series, including King of the Hill and
SpongeBob SquarePants. 

On October 25, 1964, after recovering a fumble against the 49ers
in San Francisco, Minnesota Vikings star defensive end Jim
Marshall ran 66 yards the wrong way into his own end zone.

The four-year veteran believes he has scored a touchdown, so
he throws the ball out of bounds in celebration, resulting in a
safety for San Francisco and putting an exclamation point on
one of the worst blunders in NFL history. Despite Marshall’s
error, the Vikings win, 27-22.

“It was the nuttiest thing I’d ever seen,” said Vikings offensive
tackle Grady Alderman. 

Marshall recovers the fumble (1) before running
in the wrong direction (2).

Born: December 30, 1937 (age 85)

Richard Roundtree is noted for his portrayal of private detective
John Shaft in the 1971 film Shaft, and its four sequels, released
between 1972 and 2019.

For his performance in the original film, Roundtree was nominated
for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor in
1972.

Roundtree died of pancreatic cancer at his Los Angeles home
on October 24, at the age of 81.

WASHINGTON (TND) — Rock star and philanthropist Jon Bon
Jovi (61) has been named the 2024 "MusiCares" Person of the
Year for his efforts to establish a successful nonprofit that helps
people in need.

Bon Jovi, who is the lead singer of the band with the same name,
said a former member of The Beatles, Paul McCartney, told him
about the honor.

Paul McCartney (81)

On October 24, 1969, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,
starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as a team of bank
robbers in the Old West, opened in theaters around the United
States.

The film was a commercial and critical success, receiving seven
Oscar nominations (including Best Picture and Best Director)
and winning in the categories of Best Screenplay (William
Goldman), Best Song (Burt Bacharach’s “Raindrops Keep
Falling on My Head”), Best Score and Best Cinematography.