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Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 18: Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Mike Ditka is 85. Singer Russ Giguere of The Association is 81. Award-winning Canadian film composer Howard Shore is 78. Actor Joe Morton is 77. Actress Pam Dawber is 73.

Today in Music History for Oct. 18: In 1926, legendary rock singer, guitarist and songwriter Chuck Berry was born in San Jose, Calif.

Today in History for Oct. 18: In 1534, Paul III was elected Pope. He reformed the Catholic Church and forbade the practice of selling church appointments and spiritual favours. However, he was unable to heal the rift of the Reformation. In 1646, Rev.

Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 17: Singer Gary Puckett of Gary Puckett and the Union Gap is 82. Actor Michael McKean is 77. Actor George Wendt is 76. Actor-singer Bill Hudson is 75. Singer-songwriter Shari Ulrich is 73.

Today in Music History for Oct. 17: In 1948, Montreal's "Pro Musica Society" presented its first chamber music concert, featuring the Stuyvesant String Quartet and clarinetist Clark Brody.

Today in History for Oct. 17: In 1483, Pope Sixtus IV launched the Spanish Inquisition, placing it under the joint direction of the Catholic Church and state.

Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 16: Actor-producer Tony Anthony is 87. Actor Barry Corbin ("One Tree Hill," ''Northern Exposure") is 84. Canadian bassist C.F. Turner of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 81. Guitarist Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead is 77.

Today in Music History for Oct. 16: In 1923, "The Societe Canadienne D'operette Inc.," one of the first opera companies in Quebec, presented its first production, "Offenbach's Les Brigands," at the Monument National in Montreal.

Today in History for Oct. 16: In 1555, in Oxford, England, bishops Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley were burned at the stake for heresy because of their Protestant beliefs.

Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 15: Singer Barry McGuire is 89. Canadian Willie O'Ree, the first black player in the N.H.L, is 89. Actress Linda Lavin ("Alice") is 87. Drummer Don Stevenson of Moby Grape is 83.