On this day: October 8

POSTED: 01:42 PM PDT Oct 05, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Oct 07, 2012 

Chicago burns, Don Larsen is perfection in the World Series, Jerry Lee Lewis records his biggest hit, and Martha Stewart reports to prison, all on this day.

OTD October 8 - Sigourney Weaver
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1949: Actress Sigourney Weaver ("Alien," "Ghostbusters," "Working Girl," "Gorillas in the Mist," "Avatar") is born under the birth name Susan Alexandra Weaver in Manhattan, N.Y.

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