Birthdays:

Costas Mandylor (September 3, 1965), who wrote starred in Mobsters (1991), “Tales from the Crypt” (episode: Halfway Horrible), Virtuosity (1995), Portraits of a Killer (1996), Double Take (1997), Dinocroc (2004), Dr. Chopper (2005), the Saw movies III through VII, Toxic (2008), Immortally Yours (2009), The Cursed (2010), 2 Bedroom 1 Bath (2014), Blood Trap (2015), The Horde (2016), Blindsided (2017), and Residue (2017).

Mandylor in Saw IV

Charlie Sheen (September 3, 1965), who starred in Grizzly II: The Concert (1983), The Wraith (1986), The Arrival (1996), Postmortem (1998), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Scary Movie 5 (2013), and Machete Kills (2013).

Sheen in Scary Movie 3

Clare Kramer (September 3, 1974), who starred in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” Mummy an’ the Armadillo (2004), The Skulls III (2004), The Gravedancers (2006), The Thirst (2006), Big Ass Spider! (2013), Tales of Halloween (2015; segment: Sweet Tooth), and The Lost Tree (2016).

Kramer in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”

Movie releases:

2008: Martyrs (France)
2010: Machete

Horrific history from today:
1878: Reverend murders his mistress (2017)
1902: Farmers’ reception drives off President’s son (2017)
1925: Crash of the Shenandoah (2017)
1998: Mother strangles 6 children before attempting suicide (2017)
1927: Man depressed over his unemployment kills 8, is wounded in shootout with police (2018)