MILESTONES: November 1, birthdays for Tim Cook, Jenny McCarthy, Gary Player
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actor Penn Badgley, who was born in 1986; actress Toni Collette, who was born in 1972; Apple CEO Tim Cook, who was born in 1960; publisher Larry Flynt, who was born in 1942; singer Lyle Lovett, who was born in 1957; model, actress and activist Jenny McCarthy, who was born in 1972; former golfer Gary Jim Player, who was born in 1935; actress and Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS Aishwarya Rai, who was born in 1973; actress Rachel Ticotin, who was born in 1958; and former baseball player Fernando Anguamea Valenzuela, who was born in 1960.
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THE HOCKEY MASK WAS INVENTED ON THIS DAY IN 1959. Tired of stopping hockey pucks with his face, Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante, having received another wound, re-emerged from the locker room with seven new stitches and a face mask he had made from fiberglass and resin. Cliff Benedict had tried a leather mask back in the ’20s, but the idea didn’t catch on until Plante wore his. Soon after, goalies throughout the NHL began wearing protective plastic face shields.