“Born Today”
- Meghan Trainor (23)
- Ali Lohan (23)
- Jordin Sparks (27)
- Greg Finley (32)
- Jennifer Hawkins (33)
- Joe Dinicol (33)
- Chris Carmack (36)
- Mia Tyler (38)
- Heather Donahue (42)
- Vanessa Paradis (44)
- Ted Cruz (46)
- Dina Meyer (48)
- Ralph Fiennes (54)
- Luther Campbell (56)
- Bern Nadette Stanis (63)
- Diane Sawyer (71)
- Hector Elizondo (80)
- Lady Bird Johnson (RIP)
- Robin Gibb (RIP) Featured Above
- Maurice Gibb (RIP) Featured Above
“Died Today”
- Beatrix Potter (Born: July 28, 1866 / Died: December 22, 1943)
- Chico Mendes (Born: December 15, 1944 / Died: December 22, 1988)
- Samuel Beckett (Born: April 13, 1906 / Died: December 22, 1989)
- Joe Cocker (Born: May 20, 1944 / Died: December 22, 2014)
“Movies”
- 1964 – Kiss Me, Stupid
- 1965 – Doctor Zhivago (UK)
- 1968 – The Night They Raided Minsky’s
- 1971 – Star Spangled Girl
- 1972 – Snowball Express
- 1982 – Kiss Me Goodbye
- 1989 – Always
- 1989 – Tango & Cash
- 1991 – Rush
- 1995 – Cutthroat Island
- 1995 – Dracula: Dead and Loving It
- 1995 – Grumpier Old Men
- 1995 – Sudden Death
- 1995 – Tom and Huck
- 1995 – Waiting to Exhale
- 1995 – Balto
- 1999 – Any Given Sunday
- 1999 – Man on the Moon
- 2000 – Cast Away
- 2000 – Dracula 2000
- 2000 – Finding Forrester
- 2000 – Miss Congeniality
- 2000 – O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- 2000 – The Family Man
- 2000 – The Gift
“Music”
- 1962 – Steve Lawrence was #1, on the Adult Contemporary chart, for a second week with “Go Away Little Girl”
- 1973 – Charlie Rich was #1 with his single “The Most Beautiful Girl”
- 1979 – Rupert Holmes was #1 with the single “Escape”
- 1984 – Madonna’s “Like A Virgin” was the #1 song on the Billboard top 100
- 1984 – Purple Rain still dominated the Billboard 200 chart
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- 1990 – To the Extreme by Vanilla Ice was the #1 album for its seventh week
- 1990 – George Strait had the #1 country song with “I’ve Come to Expect it From You”
“TV/Radio”
- 1931 – The first experimental TV broadcast from a transmitter atop the Empire State Building took place. The transmitter was put up by NBC on October 30, 1931.
- 1975 – Mike and Gloria Stivic had a baby on CBS-TV’s “All In The Family.”
- 1976 – Production ended for “Let’s Make a Deal.”
- 1994 – The 100th episode of “Beavis and Butt-head” aired on MTV.
“Other Important Events…”
- 1882 – The first electric christmas tree lights, created by Thomas Edison, are displayed.