“Born Today”
- Zoe Kravitz (28)
- Desean Jackson (30)
- Janelle Monae (31)
- Charles Michael Davis (32)
- Mat Kearney (38)
- Brad Delson (39)
- Laura Ling (40)
- Dean O’Gorman (40)
- Emily Mortimer (45)
- Sarah Silverman (46)
- Golden Brooks (46)
- Nestor Carbonell (49)
- Jeremy Northam (55)
- Carol Alt (56)
- Jane Turner (56)
- Candace Bushnell (58)
- Charlene Tilton (58)
- Deep Roy (59)
- Treat Williams (65)
- Obba Babatunde (65)
- Bette Midler (71) Featured Above
- John Densmore (72)
- Woody Allen (81)
- Richard Pryor (RIP)
“Died Today”
- Irving Lee Dorsey (Born: December 24, 1924 / Died: December 1, 1986)
- Byron Webster (Born: June 14, 1931 / Died: December 1, 1991)
“Movies”
- 1966 – Follow Me, Boys!
- 1967 – Hells Angels on Wheels
- 1980 – A Change of Seasons
- 1989 – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 1990 – Cyrano de Bergerac
- 1995 – Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead
- 1995 – White Man’s Burden
- 1995 – Wild Bill
“Music”
- 1965 – The Zombies released their single “Tell Her No”
- 1972 – “Peaceful Easy Feeling” was released by the Eagles
- 1973 – “Top of the World” by the Carpenters was #1
- 1973 – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was the #1 album for its fourth week
- 1978 – The Doobie Brothers released their album Minute by Minute
- 1980 – “Same Old Lang Syne” by Dan Fogelberg was released
- 1984 – Lionel Richie’s single “Penny Lover” was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart
- 1990 – “I’m Your Baby Tonight” became the #1 song
- 1990 – For her fifth week Bette Midler topped the Adult Contemporary chart with “From A Distance”
“TV/Radio”
- 1975 – “The Edge of Night” became the first serial in television history to switch networks.
- 1978 – The 100th episode of “The Rockford Files” aired on NBC.
- 1985 – The TV movie “Perry Mason Returns” aired.
- 1994 – The Game Show Network was launched.
- 1998 – Westinghouse Electric changed its name to CBS Corp. Westinghouse had owned CBS since November 1995.
- 2000 – Disney Channel’s original movie The Ultimate Christmas Present premiered
“Other Important Events…”
- 1955 – Rosa Parks made history by refusing to give her bus seat to a white passenger, and was, soon after, arrested
- 1965 – The first issue of Disney News was published
- 1969 – The US held a draft lottery for the Vietnam War. The country’s first draft lottery since World War II