“Born Today”
- AnnaSophia Robb (23)
- Sam Hunt (32)
- Nicki Minaj (34)
- Chrisette Michele (34)
- Ingrid Michaelson (37)
- Ian Somerhalder (38)
- Dominic Monaghan (40)
- Nick Zinner (42)
- Cristian Castro (42)
- Corey Taylor (43)
- Michael Cole (48)
- Tyler Mane (50)
- Sinead O’Connor (50)
- Athena Lee (52)
- Teri Hatcher (52)
- Ann Coulter (55)
- Phil Collen (59)
- Deborra-Lee Furness (61)
- Kim Basinger (63)
- Rick Baker (66)
- Nancy Meyers (67)
- Gregg Allman (69)
- John Rubenstein (70)
- Graciela Daniele (77)
- James Galway (77)
- Sammy Davis Jr (RIP)
- Jim Morrison (RIP)
“Died Today”
- John Lennon (Born: October 9, 1940 / Died: December 8, 1980)
- Marty Robbins (Born: September 26, 1925 / Died: December 8, 1982)
- Anne Seymour (Born: September 11, 1909 / Died: December 8, 1988)
“Movies”
- 1970 – Husbands
- 1982 – 48 hours
- 1982 – Sophie’s Choice
- 1989 – She-Devil
- 1989 – The War of the Roses
- 1995 – Father of the Bride Part II
- 1995 – Live Nude Girls
- 2000 – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- 2000 – Dungeons & Dragons
- 2000 – Proof of Life
- 2000 – Vertical Limit
“Music”
- 1962 – “All Alone Am I” by Brenda Lee remained #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart
- 1962 – “Big Girls Don’t Cry” was #1 for its fourth week
- 1967 – Their Satanic Majesties Request was released
- 1973 – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road still topped the album charts
- 1979 – Styx went #1 with the single “Babe”
- 1979 – The Long Run by the Eagles was the #1 album
- 1984 – Prince and the Revolution were #1 again with Purple Rain
- 1990 – Bette Midler continued to rule the charts with “From a Distance”
“TV & Radio”
- 1984 – Ringo Starr made an appearance on Saturday Night Live
- 1985 – The TV film Final Jeopardy was released
- 1986 – Part 2 of Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna was released
“Other Important Events…”
- 1980 – Former Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed in the entrance of the Dakota apartments in New York City
- 1982 – Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
- 1998 – Women’s Ice Hockey had its first appearance in the Winter Olympics