“Born Today”
- Taylor Swift (27)
- Amy Lee (35)
- Tom DeLonge (41)
- Debbie Matenopoulos (42)
- Christie Clark (43)
- Bart Johnson (46)
- Jamie Foxx (49)
- Nene Leakes (49)
- Morris Day (59)
- Steve Buscemi (59)
- Wendie Malick (66)
- Ted Nugent (68)
- John Davidson (75)
- Christopher Plummer (87)
- Dick Van Dyke (91)
- Mary Todd Lincoln (RIP)
“Died Today”
- Samuel Gomper (Born: January 27, 1850 / Died: December 13, 1924)
- Grandma Moses (Born: September 7, 1860 / Died: December 13, 1961)
- Alice Marble (Born: September 28, 1913 / Died: December 13, 1990)
“Movies”
- 1965 – A Thousand Clowns
- 1971 – Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- 1972 – The Getaway
- 1991 – The Last Boy Scout
- 1995 – Sense and Sensibility (Canada)
- 1996 – Jerry Maguire
- 1996 – Mars Attacks!
- 1996 – The Preacher’s Wife
“Music”
- 1969 – “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” was the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart
- 1975 – “I Write the Songs” by Barry Manilow was the #1 song on the Adult chart
- 1975 – “Fly, Robin, Fly” was the #1 song on the top 100
- 1980 – Kenny Rogers had his fifth week at #1 with the single “Lady”
- 1986 – Bruce Hornsby was #1 with the single “The Way It Is”
- 1997 – Garth Brooks’ album Seven was #1
- 1997 – “My Body” by LSG was the top song on the R&B chart
“TV & Radio”
- 1966 – The rights to the first four Super Bowls were sold to CBS and NBC for total of $9.5 million.
- 1975 – “Saturday Night Live” was told by the network to run a five-second delay for the first time.
- 1978 – The TV movie Lovey: A Circle of Children premiered
- 1996 – The 100th episode of “Renegade” aired.
“Other Important Events…”
- 1998 – Puerto Rican voters rejected U.S. statehood in a non-binding referendum.