“Born Today”
- Louis Tomlinson (24)
- Austin Stowell (31)
- Robert Schwartzman (33)
- Michael Raymond-James (38)
- Ryan Seacrest (41)
- Stephenie Meyer (42)
- Ricky Martin (45) Featured Above
- Amaury Nolasco (45)
- Mark Valley (51)
- Mary Ramsey of 10,000 Maniacs (52)
- Kate Spade (53)
- Lee Daniels (56)
- Anil Kapoor (59)
- Lenny Kilmister (70)
- Mary Higgins Clark (88)
- Ava Gardner (RIP)
- Lemmy Kilmmister (RIP)
“Died Today”
- Peter Lawford (Born: September 7, 1923 / Died: December 24, 1984)
- Jack Klugman (Born: April 27, 1922 / Died: December 24, 2012)
- Charles Durning (Born: February 28, 1923 / Died: December 24, 2012)
“Movies”
- 1964 – The Pleasure Seekers
- 1964 – Sex and the Single Girl
- 1965 – Bad Girls Go to Hell
- 1968 – The Love Bug
- 1969 – The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
- 1982 – Six Weeks
“Music”
- 1965 – The Beatles had the No.1 album in the US for the third Christmas in a row. Rubber Soul was at the top of the LP chart, following Beatles For Sale in 1964 and With The Beatles in 1963.
- 1966 – “(I Know) I’m Losing You” by the Temptations was the new #1 on the R&B chart
- 1972 – David Bowie appeared at the Rainbow Theatre, London, England giving a special Christmas Eve concert.
- 1976 – The Eagles sixth album, Hotel California spent the first of eight non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard chart.
- 1977 – The Bee Gees started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘How Deep Is Your Love’, the group’s 4th US No.1.
- 1977 – The Sex Pistols played their last ever UK gig, (until 1996), before splitting, at Ivanhoes in Huddersfield. It was a charity performance before an audience of mainly children.
- 1983 – Barry Manilow achieved his 13th #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart out of 27 releases with “Read ‘Em And Weep”.
- 1988 – American glam metal band Poison started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn.’
- 1988 – Nirvana started recording their first album ‘Bleach’ using a $600 loan from an old school friend.
1994 – Pearl Jam went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Vitalogy’.
“TV/Radio”
- 1906 – Reginald A. Fessenden became the first person to broadcast a music program over radio, from Brant Rock, MA.
- 1928 – The first broadcast of “The Voice of Firestone” was heard.
- 1944 – The Andrews Sisters starred in the debut of “The Andrews Sisters’ Eight-To-The-Bar-Ranch” on ABC Radio.
- 1948 – For the first time ever, a midnight Mass was broadcast on television. It was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
- 1951 – NBC-TV presented, “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” the first opera written for television.
“Other Important Events…”
- 1818 – Franz Gruber of Oberndorf, Germany composed the music for “Silent Night” to words written by Josef Mohr.
- 1851 – A fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, destroying about 35,000 volumes.
- 1948 – The first completely solar-heated house became occupied in Dover, MA. .
- 1965 – A meteorite landed on Leicestershire. It weighed about 100lbs.
- 1966 – Luna 13 landed on the moon.
- 1967 – Joe Namath (New York Jets) became the first NFL quarterback to pass for 4,000 yards.