“Born Today”
- Theo James (32)
- Danielle Lloyd (33)
- Frankie Ballard (34)
- Krysten Ritter (35)
- Miranda Otto (49)
- JB Smoove (51)
- Benjamin Bratt (53)
- LaChanze (55)
- Jon Tenney (55)
- Xander Berkeley (61)
- Billy Gibbons (67)
- Benny Andersson of ABBA (70) Featured Above
- Steven Bochco (73)
- Lesley Stahl (75)
- Liv Ullman (78)
- Quentin Blake (84)
- Jane Austen (RIP)
“Died Today”
- Colonel Harold Sanders (Born: September 9, 1890 / Died: December 16, 1980)
- Richard Warwick (Born: April 29, 1925 / Died: December 16, 1997)
“Movies”
- 1964 – The Disorderly Orderly
- 1965 – Battle of the Bulge
- 1967 – Son of Godzilla
- 1968 – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London)
- 1969 – Cactus Flower
- 1969 – Hello, Dolly!
- 1970 – Puzzle of a Downfall Child
- 1970 – Love Story
- 1973 – Papillon
- 1977 – Candleshoe
- 1983 – D.C. Cab
- 1983 – The Keep
- 1983 – Two of a Kind
- 1983 – Uncommon Valor
- 1987 – Broadcast News
- 1987 – Moonstruck
- 1987 – Overboard
- 1988 – Dangerous Liaisons
- 1988 – Purple People Eater
- 1988 – Rain Man
- 1994 – Dumb & Dumber
- 1994 – Speechless
“Music”
- 1967 – The Monkees had the top song on the charts with their single “Daydream Believer”
- 1972 – Billy Paul had the #1 song with the single “Me and Mrs Jones”
- 1974 – John Lennon released the single “#9 Dream”
- 1978 – Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond topped the charts with “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”
- 1989 – “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel was the #1 song
- 1989 – “Another Day in Paradise” was the top song on the Adult chart
- 1995 – Whitney Houston’s single “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” remained #1 on the R&B chart
- 1995 – “One Sweet Day” continued to top the Billboard 100
- 1995 – The Beatles were at the top with their album Anthology 1
“TV & Radio”
- 1951 – NBC-TV debuted “Dragnet” in a special preview on “Chesterfield Sound Off Time”. The show began officially on January 3, 1952.
- 1959 – The documentary Mysteries of the Deep premiered
- 1975 – One Day at a Time had its television premiere
- 1983 – The Disney short Mickey’s Christmas Carol was released
- 1993 – MTV aired Nirvana’s New York “Unplugged” performance.
- 1995 – Fox-TV aired a fight between Mike Tyson and Buster Mathis Jr. Tyson knocked Mathis out in the third round. The fight brought in Fox’s highest Nielsen rating to date.
- 2002 – VH1 began airing a 10-hour, five-night miniseries entitled “I Love the ’80s.”
- 2002 – Liza Minnelli and her husband, David Gest, filed a $23 million dollar lawsuit against VH1, MTV Networks, Viacom and Remote Productions, Inc. for breach of contract.
“Other Important Events…”
- 1901 – “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” by Beatrix Potter, was printed for the first time.
- 1912 – The first postage stamp to depict an airplane was issued was a 20-cent parcel-post stamp.
- 1972 – The Miami Dolphins became the first NFL team to go unbeaten and untied in a 14-game regular season. The Dolphins went on to defeat the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.
- 1973 – O.J. Simpson broke Jim Brown’s single-season rushing record in the NFL. Brown had rushed for 1,863 yards, while Simpson attained 2,003 yards.
- 1999 – Sigourney Weaver received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.