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“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