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“Born Today” Hailie Scott (20) Emma Slater (27) The Veronicas (31) Armin van Buuren (39) Rob Mariano (40) Dido (44) Justin Trudeau (44) Helena Christensen (47) Alannah Myles (57) Shane MacGowan (58) Annie Lennox (61) CCH Pounder (63) Karl Rove (65) Sissy Spacek (66) Barbara Mandrell (67) Twink Caplan (68) Jimmy Buffett (69) Humphrey Bogart (RIP) Featured Above Rod Serling (RIP) “Died Today” Charlie Chaplin (Born: April 16, 1889 / Died: December 25, 1977) Dean Martin (Born June 7, 1915 / Died: December 25, 1995) Juan Miro (Born: April 20, 1893 / Died: December 25, 1983) James Brown (Born: May 3, 1933 / Died: December 25, 2006) Birgit Nilsson (Born: May 17, 1918 / Died: December 25, 2005) Eartha Kitt (Born: January 17, 1927 / Died: December 25, 2008) “Movies” 1965 - The Sergeant 1968 - The Stalking Moon 1969 - December 25: The Reivers 1973 - The Sting 1973 - Magnum Force 1974 - Abby 1975 - Lucky Lady 1975 - Aaron Loves Angela 1975 - The Black Bird 1975 - Friday Foster 1975 - Hustle 1975 - The Hindenburg 1976 - High Anxiety 1980 - Altered States 1980 - First Family 1981 - Modern Problems 1985 - Murphy's Romance (limited; wide January 1986) 1985 - Revolution 1985 - The Trip to Bountiful 1986 - December 25 - The Morning After 1987 - Empire of the Sun 1987 - Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 1990 - The Godfather Part III 1991 - The Prince of Tides 1992 - Trespass 1992 - Hoffa 1993 - Philadelphia 1993 - Grumpy Old Men 1993 - Tombstone 1993 - Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1994 - The Jungle Book 1994 - I .Q. 1995 - Four Rooms 1996 - The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 - Michael 1996 - The Evening Star 1997 - As Good as It Gets 1997 - Jackie Brown 1997 - The Postman 1997 - An American Werewolf in Paris 1997 - Mr. Magoo 1998 - Patch Adams 1998 - Mighty Joe Young 1998 - Stepmom 1998 - The Faculty 1998 - The Thin Red Line 1999 - Galaxy Quest 1999 - Magnolia 1999 - The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 - Angela's Ashes 2000 - All the Pretty Horses “Music” 1954 - Bing Crosby's ‘White Christmas’ entered the Billboard Pop chart for the eleventh time. Bing's rendition has sold over 100 million copies around the world, with at least 50 million sales as singles. It was the largest selling single in music history until it was surpassed by Elton John's ‘Candle in the Wind 1997’. 1965 - Dave Clark Five went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Over And Over'. They became the 7th UK act of 1965 to score a US No.1 single. 1965 - The Beatles 6th album Rubber Soul started a nine-week run at No.1 on the UK chart. It spent a total of 42 week's on the UK chart and was also a No.1 in the US. 1965 - The Rascals saw their first single--I Ain't Gonna' Eat Out My Heart Anymore" debut on the chart. 1971 - Melanie started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Brand New Key', the first release on her new label Neighbourhood Records. 1976 - American MOR singer Johnny Mathis was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'When A Child Is Born', the singers only UK No.1 and the Christmas hit of 1976. 1976 - "Car Wash" by Rose Royce was the new #1 on the R&B chart. 1976 - A new group from the Midwest first entered the chart as Kansas debuted with their first single "Carry On Wayward Son". 1981 - Michael Jackson phoned Paul McCartney and suggested they write and record together, the first result being ‘The Girl Is Mine’. The song was a US No.2 & UK No.8 in 1982. 1982 - David Bowie had a No.3 UK hit with a duet with Bing Crosby, 'Peace On Earth - Little Drummer Boy.' 1982 - Duran Duran debuted on the chart with their first single "Hungry Like The Wolf" 1993 - Mariah Carey was at #1 with "Hero" “TV/Radio” 1937 - Arturo Toscanini conducted the first broadcast of "Symphony of the Air" over NBC radio. 1939 - "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, was read on CBS radio for the first time. 1964 - The Beatles recorded six songs for the BBC radio program Saturday Club in London: ‘Rock and Roll Music’, ‘I'm a Loser’, ‘Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby’, ‘I Feel Fine’, ‘Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey’ and ‘She's a Woman.’ 1978 - ABBA's appearance on The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show aired on BBC-TV in Britain. “Other Important Events...” 1818 - "Silent Night" was performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria. 1894 - The University of Chicago became the first Midwestern football team to play on the west coast. U.C. defeated Stanford, 24-4, in Palo Alto, CA. 1930 - The Mt. Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York opened to the public. It was the first bobsled track of international specifications to open in the U.S. . 1950 - Dick Tracy married on Tess Truehart. 1962 - The Department of Commerce Census Clock in Washington, DC, recorded the U.S. population on this day as 188,000,000. 1989 - Former baseball player and manager Billy Martin died in a truck crash in Fenton, NY. 1998 - Seven days into their journey, Richard Branson, Steve Fossett and Per Lindstrand of Sweden gave up their attempt to make the first nonstop round-the-world balloon flight. They ditched near Hawaii.