December 2
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1816 - The first savings bank in the United States, the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, opened for business.1823 - U.S. President James Monroe presented his Monroe Doctrine to Congress. His policy opposed European expansion into the Western Hemisphere and stating that America would tolerate no further colonization in the New World.
1927 - The first Ford Model A was unveiled on this day in New York City’s Waldorf Hotel and in 35 other cities around the U.S., Canada and Europe. The car was priced affordably: the Phaeton sold for $395.00 and the Tudor Sedan for $495.00. The lag between cars available and orders on hand had mounted to 800,000 by the spring of 1928. Ford made almost two million Model A cars in 1929 alone.
1932 - Charlie Chan was first heard on the NBC Blue radio network. The Chinese detective became even more popular on the movie screen in the 1930s and 1940s.
1939 - New York’s La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago landed at one minute past midnight.
1940 - A seat on the New York Stock Exchange would have set you back $33,000, the lowest price for a seat since 1899, when they sold for the bargain price of just $29,500.
1943 - Carmen Jones, a contemporary reworking of the Bizet opera Carmen by Oscar Hammerstein II with an all-black cast, opened at the Broadway Theatre on Broadway. It ran for 502 performances.
1947 - The thirteenth Heisman Trophy was awarded to John Lujack, quarterback of the University of Notre Dame.
1950 - Vic Toweel of South Africa set a record for knockdowns -- in a title fight in Johannesburg, South Africa. He floored Danny O’Sullivan of England 14 times in 10 rounds before the bantamweight fight was stopped. During a post-fight interview, O’Sullivan told reporters, “Adkeivhaep oi er,” then, keeled over, again.
1952 - Keeping his campaign promise, President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in Korea to promote a settlement to end hostilities in that war-ravaged country.
1954 - The U.S. Senate voted to condemn Senator Joseph R. McCarthy for what it called “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.” A Senate committee formed to investigate McCarthy’s hunt for communists in the U.S. called his behavior inexcusable, reprehensible, vulgar and insulting. He had alleged that numerous communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the U.S. federal government, universities, film industry, and elsewhere. The Senate condemnation permanently ended McCarthy’s effectiveness as a legislator.
1959 - Behind the Great Wall, a truly stinking motion picture, was seen at the Mayfair Theatre in New York City. A somewhat noxious scent was piped through the ceiling vents during certain portions of the show. The effect was called AromaRama. It didn’t catch on...
1961 - Fidel Castro proclaimed “a Marxist-Leninist program adapted to the precise objective conditions existing in our country.”
1963 - 39-year-old actor Sabu (Jungle Book, Drums) died of a heart attack.
1964 - Student activist Mario Savio made a speech on behalf of the Free Speech Movement that inspired hundreds of students to take over Sproul Hall at U.C.-Berkeley. Savio said, “There comes a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part, you can’t even passively take part. And you’ve got to put your bodies on the gears, and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve go to make it stop.” (Police moved in the next day and arrested 780 people, which brought on a general student strike.)
1967 - Singer Jimmie Rodgers (Honeycomb, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine) was found in a car in Los Angeles, near death, suffering from a fractured skull. He had been the victim of a “mysterious assault”.
1969 - The Boeing 747 jumbo jet was given its first public demonstration as 191 people, most of them reporters and photographers, flew from Seattle WA to New York City on the huge new plane.
1970 - The U.S. Senate voted to give 48,000 acres of New Mexico, including the sacred Blue Lake, back to the Taos Indians. President Nixon signed the bill on Dec 15, 1970.
1971 - United Arab Emirates declared independence from the United Kingdom. Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah & Umm ak Qiwain formed the U.A.E. Zayid bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan of Abu Dhabi became president.
1972 - Motown’s Temptations reached the #1 spot on the top 40 charts with Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone. It was the fourth #1 hit for the Temptations, joining My Girl (1965), I Can’t Get Next to You (1969) and Just My Imagination (1971).
1978 - Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond’s You Don’t Bring Me Flowers hit #1 in the U.S.
1979 - A new constitution was approved in Iran, giving the revolutionary Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini absolute power. (The referendum spanned two days, Dec 2 and 3, 1979.)
1982 - Barney B. Clark became the first recipient of an artificial heart. The 61-year-old retired dentist from Seattle underwent a 7½-hour operation at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City. The operation was performed by a surgical team headed by Dr. William C. DeVries. Clark survived with the artificial heart for over 3 months. He died on March 23, 1983.
1984 - Dan Marino connected for four touchdown passes and set an NFL record for TD passes in a season (37 to that point; he finished the season with 48). Miami’s Dolphins lost the game, however, to the Los Angeles Raiders, 45-34.
1985 - The highest-rated Monday Night Football telecast was seen this night on ABC-TV. The Miami Dolphins beat the Chicago Bears, 38-24. The Miami win snapped the Bears’ 12-game winning streak.
1985 - The Mystery of Edwin Drood opened at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway. The musical, based on the unfinished Charles Dickens novel, was written by Rupert Holmes, and was the first Broadway musical with multiple endings (determined by audience vote). Holmes received Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Original Score. The musical won five Tony Awards out of eleven nominations, including Best Musical and Best Leading Actor. Drood ran for 608 performances, closing on May 16, 1987.
1989 - U.S. President George Bush (I) and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev held the first talks of their wind-tossed Malta Summit aboard the Soviet cruise ship Maxim Gorky.
1990 - Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s ‘center-right’ coalition won the first free all-German election to be held since 1932.
1993 - Infamous Colombian drug trafficker Pablo Escobar was killed in a shoot-out with police and soldiers in Medellin, Colombia.
1994 - ‘Hollywood Madam’ Heidi Fleiss was convicted in Los Angeles of three counts of pandering.
1995 - R. Kelly was the #1 album in the U.S for one week. The tracks: Intro--The Sermon, Hump Bounce, Not Gonna Hold On, You Remind Me of Something, Step in My Room, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Be Happy, Down Low, I Can’t Sleep Baby, Thank God It’s Friday, Love is on the Way, Heaven If You Hear Me, Religious Love, Tempo Slow, As I Look Into My Life and Trade in My Life.
1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute double album was released. The collection included songs from Sinead O’Connor, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Mariah Carey, Queen, George Michael, U2, Paul McCartney, REM, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and many others.
1998 - Former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy was acquitted of all counts in a corruption case for accepting sports tickets and travel from companies doing business with his department.
1998 - Bill Gates of Microsoft announced a $100-million gift to deliver vaccines against four childhood diseases in developing countries. The Seattle non-profit Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) would get the money over a ten-year period.
1999 - Joey Adams, borscht-belt comedian, died at age 88 in Manhattan. Adams wrote over forty books, including The Joey Adams Encyclopedia of Humor.
1999 - Jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd died. He was 74 years old.
2000 - Al Gore sought a recount of votes in south Florida. George W. Bush (II) flatly stated, “I’m soon soon to be the insider. I’m soon to be the president,” as he met with GOP congressional leaders.
2001 - Nicolas Escude gave France its ninth Davis Cup, defeating Australian Wayne Arthurs in the deciding fifth match.
2001 - Enron Corporation, under CEO Kenneth Lay, filed for bankruptcy. Employee fury in November had persuaded Lay to give up a severance package worth about $60 million.
2002 - Venezuela’s opposition launched a general strike to protest President Hugo Chávez’s refusal to call a referendum on his rule. Hundreds of businesses in Caracas closed.
2004 - Typhoon Nanmadol was nearing landfall in the Philippines. Nanmadol was the fourth storm to smash ashore in a two-week period. The toll from the first three storms was well over 1,000 with 479 dead and 560 missing.
2005 - Æon Flux debuted in the U.S. The sci-fi action flick stars Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Johnny Lee Miller, Marton Csokas, Sophie Okonedo, Amelia Warner and Caroline Chikezie.
2006 - The National World War I Museum opened in Kansas City, MO. The $26.5-million museum at the Liberty Memorial was designated by Congress as the official WWI Museum of the U.S.
2007 - The prestigious Kennedy Center Honors committee recognized singer, songwriter Brian Wilson, filmmaker Martin Scorsese, actor Steve Martin, singer Diana Ross and pianist Leon Fleisher for their contributions to the the performing arts. And they were honored at a White House reception given on this day.
2007 - Venezuelans voted in a referendum on granting President Hugo Chavez expanded powers and ending term limits under sweeping constitutional changes. Voters narrowly rejected the changes (51% to 49%).
2007 - Russians voted in a parliamentary election giving Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party 70 percent of the seats in parliament.
2008 - Ted Rogers, founder of Rogers Communications, died in Toronto at 75 years of age. Rogers transformed a single FM radio station into a North American broadcasting, publishing and wireless telecommunications conglomerate.
2008 - The Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC opened to the public. The 580,000 square-foot, $621-million structure is an underground addition to the United States Capitol complex which serves as a gathering point for up to 4,000 tourists at a time.
2008 - Meanwhile, upstairs in the Capitol, Detroit’s ‘Big Three’ auto makers (GM, Ford, Chrysler) presented recovery plans to Congress and sought $34 billion in additional aid.
2008 - An Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein’s notorious cousin, ‘Chemical’ Ali Hassan al-Majid, to death after convicting him of crimes against humanity for his part in the crushing of a 1991 Shiite uprising in southern Iraq (where many thousands were killed).
2009 - An Italian-led team of scientists said a robotic hand had been successfully connected to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts.
2009 - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. agreed to pay $40 million to 87,500 Massachusetts employees who claimed the retailer denied them rest and meals breaks, manipulated their time cards and refused to pay them overtime.
2010 - Heavy snow caused travel chaos across much of northern Europe, keeping London’s Gatwick airport closed for a second day and disrupting road and rail travel in France, Germany and Switzerland. Freezing temperatures and often blinding snowfall killed 12 people, 10 in Poland and 2 in Germany.
2011 - Films debuting in the U.S.: Answers to Nothing, starring Dane Cook, Elizabeth Mitchell, Julie Benz, Barbara Hershey, Zach Gilford, Erik Palladino and Kali Hawk; The Lady, with Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett, Jonathan Woodhouse, Susan Wooldridge and Benedict Wong; Shame, starring Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, Hannah Ware, James Badge Dale, Amy Hargreaves, Nicole Beharie and Elizabeth Masucci; Sleeping Beauty, with Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie, Peter Carroll and Chris Haywood; and A Warriors Heart, starring Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Gabrielle Anwar, Chord Overstreet,William Mapother and Adam Beach.
2011 - Santa Clara, California officials announced that they had secured $850 million in funding for a new 49ers football stadium. When completed in 2014, the cost of the stadium had climbed to $1.27 billion.
2012 - Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court announced that it was suspending its work indefinitely to protest “psychological and physical pressures”. This, because supporters of the country’s Islamist president had prevented the judges from entering the courthouse to rule on the legitimacy of a disputed constitutional assembly.
2012 - Nine people were killed when some 150 concrete panels fell from a 130-meter stretch of roof of the Sasago Tunnel 80 km (50 miles) outside Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese government soon ordered safety inspections of all 49 tunnels nationwide that had similar concrete roof panels.
2013 - A thousand protesters blocked off the Ukraine government’s main headquarters and surrounding streets, preventing employees getting to work. This, in further protests aimed at Kiev’s policy U-turn away from integration with Europe.
2014 - New York-based Corning announced that it was buying Samsung Electronics’ fiber optics business. The deal resulted in the integration of Samsung’s fiber optic manufacturing facilities in South Korea and China with Corning’s Optical Communications division, which derives 50% of its revenues from sales of fiber optic cables.
2014 - NATO member countries approved a new quick-reaction military force to protect themselves from “Russia or other threats.” Foreign ministers from the 28 NATO countries and Ukraine condemned a Russian military build-up in Crimea and what they called Russia’s “deliberate destabilization” of eastern Ukraine.
2015 - Texas sued the U.S. government in an effort to block six Syrian refugees from resettling in Dallas. (On Dec 4 Texas abandoned its blocking efforts.)
2016 - New movies in U.S. theatres included: Incarnate, with Carice van Houten, Aaron Eckhart and David Mazouz; The Eyes of My Mother, starring Diana Agostini, Olivia Bond and Will Brill; A Girl Like Grace, with Meagan Good, Raven-Symoné and Garcelle Beauvais; Jackie, starring Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard and Billy Crudup; Man Down, with Kate Mara, Shia LaBeouf and Clifton Collins Jr.; Pet, starring Ksenia Solo, Jennette McCurdy and Dominic Monaghan; and SiREN, with Hannah Fierman, Chase Williamson and Justin Welborn.
2016 - A warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland, California was gutted by a blaze during a rave party. An estimated 50 to 100 people were attending the electronic dance music party and 36 were killed. The warehouse, known as Ghost Ship, had been converted into an artist collective, including dwelling units. (On June 5, 2017, two Ghost Ship proprietors were arrested and charged with felony involuntary manslaughter in connection with the fire.) Local residents, including artists and tenants’ rights activists, cited the fire as a symptom of the San Francisco Bay Area’s underlying housing crisis. City inspectors have voiced suspicions that dozens of live-work warehouses similar to Ghost Ship exist in Oakland.
2017 - Tens of thousands poured into the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel to stage an anti-corruption rally. The crowd called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign. The four-term leader was accused of receiving gifts from wealthy businessmen and negotiating a deal with a newspaper owner for better coverage -- in return for getting curbs placed on a rival daily newspaper.
2018 - Iran said it would continue missile tests to build up its defenses and denied it was in breach of U.N. resolutions. This, after U.S. allegations that Tehran had tested a new missile capable of carrying multiple warheads.
2018 - French President Emmanuel Macron led a crisis meeting after a day of riots in Paris by anti-government protesters left hundreds injured, and with widespread destruction around the capital.
2019 - Donald Trump released $105 million in annual aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces that had been appropriated by Congress but, like his more notorious hold on military assistance to Ukraine, had inexplicably been delayed by the White House.
2019 - China’s Foreign Ministry ordered U.S. military vessels and aircraft away from Hong Kong. China has also introduced sanctions against U.S. pro-democracy NGOs because Donald Trump signed a bill supporting Hong Kong protesters.
2020 - The U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs. The change would impact the global medical marijuana industry.
2020 - The Department of Transportation issued a rule saying only dogs can be service animals on airlines, and companions used for emotional support do not count.
2020 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said a shorter quarantine period of seven days with a negative COVID-19 test and 10 days without a test would work for individuals showing no symptoms after virus exposure. The new rule would provide alternatives to the then-current 14-day standard. This, as the U.S. recorded its single worst daily death toll -- 2,760 -- due to COVID-19.
2020 - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti warned that the city was nearing “a devastating tipping point” and ordered residents to stay in their homes and avoid social gatherings and ordered new lockdown measures to rein in a surge in COVID-19 infections.
2020 - Mexico’s health ministry reported 11,251 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 800 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 1,133,613 cases and 107,565 deaths.
2021 - Spacewalking astronauts replaced a broken antenna outside the International Space Station after getting NASA’s all-clear for orbiting debris.
2021 - Los Angeles police arrested more than a dozen people for coordinating a series of tandem smash-and-grab thefts across Los Angeles. The crimes were all characterized by multiple suspects working together, destruction of property, assault on store employees, and caravans of vehicles parking close to high-end retail stores.
2022 - Violent Night opened in U.S. theatres. The action crime comedy stars David Harbour, Beverly D’Angelo and John Leguizamo.
2022 - The U.S. military’s newest stealth bomber was unveiled. The B-21 Raider was the first new American bomber airplane in more than three decades. While the program was highly classified, military officials did allowed reporters to get an initial glimpse of the plane at a secretive ceremony. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said during the reveal, “This isn’t just another airplane. It’s the embodiment of America’s determination to defend the republic that we all love.”
2023 - Some 190 migrants were rescued from stranded ships in the English Channel. The migrants, who were attempting to cross the Channel toward the United Kingdom, became stuck on dinghies off the coast of Calais, France following a series of strong currents, authorities said. The rescuing of migrants had become a common occurrence in the English Channel, which is often plagued by strong riptides and busy shipping lanes that can spell danger for those attempting to cross.
2023 - KISS ended its farewell End of the Road tour at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In the five decades since KISS first kicked and thrashed its way onto the New York rock scene, the band gave the world sing-and-shout-along hits like "Detroit Rock City", "Crazy Crazy Nights", "Beth" and live performances replete with blood-spattering, fire-breathing, pyrotechnics -- and lots of cartoonish stage makeup.
2023 - Alabama upset Georgia (at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta) to win its ninth SEC championship, 27-24. Quarterback Jalen Milroe helmed a 75-yard drive with just over five minutes left to seal the deal for Alabama.
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Birthdays on This Day December 2
1859 - Georges Seurat
French painter: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte; died Mar 29, 18911863 - Charles Ringling
circus entrepreneur; died Dec 3, 19261902 - Howard Koch
screenwriter, producer: Casablanca, Hostage Flight, The Fox, Voice of the Hurricane, The 13th Letter, Rhapsody in Blue, Sergeant York; died Aug 17, 19951906 - Donald Woods
actor: True Grit, A Time to Sing, Kissin’ Cousins, 13 Ghosts, A Wind From the South, Born to the Saddle, The Du Pont Story; died Mar 5, 19981908 - Hy Gardner
journalist: Miami, New York radio/TV: Hy Gardner Calling; died June 17, 19891909 - June Clyde
actress: Behind the Mask, A Study in Scarlet Branded Men; died Oct 1, 19871910 - Robert Paige
actor: Bye Bye Birdie, Hellzapoppin, Son of Dracula, The Green Promise, The Monster and the Girl; TV emcee: The Big Payoff, The Colgate Comedy Hour; died Dec 21, 19871914 - Adolph Green
Tony Award-winning playwright: Applause, Hallelujah, On the Twentieth Century, Bells are Ringing, Auntie Mame, On the Town, The Barkleys of Broadway; lyricist: collaborated with Betty Comden: Singin’ in the Rain, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever; died Oct 23, 20021914 - Eddie Sauter
musician: drums, trumpet, arranger: for Benny Goodman: Superman, Benny Rides Again, All the Cats Join In, Clarinet A La King; for Artie Shaw: The Maid with the Flaccid Air, composer; orchestra leader: Sauter-Finegan Orchestra; died Apr 21, 19811916 - Charlie Ventura
musician: tenor sax: played w/Gene Krupa, Stan Kenton, Charlie Parker, Count Basie; band leader: LPs: Charlie Boy, In Chicago, Bop for the People, Euphoria, Charlie Ventura Quintet in Hi-Fi, Chazz; died Jan 17, 19921917 - Ezra Stone
radio actor: The Aldrich Family; TV actor: The Aldrich Family; director: Fireball Fun-For-All; author; died Mar 3, 19941918 - Milton DeLugg
bandleader: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; Milton DeLugg and His Orchestra: Abe Burrows’ Almanac, The Chuck Barris Rah Rah Show, Dagmar’s Canteen, Doodles Weaver, The Gong Show, Judge for Yourself, Your Hit Parade; musician: accordion: The Milton DeLugg Quartet: Broadway Open House; songwriter: Orange Colored Sky; died Apr 6, 20151922 - Leo Gordon
actor: Alienator, Devil’s Angels, Soldier of Fortune, Ten Wanted Men, Hondo, Circus Boy; died Dec 26, 20001923 - Maria Callas (Calogeropoulous)
singer: opera: dramatic soprano; died Sep 16, 19771924 - Jonathan Frid
actor: Dark Shadows [played vampire Barnabas Collins]; died Apr 13, 20121924 - Alexander Haig
U.S. Secretary of State [1981-1988]; died Feb 20, 20101925 - Julie Harris
Emmy Award-winning actress: Hallmark Hall of Fame: Little Moon of Alban [1958-1959], Victoria Regina [1961-1962]; Knots Landing, The Family Hovak, Backstairs at the White House, Carried Away, Scarlett, The Dark Half, Gorillas in the Mist, The Bell Jar, Voyage of the Damned, Harper, A Doll’s House, I Am a Camera, East of Eden, Member of the Wedding; died Aug 24, 20131929 - Lowell North
yachtsman: Olympic gold medal [w/Peter Barrett]: Mexico City, 1968; founder of North Sails [one of largest sail makers in world]; died Jun 2, 20191934 - Bill McCreary
hockey: NHL: NY Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, SL Blues; NHL referee; died Nov 25, 20191934 - André Rodgers
baseball: NY Giants, SF Giants, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates; died Dec 13, 20041939 - Harry Reid
politician: U.S. Senator [Democrat] from Nevada [1987-2017]: Senate Majority Leader [2007-2014]; died Dec 28, 20211940 - Willie Brown
Pro Football Hall of Famer: Oakland Raiders corner back: Super Bowl: II, XI; Denver Broncos; died Oct 21, 20191942 - Ted Bluechel
singer, musician: drums: group: The Association1943 - Zeke Moore
football: Houston Oilers1943 - William Wegman
photographer: photographs, videotapes, paintings and drawings exhibited in museums and galleries internationally; film and video works for Saturday Night Live, Sesame Street and Nickelodeon; works for children: Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Mother Goose, Alphabet Soup; The Hardly Boys in Hardly Gold [screened at 1996 Sundance Film Festival]1944 - Cathy Lee Crosby
actress: Wonder Woman, World War III, Roughnecks, The Dark, Coach; TV host: That’s Incredible!1946 - Pedro Borbón
baseball: pitcher: California Angels, Cincinnati Reds [World Series: 1972, 1975, 1976], SF Giants, SL Cardinals; died Jun 4, 20121946 - Gianni Versace
fashion designer; died July 15, 19971948 - Wayne Simpson
baseball: pitcher: Cincinnati Reds [all star: 1970], KC Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels1950 - John Wesley Ryles
singer: Kay1952 - Michael McDonald
singer, songwriter, musician: keyboard: group: The Doobie Brothers: What a Fool Believes, Real Love; solo: I Keep Forgettin’ [Everytime You’re Near], On My Own [w/Patti LaBelle], LP: If That’s What It Takes, No Lookin’ Back, Sweet Freedom1953 - Jay Haas
golf champ: nine PGA Tour wins, three Champions Tour wins1954 - Daniele Alexander
singer: She’s There, Where Did the Moon Go Wrong, It Wasn’t You, It Wasn’t Me1954 - Stone Phillips
news correspondent: 20/20; TV anchor: Dateline NBC1955 - Dennis Christopher
actor: The Silencers, It’s My Party, Boys Life, Stephen King’s It, Jake Speed, Chariots of Fire, The Last Word, Alien Predators, Elvis: The Movie, California Dreaming, Breaking Away, The Young Graduates, Sweet Dreams1956 - Steven Bauer
actor: Primal Fear, Body Count, Wildfire, Scarface, Wiseguy1958 - Randy Gardner
figure skater: [w/Tai Babilonia] five-time U.S. National Champions and 1979 World Champions [in pairs]1960 - Rick Savage
musician: bass: group: Def Leppard: LPs: On Through the Night, High ’n’ Dry, Pyromania1963 - Ron Sutter
hockey [center]: Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues, Quebec Nordiques, New York Islanders, Boston Bruins, San Jose Sharks, Calgary Flames1966 - Kelly Buchberger
hockey [center]: Edmonton Oilers, Atlanta Thrashers, LA Kings, Phoenix Coyotes, Pittsburgh Penguins1968 - Darryl Kile
baseball [pitcher]: Houston Astros, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals; died Jun 22, 20021968 - Lucy Liu
actress: Elementary, Ally McBeal, Bang, Jerry Maguire, Charlie’s Angels, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle1968 - Rena Sofer
actress: Rock Slyde, The Secret of Hidden Lake, Carrie [2002], Traffic, Nightmare Street, The Stepsister, Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style1968 - Renee Tenison
model: Playboy Playmate of the Month [November 1989], Playmate of the Year [1990]; actress: Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, CB4, Shout, Judging Amy1969 - O.J. McDuffie
football [wide receiver]: Penn State Univ; NFL: Miami Dolphins1969 - Paul Stankowski
golf champ: 7 PGA Tour victories1970 - Joe Lo Truglio
comedian, writer, actor: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The State, Reno 911!, Wet Hot American Summer, I Love You Man, Superbad, Paul, Role Models, Wanderlust, Pineapple Express, Wreck-It Ralph1972 - Zack Crockett
football [running back]: Florida State Univ; NFL: Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders1972 - Alan Henderson
basketball [forward]: Univ of Indiana; NBA: Atlanta Hawks, Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers1972 - Sergei Zholtok
hockey [center]: Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators; died Nov 3, 2004 [heart failure] at age 311973 - Monica Seles
tennis champ: French Open singles [1990, 1991, 1992]; Australian Open [1991, 1992, 1993]; U.S. Open [1991, 1992]1975 - Mark Kotsay
baseball: Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics1977 - Sadie Alexandru
actress: Gamer, Act Naturally, Strawman, Bare Knuckles, 8 Ball; TV: Carpoolers, As the World Turns, All My Children, Guiding Light1978 - Nelly Furtado
singer: I’m Like a Bird, Turn Off the Light, Hey, Man!, I Will Make U Cry, Legend1979 - Melissa Archer
actress: One Life to Live; more1981 - Britney Spears
dance-pop singer: albums: Baby… One More Time, Oops!… I Did It Again; TV performer: The Mickey Mouse Club, Time Out with Britney Spears, Britney in Hawaii; more
1983 - Aaron Rodgers
football [quarterback]: Univ of California; NFL: Green Bay Packers [Super Bowl XLV MVP]; NY Jets1983 - Daniela Ruah
actress: NCIS: Los Angeles, Hawaii Five-0, Red Tails, Tu e Eu1987 - Colleen Rennison
actress: Stargate SG-1, Straight Edge, The Book of Ruth, Beautiful, The Story of Us, Marie Curie: More Than Meets the Eye, Unforgettable1988 - Alfred Enoch
actor: How to Get Away with Murder, Harry Potter film series1989 - Cassie Steele
actress: Degrassi: The Next Generation, The L.A. Complex; singer: LPs: How Much for Happy, Destructo Doll1989 - Robert Turbin
football [running back]: NFL: Seattle Seahawks [2012–2014]: 2014 Super Bowl XLVIII champs, 2015 Super Bowl XLIX; Cleveland Browns [2015]1991 - Charlie Puth
songwriter, singer: See You Again [released by Wiz Khalifa], Attention, One Call Away, We Don’t Talk Anymore [featuring Selena Gomez]1998 - Annalise Basso
actress: Snowpiercer, Bedtime Stories, Love Takes Wing, Standing Up, Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil, The Red Road
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Ole Buttermilk Sky (facts) - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Mike Douglas & The Campus Kids)
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