Happy Birthday RIP Samuel “Sammy” Davis(1925–1990) Clerow “Flip” Wilson(1933–1998) John “David” Carradine(1936–2009) James Morrison(1943–1971) Samuel Kinison(1953–1992) ; Gregory Allman–67 Kimila “Kim” Basinger–61 Teri Hatcher–50 Sinéad O’Connor–48 Ian Somerhalder–36 “Nicki Minaj”(Onika Maraj)–32 ; 1980 – John Lennon, an English musician and peace activist, is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.
December 7
Happy Birthday RIP Tadeusz Konopka(“Ted Knight” 19231–1986) ; “Ellen Burstyn”(Edna Gillooly)–82 Thomas Waits–65 Larry Bird–58 Priscilla Barnes–56 Christopher Thomas Howell–48 Shiri Appleby–36 Emily Browning–26 Nicholas Hoult–25 ; 1941 – Japanese warplanes attacked the home base of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, drawing the United States into World War II. More than 2,300 Americans were killed ; 1963 – Instant replay makes its debut during an American Army–Navy football game.
December 6
Happy Birthday RIP Alfred Eisenstaedt(1898–1995) Agnes Moorehead(1900–1974) Ryan White(1971–1990) ; James Naughton–69 Margaret JoBeth Williams–66 Craig Newmark(Founder of Craigslist)–62 Gina Hecht–62 Thomas Hulce–61 Steven Wright–59 Andrew Cuomo–57 Janine Turner(Gauntt)–52 Lindsay Price–38 Ryan Kennedy–32 ; 1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published ; 1877 – The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
December 5
Happy Birthday RIP Walter Elias Disney(1901–1966) ; Little Richard Penniman–82 Joan Didion–80 “Morgan Brittany”(Suzanne Cupito)–63 Amanda (Armand) Lepore–47 Margaret Moran Cho–46 Amy Acker–38 Nicolas “Nick” Stahl–35 Francisco “Frankie” Muñiz IV–29 ; 1933 – Prohibition in the United States ends ; 1955 – E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott ; 1969 – The four node ARPANET network is established.
December 4
Happy Birthday Winston “Wink” Martindale–80 Max Baer, Jr.–77 Jeffrey Bridges–65 Patricia Wettig–63 Marisa Tomei–50 Tyra Banks–41 Brooke Adams–30 ; 1881 – The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published. ; 1945 – By a vote of 65 to 7, the US Senate approved United States of America as active participant in the United Nations.
December 3
Happy Birthday RIP Howard “Andy” Williams(1927–2012) ; Mary “Jaye P.” Morgan–83 John “Ozzy” Osbourne–66 Del Shores–57 “Julianne Moore”(Julie Smith)–54 Daryl Hannah–54 Brendan Fraser–46 Bruno Campos–41 Anna Chlumsky–34 Brian Bonsall–32 Michael Angarano–27 ; 1910 – Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
December 2
Happy Birthday Harry Reid–75 Cathy Lee Crosby–70 Stone Phillips–60 Esteban Echevarria(“Steven Bauer”)–59 Daniel Gauthier–51 Lucy Liu–46 Nelly Furtado–36 Britney Spears–33 ; 1939 – New York City’s La Guardia Airport opens to the public.
December 1
Happy Birthday RIP Mary Martin(1913–1990) David Doyle(1929–1997) Richard Pryor III(1940–2005) ; “Woody Allen”(Allan Konigsberg)–79 Bette Midler–69 Richard Treat Williams–63 Charlene Tilton–56 Jeremy Northam–53 Néstor Carbonell–47 Sarah Silverman–44 Emily Mortimer–43 Dean O’Gorman–38 ; 1885 – First serving of the soft drink “Dr Pepper” formulated by Charles Alderton in Morrison’s Old Corner Drug Store in Waco, Texas ; 1913 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
November 30
Happy Birthday RIP “Mark Twain”(Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835–1910) Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill(1874–1965) Gordon Parks(1912–2006) Richard “Dick” Clark(1929–2012) ; Martin E. Brooks–89 Robert Guillaume(Williams)–87 Sir Ridley Scott–77 Mandel “Mandy” Patinkin–62 “Billy Idol”(William Broad)–59 “Stacey Q” Swain–56 Benjamin Stiller–49 “Clay Aiken”(Clayton Grissom)–36 ; 1982 – Michael Jackson’s second solo album, Thriller is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history.
November 29
Happy Birthday Jacques René Chirac–82 “Diane Ladd”(Rose Ladnier)–82 Chuck Mangione–74 Suzanne “Suzy” Chaffee–68 Garry Shandling–65 Joel Coen–60 Howard Mandel–59 Cathy Moriarty–54 Thomas Sizemore–53 Andrew McCarthy–52 Donald Cheadle–50 Jonathan Knight–46 Anna Faris–38 ; 1877 – Thomas Alva Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time with the words “Mary Had A Little Lamb” reproduced.