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December 11

Happy Birthday Rita Moreno-80 Donna Mills-69 John Kerry-68 Lynda Day George-67 Teri Garr-64 Ben Browder-49 Monica Imes-44 ; 1946 UNICEF (the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) was established.

December 10

Happy Birthday Susan Dey-59 Michael Clarke Duncan-54 Paul Hardcastle-54 Raven-Symone-26 ; 1868 – The first traffic lights are installed in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.

December 9

Happy Birthday Kirk Douglas-95 Buck Henry-81 Judi Dench-77 Beau Bridges-70 Dick Butkus-69 Michael Dorn-59 John Malkovich-58 Donny Osmond-54 Felicity Huffman-49 Jesse Metcalfe-33 

December 8

Happy Birthday Gregg Allman -64 Kim Basinger-58 Teri Hatcher-47 Sinead O’Connor-45 Ian Somerhalder-33 ; 1993 President Bill Clinton signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement.

December 7

Happy Birthday Ellen Burstyn-79 Tom Waits-62 Larry Bird-55 Priscilla Barnes-55 C. Thomas Howell-45 Shiri Appleby-33 ; 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.

December 6

Happy Birthday JoBeth Williams-63 Tom Hulce-58 Steven Wright-56 Lindsay Price-35 ; 1923, a presidential address was broadcast on radio for the first time as President Calvin Coolidge spoke to a joint session of Congress.

December 5

Happy Birthday Little Richard Penniman-79 Joan Didion-77 Morgan Brittany-59 Margaret Cho-43 Photo Larry-37 Amy Acker-35 Nick Stahl-32 Frankie Muniz-26 ; 1901, Walt Disney, the pioneer of animated cartoon films and founder of the Disney theme parks, was born.

December 4

Happy Birthday Wink Martindale-78 Max Baer Jr.-74 Jeff Bridges-62 Marisa Tomei-47 Tyra Banks-38 ; 1881 LA Times 1st Edition was published

December 3

Happy Birthday Andy Williams-84 Jaye P. Morgan-80 Ozzy Osbourne-63 Julianne Moore-51 Daryl Hannah-51 Brendan Fraser-43 Brian Bonsall-30 ; 1947 “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway in New York City.

December 1

Happy Birthday Woody Allen-76 Bette Midler-66 Charlene Tilton-53 Nestor Carbonell-44 Sarah Silverman-41 ; 1913 The first drive-in automobile service station opened, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania