Thursday, December 3, 2009

TODAY IS ... 03 DECEMBER

TODAY IS ... 03 DECEMBER
BIRTHDAYS: 1985 - Amanda Seyfried - an American actress and former child model. She is best known for her roles as Sophie Sheridan in the feature film Mamma Mia! and as Karen Smith in Mean Girls; she has also appeared in other feature films such as Alpha Dog and Jennifer's Body, and in the television shows Veronica Mars, Big Love, and House. 1982 - Brian Bonsall actor: Family Ties, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Father and Scout, Lily in Winter, Father Hood, Desperate Motives 1980 - Anna Chlumsky - an American actress. She is best-known for playing Vada Sultenfuss in the 1991 movie My Girl and the 1994 sequel My Girl 2. 1973 - Holly Marie Combs - an American film and television actress and producer. Her roles have included the portrayal of Piper Halliwell in the television series Charmed and of Kimberly Brock in Picket Fences. She received a Young Artist Award for her role in Picket Fences. 1968 - Brendan Fraser - a Canadian-American actor of stage and screen. He has starred in many major Hollywood films, including The Mummy film series, Crash, Dudley Do-Right, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, George of the Jungle and Journey to the Center of the Earth. 1960 - Julianne Moore actress: The Fugitive, Short Cuts, Nine Months, Lost World: Jurassic Park, Boogie Nights, Cookie’s Fortune, The Ladies Man, Hannibal 1960 - Daryl Hannah - an American film actress. After making her screen debut in 1978, Hannah starred in a number of Hollywood films throughout the 1980s, notably Blade Runner, Splash, Wall Street and Roxanne and in 2003 appeared in Kill Bill. 1948 - Ozzy Osbourne - an English singer-songwriter, whose career has spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-platinum solo career between the early 1980s and mid 1990s which revolutionized the heavy metal genre. As a result he is known as the "Godfather of Heavy Metal", and, because of some of his material, the "Prince of Darkness". 1927 - Andy Williams - Emmy Award-winning entertainer: - has recorded 18 gold and three platinum certified albums. When Ronald Reagan was president, he declared Andy's voice to be "a national treasure". He had his own popular TV variety show from 1962–71. He also owns his own theater, the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri. Amongst his many hits were - Can’t Get Used to Losing You, [Where Do I Begin] Love Story, Days of Wine and Roses, Canadian Sunset, Moon River, Born Free, Butterfly, I Like Your Kind of Love [w/Peggy Powers], Are You Sincere, Lonely Street, In the Village of St. Bernadette OTHER EVENTS: 2007 - Diana Ross and the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson both collected awards for contributions to US culture a ceremony in Washington, attended by President Bush. Hootie and the Blowfish paid tribute to Brian Wilson with a medley of some of the Beach Boys' best-known songs. 1999 - Tori Murden became the first woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean alone. It took her 81 days to reach the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe from the Canary Islands. 1997 - Pierce Brosnan received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1995 – Madonna takes home the award for most fashionable artist at music channel VH1’s inaugural Fashion & Music Awards. She also grabs VH1’s Viewers’ Choice award for displaying “consistently outstanding” style. 1994 - On Bended Knee, by Boyz II Men, hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The smash was #1, off and on, thru January 1995. 1993 - Britain's Princess Diana announced she would be limiting her public appearances because she was tired of the media's intrusions into her life. 1992 - The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching La Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo. 1987 – Cary Elwes, Robin Penn Wright, Mandy Patinkin and Peter Falk headed the cast of The Princess Bride which started screening in Australia. A classic fairy tale, with swordplay, giants, an evil prince, a beautiful princess, and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly grandfather). 1984 - The world’s worst industrial accident occurred when gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India. The deadly gas, methyl isocyanate, killed over two thousand people, and injured more than 200,000. 1980 First long-distance solar-powered flight, by Janice Brown flying the Solar Challenger designed by Paul MacCready covering 6 miles in 22 minutes. 1983 - Duran Duran scored their first UK No.1 album with their third release, 'Seven And The Ragged Tiger' 1977 - Linda Ronstadt started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Simple Dreams'. 1977 – “Mull of Kintyre” by Wings, led by Paul McCartney, becomes McCartney’s first post-Beatles No. 1 single in Britain. The bagpipe-accompanied song becomes Britain’s best selling single, eclipsing The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” 1976 - A giant 40ft inflatable pig could be seen floating above London after breaking free from its moorings. The pig had been photographed for Pink Floyd's 'Animals', album cover; the CAA issued a warning to all pilots that a flying pig was on the run. 1976 – According to the Royal Albert Hall, it has received more than 3.5 million applications for a total of 11,212 tickets to the forthcoming Abba shows at the London venue in February. 1966 - Paul Revere & the Raiders enter the Hot 100 with their seventh hit, "Good Thing," which will reach #4 in its fourteen weeks on the chart. This matched the chart performance of their biggest hit to date, "Kicks," the anti-drug song. They will go on to have sixteen more chart entries. 1965 - The album "Rubber Soul" by the Beatles was released. 1963 - It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World with a collection of Hollywood greats including Spencer Tracey, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman and Mickey Rooney starts screening in Australia. The dying words of a thief spark a madcap cross-country rush to find some treasure. 1960 - Camelot opened at the Majestic Theatre in New York City. Richard Burton and Julie Andrews played the leading roles in the musical written by Lerner and Loewe. Robert Goulet also got rave reviews. Camelot had a run of 873 performances. Broadway went Hollywood in the 1967 film version of Camelot. Its run was not quite as successful. 1956 - Guy Mitchell was at No.1 on the US singles chart with his version of the Marty Robbins song 'Singing The Blues'. 1953 - Kismet opened on Broadway in New York. The show ran for 583 performances. 1948 - Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey and the Seal is released. Directed by Charles A. Nichols, it features the voices of James Macdonald (as Mickey) and Pinto Colvig (as Pluto). It was nominated for an Academy Award. 1947 - The Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" opened at Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre. 1944 - Frank Sinatra was in the Columbia Records studio recording Old Man River. 1942 – The Courtship of Andy Hardy commences screening in Australia starring Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone and Donna Reed. While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter. 1925 - The first jazz concerto for piano and orchestra was presented at Carnegie Hall in NYC. Commissioned by Walter Damrosch, American composer George Gershwin presented Concerto In F, and was also the featured soloist playing a flugelhorn in a slow, bluesy style as one of his numbers. 1922 - The first successful Technicolor motion picture, The Toll of the Sea, was shown at the Rialto Theatre in New York City. 1917 - The Quebec Bridge, the world's longest cantilever, was opened over the St. Lawrence River. 1910 - The neon lamp was displayed for the first time at the Paris Motor Show. The lamp was developed by French physicist Georges Claude. 1854 – Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.

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