TODAY IS ... 06 DECEMBER
BIRTHDAYS:
1977 – Lindsay Price - an American television actress, best known for starring in NBC's 2008 mid-season series, Lipstick Jungle. She is also known for her work on soap operas such as All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Beverly Hills 90210. She guest starred in NCIS for two episodes as a neurotic fling of main character, Anthony DiNozzo.
1955 - Steven Wright - an American comedian, actor and writer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, witty, philosophical and sometimes deeply confusing or nonsensical jokes and one-liners with contrived situations.
1953 - Tom Hulce - an American actor and producer perhaps best known for playing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the feature film Amadeus.
1948 - JoBeth Williams actress: Kramer vs. Kramer, Poltergeist, The Big Chill, American Dreamer, Wyatt Earp, A Season of Hope, The Client, From the Earth to the Moon, Justice, The Rose Technique. She is also current President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.
1920 - Dave Brubeck - an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. His music is known for employing unusual time signatures, and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.
OTHER EVENTS:
2007 – 1408 starring John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson commences screening in Australia. A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
2006 - NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
2003 – Elvis Costello marries jazz singer/pianist Diana Krall at Elton John’s castle outside London. Sometime Costello collaborator Paul McCartney is in attendance.
2003 – R&B star Peabo Bryson sells his two Grammy award for “Beauty and the Beast” and “A Whole New World” in an auction to pay off a $1.2 million tax bill.
2001 – American Pie 2, the continuing bawdy adventures of a group of friends reuniting after their first year of college, started screening in Australia. American Pie 2 starred Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Ian Nicholas and Seann William Scott.
1998 - Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour connected the first two building blocks of the international space station in the shuttle cargo bay.
1994 – Pearl Jam release their third album, the stripped-down and punky Vitalogy. It peaks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
1992 - The three-story 430-year-old Muslim Mosque of Babri is destroyed by Hindu fundamentalist claiming it was built on the birth-site of the Hindu god Rama. This led to riots killing over 1,200 people.
1990 - Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone headed the cast of Total Recall which commenced screening in Australia. When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real, or does he?
1986 - Peter Cetera and Amy Grant went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Next Time I Fall'.
1986 - Europe were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Final Countdown'. They became only the second Swedish act to score a UK No.1. The song reached No.1 in 25 countries and the song's lyrics were inspired by David Bowie's song 'Space Oddity'.
1983 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Say, Say, Say,” Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson.
1979 – Escape from Alcatraz starring Clint Eastwood and Patrick McGoohan started screening in Australia. A dramatization of the one possibly successful escape from the notorious prison.
1976 - Showaddywaddy were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Under The Moon Of Love', (originally a hit in 1961 for Curtis Lee). The rock 'n' roll revival group from Leicester, England had nine other Top 10 hits with remakes.
1975 - Paul Simon’s album, Still Crazy After All These Years, was number one in the U.S. It was Simon’s first #1 solo album and it contained his first recording with Art Garfunkel since their 1969 breakup (My Little Town, which was also included on Garfunkel’s Breakaway album).
1975, Rev Charles Boykin of Tallahassee, Florida organised the burning of Elton John and Rolling Stones records, claiming they were sinful. Boykin was reacting to the results from a survey that said, 984 of the 1,000 local unmarried mothers had sex when listening to rock music.
1973 - Following the resignation of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, House Speaker Gerald Ford became the U.S.’s first appointed Vice President. Later, he became the nation’s first non-elected President upon the resignation of Richard Nixon.
1969 - A free concert by the Rolling Stones at Altamont Speedway in Livermore, Calif., was marred by the deaths of four people, including a man who was stabbed by a Hell's Angel.
1969 - One hit wonders Steam started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye'. The song became a UK No.5 single for girl group Bananarama in 83.
1967 - The Beatles started a seven-week run at No.1 in the UK with 'Hello Goodbye' their 13th No.1 single.
1965 - Motown Records releases Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "Going to a Go-Go." The song is later covered by the Rolling Stones. The Miracles' version will reach #11 on the pop chart.
1963 – Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison, Cleopatra commenced screening in Australia. Epic saga of the legendary Queen's reign from the time Julius Caesar arrived in Egypt until her death some 18 years later.
1963 - Beatles send out the first of the specially recorded Christmas records to fans
1962 - Choking fog spreads across Britain - Emergency services are on standby at every London hospital as thick fog continues to affect public health.
1962 - Bob Dylan recorded ‘A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall’ during a session at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City.
1957 - Buddy Holly hits UK chart for first time with 'Peggy Sue'
1957 - America's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit failed when the satellite blew up on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1952 - "The Glow-Worm" by Mills Brothers topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks.
1950 - ‘America’s Sweetheart’, Shirley Temple, became Shirley Temple Black. She married Charles Black, a socialite and business executive from San Francisco.
1948 - Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts debuted on CBS-TV. The show ran for almost 10 years and the redhead introduced such talent as Pat Boone, The Chordettes, Carmel Quinn, The McGuire Sisters, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Connie Francis, Steve Lawrence and Al Martino.
1947 - Everglades National Park in Florida was dedicated by President Harry S Truman. In the President’s words, “Here are no lofty peaks seeking the sky, no mighty glaciers or rushing streams wearing away the uplifted land. Here is land, tranquil in its quiet beauty, serving not as the source of water, but as the last receiver of it. To its natural abundance we owe the spectacular plant and animal life that distinguishes this place from all others in our country.”
1944 - Red Bank Boogie, Count Basie’s salute to his hometown, was recorded on Columbia Records. The tune is a tribute to Red Bank, New Jersey.
1939 - The musical comedy "Du Barry Was a Lady," by Cole Porter opened on Broadway.
1923 - The first presidential address to be carried on radio was broadcast from Washington, DC. President Calvin Coolidge addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress.
1922 - The Laugh-O-Gram silent black & white cartoon Cinderella is released. The short, based on Charles Perrault's classic, is directed, produced, written and co-animated by Walt Disney.
1884 - Army engineers completed construction of the Washington Monument, placing the 3300-pound marble capstone atop it.
1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrated the first gramophone, with a recording of himself reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb.
1865 - The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.
1774 - Austria became the first nation to introduce a state education system.
1955 - Steven Wright - an American comedian, actor and writer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, witty, philosophical and sometimes deeply confusing or nonsensical jokes and one-liners with contrived situations.
1953 - Tom Hulce - an American actor and producer perhaps best known for playing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the feature film Amadeus.
1948 - JoBeth Williams actress: Kramer vs. Kramer, Poltergeist, The Big Chill, American Dreamer, Wyatt Earp, A Season of Hope, The Client, From the Earth to the Moon, Justice, The Rose Technique. She is also current President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.
1920 - Dave Brubeck - an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. His music is known for employing unusual time signatures, and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.
OTHER EVENTS:
2007 – 1408 starring John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson commences screening in Australia. A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
2006 - NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
2003 – Elvis Costello marries jazz singer/pianist Diana Krall at Elton John’s castle outside London. Sometime Costello collaborator Paul McCartney is in attendance.
2003 – R&B star Peabo Bryson sells his two Grammy award for “Beauty and the Beast” and “A Whole New World” in an auction to pay off a $1.2 million tax bill.
2001 – American Pie 2, the continuing bawdy adventures of a group of friends reuniting after their first year of college, started screening in Australia. American Pie 2 starred Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Ian Nicholas and Seann William Scott.
1998 - Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour connected the first two building blocks of the international space station in the shuttle cargo bay.
1994 – Pearl Jam release their third album, the stripped-down and punky Vitalogy. It peaks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
1992 - The three-story 430-year-old Muslim Mosque of Babri is destroyed by Hindu fundamentalist claiming it was built on the birth-site of the Hindu god Rama. This led to riots killing over 1,200 people.
1990 - Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone headed the cast of Total Recall which commenced screening in Australia. When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real, or does he?
1986 - Peter Cetera and Amy Grant went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Next Time I Fall'.
1986 - Europe were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Final Countdown'. They became only the second Swedish act to score a UK No.1. The song reached No.1 in 25 countries and the song's lyrics were inspired by David Bowie's song 'Space Oddity'.
1983 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Say, Say, Say,” Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson.
1979 – Escape from Alcatraz starring Clint Eastwood and Patrick McGoohan started screening in Australia. A dramatization of the one possibly successful escape from the notorious prison.
1976 - Showaddywaddy were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Under The Moon Of Love', (originally a hit in 1961 for Curtis Lee). The rock 'n' roll revival group from Leicester, England had nine other Top 10 hits with remakes.
1975 - Paul Simon’s album, Still Crazy After All These Years, was number one in the U.S. It was Simon’s first #1 solo album and it contained his first recording with Art Garfunkel since their 1969 breakup (My Little Town, which was also included on Garfunkel’s Breakaway album).
1975, Rev Charles Boykin of Tallahassee, Florida organised the burning of Elton John and Rolling Stones records, claiming they were sinful. Boykin was reacting to the results from a survey that said, 984 of the 1,000 local unmarried mothers had sex when listening to rock music.
1973 - Following the resignation of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, House Speaker Gerald Ford became the U.S.’s first appointed Vice President. Later, he became the nation’s first non-elected President upon the resignation of Richard Nixon.
1969 - A free concert by the Rolling Stones at Altamont Speedway in Livermore, Calif., was marred by the deaths of four people, including a man who was stabbed by a Hell's Angel.
1969 - One hit wonders Steam started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye'. The song became a UK No.5 single for girl group Bananarama in 83.
1967 - The Beatles started a seven-week run at No.1 in the UK with 'Hello Goodbye' their 13th No.1 single.
1965 - Motown Records releases Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "Going to a Go-Go." The song is later covered by the Rolling Stones. The Miracles' version will reach #11 on the pop chart.
1963 – Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison, Cleopatra commenced screening in Australia. Epic saga of the legendary Queen's reign from the time Julius Caesar arrived in Egypt until her death some 18 years later.
1963 - Beatles send out the first of the specially recorded Christmas records to fans
1962 - Choking fog spreads across Britain - Emergency services are on standby at every London hospital as thick fog continues to affect public health.
1962 - Bob Dylan recorded ‘A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall’ during a session at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City.
1957 - Buddy Holly hits UK chart for first time with 'Peggy Sue'
1957 - America's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit failed when the satellite blew up on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1952 - "The Glow-Worm" by Mills Brothers topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks.
1950 - ‘America’s Sweetheart’, Shirley Temple, became Shirley Temple Black. She married Charles Black, a socialite and business executive from San Francisco.
1948 - Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts debuted on CBS-TV. The show ran for almost 10 years and the redhead introduced such talent as Pat Boone, The Chordettes, Carmel Quinn, The McGuire Sisters, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Connie Francis, Steve Lawrence and Al Martino.
1947 - Everglades National Park in Florida was dedicated by President Harry S Truman. In the President’s words, “Here are no lofty peaks seeking the sky, no mighty glaciers or rushing streams wearing away the uplifted land. Here is land, tranquil in its quiet beauty, serving not as the source of water, but as the last receiver of it. To its natural abundance we owe the spectacular plant and animal life that distinguishes this place from all others in our country.”
1944 - Red Bank Boogie, Count Basie’s salute to his hometown, was recorded on Columbia Records. The tune is a tribute to Red Bank, New Jersey.
1939 - The musical comedy "Du Barry Was a Lady," by Cole Porter opened on Broadway.
1923 - The first presidential address to be carried on radio was broadcast from Washington, DC. President Calvin Coolidge addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress.
1922 - The Laugh-O-Gram silent black & white cartoon Cinderella is released. The short, based on Charles Perrault's classic, is directed, produced, written and co-animated by Walt Disney.
1884 - Army engineers completed construction of the Washington Monument, placing the 3300-pound marble capstone atop it.
1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrated the first gramophone, with a recording of himself reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb.
1865 - The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.
1774 - Austria became the first nation to introduce a state education system.
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