TODAY IS ... 11 DECEMBER
BIRTHDAYS:
1979 - Rider Strong - an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Shawn Hunter on the 1990s sitcom Boy Meets World.
1966 - Gary Dourdan - actor: C.S.I, A Different World, Weekend at Bernie’s II, Alien: Resurrection, King of the World
1954 - Jermaine Jackson - an American singer, bassist, composer, former member of The Jackson 5 and older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson.
1953 - Bess Armstrong - actress: The Skateboard Kid, Jaws 3, Nothing in Common, Four Seasons, On Our Own, My So-Called Life, Married People
1949 - Teri Garr - actress: Ready to Wear, Dumb and Dumber, The Tale of the Frog Prince, Mr. Mom, Tootsie, The Black Stallion, Oh, God!, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Young Frankenstein, Pajama Party, Women of the House, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, Good Advice, The Girl with Something Extra
1944 - Brenda Lee - an American performer who sang rockabilly, pop and country music with equal conviction and power; and had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s, a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis. She is best known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry," and 1957's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," a perennial US holiday standard for 50 years.
1942 - Donna Mills - actress: Knots Landing, The Good Life, False Arrest, Curse of the Black Widow, Beyond the Bermuda Triangle, Play Misty for Me
1931 - Rita Moreno - a Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress. She is the first and only Hispanic and one of ten performers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony and at the time the second Puerto Rican to win an Academy Award.
OTHER EVENTS:
2008 – Starring Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart star in Twilight which starts screening in Australia. A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire.
2008 – Slumdog Millionaire starring Dev Patel starts screening in Australia. A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers
2008 - Diana Ross headlines the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo
2003 – The RIAA certifies AC/DC’s Back In Black as the world’s second-best-selling album of all time, behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
2003 – MTV gives viewers a glimpse into the holiday season at the home of Ozzy Osbourne and his family with “The Osbourne Family Christmas Special.” A wide range of celebrity guests join in on the festivities, including Jessica Simpson, who duets with Ozzy on “Winter Wonderland,” and newlyweds Dave Navarro and Carmen Electra, who are shown baking holiday cookies.
2001 – Kylie Minogue takes three awards and performs at the first Italian Dance Awards, held at the Alcatraz Club in Milan. She wins for best foreign dance artists, and her charttopping track “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head” wins for song of the year and best video
1998 – At New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom, Cher, Bette Midler and Ace of Base take part in the Miracle on 34th Street Concert.
1997 – Mick Jagger’s Internet company, Jagged Internetworks, debuts with an exclusive live webcast of the Akai Singer Champions Trophy, an international cricket tournament in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
1997 – Jewel, Sinead O’Connor and Emmylou Harris perform the Beatles’ classic “In My Life” together at the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo’s Nationaltheateret.
1997 - Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams became the first political ally of the IRA to meet a British leader in 76 years. He conferred with Prime Minister Tony Blair in London.
1997 - Negotiators from around the world (more than 150 countries) agreed on a package of measures that for the first time would legally obligate industrial countries to cut emissions of waste industrial (greenhouse) gases that scientists say are warming the Earth’s atmosphere.
1997 US Federal judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows.
1996 – “MTV’s Unplugged” presents George Michael. Taped in London in October, Michael performs songs from all three of his solo albums.
1995 – “Cracked Rear View” by Hootie and the Blowfish tops the year’s album chart followed by Garth Brooks’ “The Hits” and “II” by Boyz II Men.
1993 - Janet Jackson started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Again', her 7th US No.1, a No.6 hit in the UK.
1992 - The Muppet Christmas Carol - the fourth feature film to star The Muppets, the first distributed & produced by Disney, and the first produced after the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson – is released in Australia.
1987 - Charlie Chaplin's trademark cane and bowler hat were sold at Christie's for £82,500.
1985 - The most expensive non-oil acquisition in U.S. history took place. General Electric Company agreed to buy RCA Corporation for $6.3 billion. The conglomerate would bring in about $39 billion in revenues. The deal also included NBC radio and TV.
1983 - The Flying Pickets were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of the Yazoo song 'Only You'. Also this years Christmas No.1 and the first a cappella chart-topper in the UK.
1982 - Toni Basil reached the #1 one position on the pop music charts for the first time, with her single, Mickey. The chorus: “Hey Mickey, you’re so fine, you’re so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey.”
1981 - It was Muhammad Ali’s 61st -- and last -- fight. He lost to future champ Trevor Berbick.
1981 - The U.N. Security Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru to be its fifth secretary-general.
1976 - Al Stewart debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 with Year of the Cat. It peaked at #8, but not until March 1977.
1976 - Bob Seger releases the LP "Night Moves". The album turned out to be his big breakthrough album -- reaching #8 on the chart and selling over 5 million copies.
1976 - ELO's 'A New World Record' hits UK LP chart
1973 - Karen and Richard Carpenter received a gold record for their single, Top of the World.
1972 – Genesis make their American live debut with a show at Massachusetts’ Brandeis University.
1971 – James Brown releases his 32nd album, Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume 3, boasting the half-hour epic “It’s a New Day So Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn.”
1971 – Chart-Toppers: David Bowie releases ‘Hunky Dory,’ which contains the classic “Changes” on this day in rock history!
1971 - UK comedian Benny Hill was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)', giving Hill his only No.1 and the Christmas No.1 hit of 1971.
1971 - Carly Simon's "Anticipation" was released.
1970 - Ringo Starr's movie "The Magic Christian" premiered in London.
1968 - Liverpool folk group The Scaffold were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Lily The Pink', this year's Christmas No.1.
1967 - The French prototype Concorde 001 was rolled out in Toulouse, France (the British 002 prototype was not quite finished in Bristol). The joint British-French venture and the world’s first supersonic airliner, took two more years of testing and fine-tuning the powerful engines before it made its maiden flight.
1965 - Ray Charles' "Crying Time" enters the Hot 100 where it stays for 15 weeks, making it to #6. It is his 44th chart entry.
1961 - "Black Nativity" opened on Broadway. Langston Hughes’ self-described “gospel song play” was staged at New York City's Lincoln Theater.
1961 - Elvis Presley started a 20-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Blue Hawaii', his seventh US No.1 album
1961 - The Marvelettes went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Please Mr Postman'. The session musicians on the track included 22 year old Marvin Gaye on drums. The song gave the Carpenters a US No.1 and UK No.2 single in 1975.
1960 - Aretha Franklin makes her New York pop stage debut, singing blues and pop standards at the Village Vanguard
1952 - An audience of 70,000 people watched from 31 theatres as Richard Tucker starred in Carmen. The event was the first pay-TV production of an opera. Ticket prices ranged from $1.20 to $7.20.
1946 - John D. Rockefeller, Jr. offered up a six-block area of land in New York City for use as world headquarters of the United Nations. The offer was accepted the following day. No one connected with the United Nations has been able to make a decision that quickly since.
1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established by the U.N. General Assembly. The fund provides relief to children in countries devastated by war.
1936 - Edward VIII abdicated to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American-born divorcee. The Duke of York, his brother, became King George VI.
1925 - Bard's Glendale Theater in Los Angeles, California previews Disney's Alice comedy film Alice's Balloon Race.
1939 - Marlene Dietrich recorded Falling In Love Again -- on the Decca label.
1939 - Betty Grable and her famous legs were featured on the cover of LIFE magazine. Legend has it that she didn’t care much for the picture, but it became an international symbol of ‘back home’ for those at war.
I1931 - The Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to countries of the British Commonwealth.
1929 - The Empire State Building's design was announced.
1894 - The world's first motor show opened in Paris with nine exhibitors.
1882 - The Bijou Theatre in Boston, MA became the first theatre to be lighted by electricity.
1966 - Gary Dourdan - actor: C.S.I, A Different World, Weekend at Bernie’s II, Alien: Resurrection, King of the World
1954 - Jermaine Jackson - an American singer, bassist, composer, former member of The Jackson 5 and older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson.
1953 - Bess Armstrong - actress: The Skateboard Kid, Jaws 3, Nothing in Common, Four Seasons, On Our Own, My So-Called Life, Married People
1949 - Teri Garr - actress: Ready to Wear, Dumb and Dumber, The Tale of the Frog Prince, Mr. Mom, Tootsie, The Black Stallion, Oh, God!, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Young Frankenstein, Pajama Party, Women of the House, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, Good Advice, The Girl with Something Extra
1944 - Brenda Lee - an American performer who sang rockabilly, pop and country music with equal conviction and power; and had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s, a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis. She is best known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry," and 1957's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," a perennial US holiday standard for 50 years.
1942 - Donna Mills - actress: Knots Landing, The Good Life, False Arrest, Curse of the Black Widow, Beyond the Bermuda Triangle, Play Misty for Me
1931 - Rita Moreno - a Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress. She is the first and only Hispanic and one of ten performers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony and at the time the second Puerto Rican to win an Academy Award.
OTHER EVENTS:
2008 – Starring Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart star in Twilight which starts screening in Australia. A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire.
2008 – Slumdog Millionaire starring Dev Patel starts screening in Australia. A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers
2008 - Diana Ross headlines the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo
2003 – The RIAA certifies AC/DC’s Back In Black as the world’s second-best-selling album of all time, behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
2003 – MTV gives viewers a glimpse into the holiday season at the home of Ozzy Osbourne and his family with “The Osbourne Family Christmas Special.” A wide range of celebrity guests join in on the festivities, including Jessica Simpson, who duets with Ozzy on “Winter Wonderland,” and newlyweds Dave Navarro and Carmen Electra, who are shown baking holiday cookies.
2001 – Kylie Minogue takes three awards and performs at the first Italian Dance Awards, held at the Alcatraz Club in Milan. She wins for best foreign dance artists, and her charttopping track “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head” wins for song of the year and best video
1998 – At New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom, Cher, Bette Midler and Ace of Base take part in the Miracle on 34th Street Concert.
1997 – Mick Jagger’s Internet company, Jagged Internetworks, debuts with an exclusive live webcast of the Akai Singer Champions Trophy, an international cricket tournament in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
1997 – Jewel, Sinead O’Connor and Emmylou Harris perform the Beatles’ classic “In My Life” together at the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo’s Nationaltheateret.
1997 - Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams became the first political ally of the IRA to meet a British leader in 76 years. He conferred with Prime Minister Tony Blair in London.
1997 - Negotiators from around the world (more than 150 countries) agreed on a package of measures that for the first time would legally obligate industrial countries to cut emissions of waste industrial (greenhouse) gases that scientists say are warming the Earth’s atmosphere.
1997 US Federal judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows.
1996 – “MTV’s Unplugged” presents George Michael. Taped in London in October, Michael performs songs from all three of his solo albums.
1995 – “Cracked Rear View” by Hootie and the Blowfish tops the year’s album chart followed by Garth Brooks’ “The Hits” and “II” by Boyz II Men.
1993 - Janet Jackson started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Again', her 7th US No.1, a No.6 hit in the UK.
1992 - The Muppet Christmas Carol - the fourth feature film to star The Muppets, the first distributed & produced by Disney, and the first produced after the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson – is released in Australia.
1987 - Charlie Chaplin's trademark cane and bowler hat were sold at Christie's for £82,500.
1985 - The most expensive non-oil acquisition in U.S. history took place. General Electric Company agreed to buy RCA Corporation for $6.3 billion. The conglomerate would bring in about $39 billion in revenues. The deal also included NBC radio and TV.
1983 - The Flying Pickets were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of the Yazoo song 'Only You'. Also this years Christmas No.1 and the first a cappella chart-topper in the UK.
1982 - Toni Basil reached the #1 one position on the pop music charts for the first time, with her single, Mickey. The chorus: “Hey Mickey, you’re so fine, you’re so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey.”
1981 - It was Muhammad Ali’s 61st -- and last -- fight. He lost to future champ Trevor Berbick.
1981 - The U.N. Security Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru to be its fifth secretary-general.
1976 - Al Stewart debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 with Year of the Cat. It peaked at #8, but not until March 1977.
1976 - Bob Seger releases the LP "Night Moves". The album turned out to be his big breakthrough album -- reaching #8 on the chart and selling over 5 million copies.
1976 - ELO's 'A New World Record' hits UK LP chart
1973 - Karen and Richard Carpenter received a gold record for their single, Top of the World.
1972 – Genesis make their American live debut with a show at Massachusetts’ Brandeis University.
1971 – James Brown releases his 32nd album, Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume 3, boasting the half-hour epic “It’s a New Day So Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn.”
1971 – Chart-Toppers: David Bowie releases ‘Hunky Dory,’ which contains the classic “Changes” on this day in rock history!
1971 - UK comedian Benny Hill was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)', giving Hill his only No.1 and the Christmas No.1 hit of 1971.
1971 - Carly Simon's "Anticipation" was released.
1970 - Ringo Starr's movie "The Magic Christian" premiered in London.
1968 - Liverpool folk group The Scaffold were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Lily The Pink', this year's Christmas No.1.
1967 - The French prototype Concorde 001 was rolled out in Toulouse, France (the British 002 prototype was not quite finished in Bristol). The joint British-French venture and the world’s first supersonic airliner, took two more years of testing and fine-tuning the powerful engines before it made its maiden flight.
1965 - Ray Charles' "Crying Time" enters the Hot 100 where it stays for 15 weeks, making it to #6. It is his 44th chart entry.
1961 - "Black Nativity" opened on Broadway. Langston Hughes’ self-described “gospel song play” was staged at New York City's Lincoln Theater.
1961 - Elvis Presley started a 20-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Blue Hawaii', his seventh US No.1 album
1961 - The Marvelettes went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Please Mr Postman'. The session musicians on the track included 22 year old Marvin Gaye on drums. The song gave the Carpenters a US No.1 and UK No.2 single in 1975.
1960 - Aretha Franklin makes her New York pop stage debut, singing blues and pop standards at the Village Vanguard
1952 - An audience of 70,000 people watched from 31 theatres as Richard Tucker starred in Carmen. The event was the first pay-TV production of an opera. Ticket prices ranged from $1.20 to $7.20.
1946 - John D. Rockefeller, Jr. offered up a six-block area of land in New York City for use as world headquarters of the United Nations. The offer was accepted the following day. No one connected with the United Nations has been able to make a decision that quickly since.
1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established by the U.N. General Assembly. The fund provides relief to children in countries devastated by war.
1936 - Edward VIII abdicated to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American-born divorcee. The Duke of York, his brother, became King George VI.
1925 - Bard's Glendale Theater in Los Angeles, California previews Disney's Alice comedy film Alice's Balloon Race.
1939 - Marlene Dietrich recorded Falling In Love Again -- on the Decca label.
1939 - Betty Grable and her famous legs were featured on the cover of LIFE magazine. Legend has it that she didn’t care much for the picture, but it became an international symbol of ‘back home’ for those at war.
I1931 - The Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to countries of the British Commonwealth.
1929 - The Empire State Building's design was announced.
1894 - The world's first motor show opened in Paris with nine exhibitors.
1882 - The Bijou Theatre in Boston, MA became the first theatre to be lighted by electricity.
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