TODAY IS ... 24 DECEMBER
BIRTHDAYS:
1974 - Ryan Seacrest is an American radio and television host, television producer, and entrepreneur. He is the host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, a nationally-syndicated Top 40 radio show in Los Angeles and throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks. On television, Seacrest hosts E! News, the flagship entertainment news program of E!, and American Idol, a reality show that airs on FOX.
1973 - Stephenie Meyer - an American author, known for her vampire romance series Twilight. The Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition, won multiple literary awards and sold over 85 million copies worldwide, with translations into 37 different languages around the globe. Meyer is also the author of the adult science-fiction novel The Host.
1971 - Ricky Martin - a Grammy Award- and Latin Grammy Award- winning, Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. His career has spanned over three decades and has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. He is the founder of Ricky Martín Foundation (in Spanish Fundación Ricky Martin) a non-profit charity organization.
1970 - Amaury Nolasco - a Puerto Rican actor, best known for the role of Fernando Sucre on the television series Prison Break.
1944 - Mike Curb - music executive: producer: Oscar-winner: You Light Up My Life [1977]; Curb Records; The Mike Curb Congregation: United We Stand, Sweet Gingerbread Man
1922 - Ava Gardner - was an American actress. She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared in supporting roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers (1946). She became one of Hollywood's leading actresses. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Mogambo (1953). Appeared in several popular films during the 1950s, and received BAFTA Award nominations for her performances in Bhowani Junction (1956), On the Beach (1959) and The Night of the Iguana (1964).
OTHER EVENTS:
2005 – U2’s Vertigo tour is declared the top-grossing trek of 2005, according to year-end figures from Chart Toppers Boxscore. Vertigo reports grosses of $260 million and draws more than 3 million people to 90 concerts, all of which are sell-outs.
1992 - Steve Martin, Debra Winger, Liam Neeson and Philip Seymour Hoffman star in Leap of Faith which starts screening in Australia. Fake faith healer Jonas Nightingale is stranded in a small town where he finds he can't fool all of the people all of the time.
1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Soviet Union.
1988 - Cliff Richard started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Private Collection.'
1988 - Anita Baker started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Giving You The Best That I Got'.
1981 – Mad Max 2 starring Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence and Max Phipps starts screening in Australia. In the post-apocolyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits.
1975 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Let’s Do It Again,” The Staple Singers.
1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
1974 – James Taylor, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt and Joni Mitchell get into the Christmas spirit by going around Los Angeles singing carols.
1969 - The "Buddy Holly Story", an album commemorating the tenth anniversary of the rocker's death, is certified gold. One week later, "That'll Be the Day," is certified a gold single.
1968 - American astronauts on Apollo 8 become the first men to transmit a Christmas Eve message from space.
1967 - Pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand
1967 - The Bee Gees performed their Christmas special 'live' from Liverpool Cathedral, England which was broadcast on UK TV.
1965 - The Beatles earn yet another gold record for the album "Rubber Soul," just two-and-a-half weeks after its release. The record, which includes, "I've Just Seen A Face," "Norwegian Wood," "Girl," "Michelle," "In My Life" and "You Won't See Me," is seen by critics as a turning point in their career, marking their progression to a more serious brand of pop music.
1963 - New York's Idlewild Airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport in honor of the assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
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1958 - Bobby Darin records "Beyond The Sea"
1953 - Production of 1953 Corvettes ends, with 300 built in total.
1951 - Gian Carlo Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors," was first broadcast by NBC. It was the first opera written specifically for television.
1948 - "The Perry Como Show" premiered on US TV.
1948 - Disney's Donald Duck short Tea for Two Hundred, directed by Jack Hannah, is released. Donald's camping trip is disrupted by a large number of ants!
1942 - First surface-to-surface guided missile is launched, by German engineer Wernher von Braun.
1941 – Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon starred in Blossoms in the Dust which started screening in Australia. Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young.
1937 - The Disney short Lonesome Ghosts, featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck & Goofy, is released. Mickey and his pals become ghosts exterminators when they are lured to a haunted house by some funny ghosts in this classic short directed by Bert Gillett.
1871 - Opera-goers in Cairo, Egypt were treated to Verdi’s Aida in its world premiere. The composer was commissioned to write the opera for festivities celebrating the opening of the Suez Canal.
1818 - Germany's Franz Gruber composes a melody to words written by Austrian priest Josef Mohr, creating the standard "Silent Night." The song is debuted tonight at Midnight Mass in Gruber's hometown of Obendorf.
1973 - Stephenie Meyer - an American author, known for her vampire romance series Twilight. The Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition, won multiple literary awards and sold over 85 million copies worldwide, with translations into 37 different languages around the globe. Meyer is also the author of the adult science-fiction novel The Host.
1971 - Ricky Martin - a Grammy Award- and Latin Grammy Award- winning, Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. His career has spanned over three decades and has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. He is the founder of Ricky Martín Foundation (in Spanish Fundación Ricky Martin) a non-profit charity organization.
1970 - Amaury Nolasco - a Puerto Rican actor, best known for the role of Fernando Sucre on the television series Prison Break.
1944 - Mike Curb - music executive: producer: Oscar-winner: You Light Up My Life [1977]; Curb Records; The Mike Curb Congregation: United We Stand, Sweet Gingerbread Man
1922 - Ava Gardner - was an American actress. She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared in supporting roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers (1946). She became one of Hollywood's leading actresses. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Mogambo (1953). Appeared in several popular films during the 1950s, and received BAFTA Award nominations for her performances in Bhowani Junction (1956), On the Beach (1959) and The Night of the Iguana (1964).
OTHER EVENTS:
2005 – U2’s Vertigo tour is declared the top-grossing trek of 2005, according to year-end figures from Chart Toppers Boxscore. Vertigo reports grosses of $260 million and draws more than 3 million people to 90 concerts, all of which are sell-outs.
1992 - Steve Martin, Debra Winger, Liam Neeson and Philip Seymour Hoffman star in Leap of Faith which starts screening in Australia. Fake faith healer Jonas Nightingale is stranded in a small town where he finds he can't fool all of the people all of the time.
1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Soviet Union.
1988 - Cliff Richard started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Private Collection.'
1988 - Anita Baker started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Giving You The Best That I Got'.
1981 – Mad Max 2 starring Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence and Max Phipps starts screening in Australia. In the post-apocolyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits.
1975 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Let’s Do It Again,” The Staple Singers.
1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
1974 – James Taylor, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt and Joni Mitchell get into the Christmas spirit by going around Los Angeles singing carols.
1969 - The "Buddy Holly Story", an album commemorating the tenth anniversary of the rocker's death, is certified gold. One week later, "That'll Be the Day," is certified a gold single.
1968 - American astronauts on Apollo 8 become the first men to transmit a Christmas Eve message from space.
1967 - Pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand
1967 - The Bee Gees performed their Christmas special 'live' from Liverpool Cathedral, England which was broadcast on UK TV.
1965 - The Beatles earn yet another gold record for the album "Rubber Soul," just two-and-a-half weeks after its release. The record, which includes, "I've Just Seen A Face," "Norwegian Wood," "Girl," "Michelle," "In My Life" and "You Won't See Me," is seen by critics as a turning point in their career, marking their progression to a more serious brand of pop music.
1963 - New York's Idlewild Airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport in honor of the assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
Terminal 1
1951 - Gian Carlo Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors," was first broadcast by NBC. It was the first opera written specifically for television.
1948 - "The Perry Como Show" premiered on US TV.
1948 - Disney's Donald Duck short Tea for Two Hundred, directed by Jack Hannah, is released. Donald's camping trip is disrupted by a large number of ants!
1942 - First surface-to-surface guided missile is launched, by German engineer Wernher von Braun.
1941 – Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon starred in Blossoms in the Dust which started screening in Australia. Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young.
1937 - The Disney short Lonesome Ghosts, featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck & Goofy, is released. Mickey and his pals become ghosts exterminators when they are lured to a haunted house by some funny ghosts in this classic short directed by Bert Gillett.
1871 - Opera-goers in Cairo, Egypt were treated to Verdi’s Aida in its world premiere. The composer was commissioned to write the opera for festivities celebrating the opening of the Suez Canal.
1818 - Germany's Franz Gruber composes a melody to words written by Austrian priest Josef Mohr, creating the standard "Silent Night." The song is debuted tonight at Midnight Mass in Gruber's hometown of Obendorf.
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