TODAY IS ... 30 DECEMBER
BIRTHDAYS -
1982 - Kristin Kreuk - a Canadian actress best known for her role on the American television series Smallville, in which she starred as Lana Lang for eight years. She is also known for her roles on the Canadian television series teen soap Edgemont and in the 2009 film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.
1980 - Eliza Dushku - is best known for her recurring role as Faith in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Dushku made her feature film debut in 1992's That Night. She then appeared in This Boy's Life (1993, with Leonardo DiCaprio) and True Lies (1994, with Arnold Schwarzenegger). In 1998 joined the cast of Buffy (starring Sarah Michelle Gellar), appearing in several episodes as bad girl Faith. She then appeared in Angel (the Buffy spin-off series) and the feature films Bring It On (2000, starring Kirsten Dunst) and City by the Sea (2002, starring Robert DeNiro).
1973 - Jason Behr - an American film and television actor. He first starred in the American television series Roswell, for which he was twice nominated for a Saturn Award, followed by roles in the films The Shipping News and the Japanese horror film The Grudge. Behr has also had a series of guest appearances in various television shows like Step by Step, The Profiler, 7th Heaven, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, JAG and had a recurring role in the American television series Dawson's Creek.
1959 - Tracy Ullman - an award-winning English stage and television actor, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter and author with American citizenship. Her early appearances were on British TV sketch comedy shows A Kick Up the Eighties (with Rik Mayall and Miriam Margolyes) and Three of a Kind (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield). She also appeared as Candice Valentine in Girls On Top with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. She emigrated from the UK to the US and created her own network television series, The Tracey Ullman Show, from 1987 until 1990, from which The Simpsons was spun off in 1989. She later produced programs for HBO, including Tracey Takes On..., for which she has won numerous awards.
1956 - Sheryl Lee Ralph - actress: White Man’s Burden, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, The Distinguished Gentleman, The Mighty Quinn, Codename: Foxfire, It’s a Living, George, Designing Women
1939 - Del Shannon - singer: Runaway, Hat’s Off to Larry, Little Town Flirt, Keep Searchin’ [We’ll Follow the Sun]; songwriter: I Go to Pieces; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [Mar 15, 1999]
1937 - (Noel) Paul Stookey - singer: The Wedding Song; group: Peter, Paul and Mary: Blowin’ in the Wind, Puff the Magic Dragon, I Dig Rock ’n’ Roll Music, Leavin’ on a Jet Plane
1934 - Russ Tamblyn - an American film and television actor, who is arguably best known for his performance in the 1961 movie musical West Side Story as Riff, the leader of the Jets gang. Other movies include: Twin Peaks, Cabin Boy, The Last Movie, How the West was Won, Cimarron, Peyton Place, Don’t Go Near the Water, Hit the Deck, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Father of the Bride, tom thumb.
OTHER EVENTS -
2006 – Veteran British singer Rod Stewart is among the music industry stalwarts feted in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Stewart is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to music.
2004 – Sum of Existence starring Brooke Anderson, Simone Kessell and Josh Picker starts screening in Australia. Liz is the victim of a vicious assault but is hypnotized to forget it ever happenned. However the attacker will go to any lengths to make sure she never forgets him.
1999 - Slade singer Noddy Holder is awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II, and Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire).
1997 - As of this day, Disney holds eight of the top ten spots on the All Time Movie Video Sales Chart with The Lion King (1); Aladdin (2); Cinderella (3); Beauty and The Beast (4); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (5); Toy Story (7); 101 Dalmatians (8); and Pocahontas (10).
1995 - The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2 degrees C is recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands. This equals the record set at Braemar, Aberdeenshire in 1895 and 1982.
1993 - Thomas Ian Nicholas and Gary Busey star in Rookie of the Year which commences screening in Australia. When an accident miraculously gives a boy an incredibly powerful pitching arm, he becomes a major league pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.
1993 - After some 2,000 years of rocky Jewish-Christian relations, the Holy See and the State of Israel signed an agreement to recognize each other. The agreement was seen as a significant step forward in relations between the Vatican and Israel.
1982 – Night Shift starring Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton and Shelley Long starts screening in Australia. Ever since two enterprising young men turned the City Morgue into a swinging business, people have been dying to get in.
1981 - The J.Geils Band enjoy the biggest LP of their career with "Freeze-Frame," which turns gold on this date. The album will go on to Number One early in 1982.
1980 - The Selective Service System sent a warning to Mickey Mouse at Disneyland in Anaheim, California: Register for the draft or else! The Selective Service said that Mickey was in violation of registration compliance. Of course, Mickey, age 52 at the time, sent in his registration card proving that he’s a World War II veteran.
1980 - "The Wonderful World of Disney" was cancelled by NBC after more than 25 years on the TV. It was the longest-running series in prime-time television history.
1976 – Logan’s Run starring Michael York, Richard Jordan and Farrah Fawcett-Majors stars screening in Australia. An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at 30.
1976 - ABBA's Greatest Hits is certified gold
1972 - Stevie Wonder's 'Talking Book' hits US LP chart
1969 - Peter, Paul and Mary's "Leaving On A Jet Plane" is certified gold
1968 - Frank Sinatra records "My Way"
1968 - The first Led Zeppelin bootleg, Gonzaga '68, is a recording of tonight's show at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, one of their very first in America and the first ever live recording of the band.
1967 - The Beatles scored their 15th US No.1 with 'Hello Goodbye', Gladys Knight and the Pips were at No.2 with 'I Heard It Through The Grape Vine' and The Monkees at No.3 with 'Daydream Believer.'
1963 - New Musical Express' Twelfth International Popularity Poll lists British acts at the top of most categories for the first time. The Number One male singer is Cliff Richard, the Number One group is the Beatles and the Record of the Year is "She Loves You."
1959 - First nuclear submarine capable of launching missiles: The USS George Washington is commissioned.
1956 - 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)
1954 - Pearl Bailey opened on Broadway in the play, House of Flowers, about two madams with rival bordellos. Diahann Carroll was also cast in the play, written by Truman Capote. Harold Arlen provided the musical score.
1951 - 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2)
1948 - Alfred Drake and Patricia Morrison starred in Kiss Me Kate which opened at the New Century Theatre in New York City. Cole Porter composed the music for the classic play that was adapted from Shakespeare’s comedy, The Taming of the Shrew. The show ran for 1,077 performances on the Great White Way.
1929 - King Features sends a telegram to Walt Disney, asking permission for the New York Mirror newspaper to begin publishing the Mickey Mouse comic strip in January. Walt replies granting permission.
1928 - Disney's The Gallopin Gaucho premieres at the Mark Strand Theater in New York City, with synchronized sound. Although it is the second Mickey Mouse film to be created, The Gallopin Gaucho (directed by Ub Iweks) is the third Mickey short to be released
1927 - The first subway in the Orient was dedicated in Tokyo, Japan. Many people had worried that the ground under Tokyo was too soft for a subway, but their fears proved unfounded as the Tokyo Underground Railway Company opened the first section of the subway between Ueno and Asakusa.
1942 - Frank Sinatra opened at New York’s Paramount Theatre for what was scheduled to be a 4-week engagement (his shows turned out to be so popular that he was booked for an additional 4 weeks). An estimated 400 policemen were called out to help curb the excitement. It is said that some of the teenage girls were hired to scream, but many more screamed for free. Sinatra was dubbed ‘The Sultan of Swoon’, ‘The Voice that Thrills Millions’, and just ‘The Voice’. Whatever he was, it was at this Paramount Theatre engagement that modern pop hysteria was born.
1936 - The famous feud between Jack Benny and Fred Allen was ignited. After a 10-year-old performer finished a violin solo on The Fred Allen Show, Mr. Allen said, “A certain alleged violinist should hide his head in shame for his poor fiddle playing.” It didn’t take long for Mr. Benny to respond. The humorous feud lasted for ten weeks on both comedian’s radio shows.
1924 - Edwin Hubble announced the existence of other galactic systems.
1879 - Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" was first performed, in England.
1887 - A petition to Queen Victoria with over one million names of women appealing for public houses to be closed on Sundays was handed to the home secretary.
1853 - Gadsden Purchase by USA - 45,000 square miles (120,000 km) by Gila River from México for US$10 million; area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico.
1980 - Eliza Dushku - is best known for her recurring role as Faith in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Dushku made her feature film debut in 1992's That Night. She then appeared in This Boy's Life (1993, with Leonardo DiCaprio) and True Lies (1994, with Arnold Schwarzenegger). In 1998 joined the cast of Buffy (starring Sarah Michelle Gellar), appearing in several episodes as bad girl Faith. She then appeared in Angel (the Buffy spin-off series) and the feature films Bring It On (2000, starring Kirsten Dunst) and City by the Sea (2002, starring Robert DeNiro).
1973 - Jason Behr - an American film and television actor. He first starred in the American television series Roswell, for which he was twice nominated for a Saturn Award, followed by roles in the films The Shipping News and the Japanese horror film The Grudge. Behr has also had a series of guest appearances in various television shows like Step by Step, The Profiler, 7th Heaven, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, JAG and had a recurring role in the American television series Dawson's Creek.
1959 - Tracy Ullman - an award-winning English stage and television actor, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter and author with American citizenship. Her early appearances were on British TV sketch comedy shows A Kick Up the Eighties (with Rik Mayall and Miriam Margolyes) and Three of a Kind (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield). She also appeared as Candice Valentine in Girls On Top with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. She emigrated from the UK to the US and created her own network television series, The Tracey Ullman Show, from 1987 until 1990, from which The Simpsons was spun off in 1989. She later produced programs for HBO, including Tracey Takes On..., for which she has won numerous awards.
1956 - Sheryl Lee Ralph - actress: White Man’s Burden, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, The Distinguished Gentleman, The Mighty Quinn, Codename: Foxfire, It’s a Living, George, Designing Women
1939 - Del Shannon - singer: Runaway, Hat’s Off to Larry, Little Town Flirt, Keep Searchin’ [We’ll Follow the Sun]; songwriter: I Go to Pieces; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [Mar 15, 1999]
1937 - (Noel) Paul Stookey - singer: The Wedding Song; group: Peter, Paul and Mary: Blowin’ in the Wind, Puff the Magic Dragon, I Dig Rock ’n’ Roll Music, Leavin’ on a Jet Plane
1934 - Russ Tamblyn - an American film and television actor, who is arguably best known for his performance in the 1961 movie musical West Side Story as Riff, the leader of the Jets gang. Other movies include: Twin Peaks, Cabin Boy, The Last Movie, How the West was Won, Cimarron, Peyton Place, Don’t Go Near the Water, Hit the Deck, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Father of the Bride, tom thumb.
OTHER EVENTS -
2006 – Veteran British singer Rod Stewart is among the music industry stalwarts feted in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Stewart is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to music.
2004 – Sum of Existence starring Brooke Anderson, Simone Kessell and Josh Picker starts screening in Australia. Liz is the victim of a vicious assault but is hypnotized to forget it ever happenned. However the attacker will go to any lengths to make sure she never forgets him.
1999 - Slade singer Noddy Holder is awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II, and Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire).
1997 - As of this day, Disney holds eight of the top ten spots on the All Time Movie Video Sales Chart with The Lion King (1); Aladdin (2); Cinderella (3); Beauty and The Beast (4); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (5); Toy Story (7); 101 Dalmatians (8); and Pocahontas (10).
1995 - The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2 degrees C is recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands. This equals the record set at Braemar, Aberdeenshire in 1895 and 1982.
1993 - Thomas Ian Nicholas and Gary Busey star in Rookie of the Year which commences screening in Australia. When an accident miraculously gives a boy an incredibly powerful pitching arm, he becomes a major league pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.
1993 - After some 2,000 years of rocky Jewish-Christian relations, the Holy See and the State of Israel signed an agreement to recognize each other. The agreement was seen as a significant step forward in relations between the Vatican and Israel.
1982 – Night Shift starring Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton and Shelley Long starts screening in Australia. Ever since two enterprising young men turned the City Morgue into a swinging business, people have been dying to get in.
1981 - The J.Geils Band enjoy the biggest LP of their career with "Freeze-Frame," which turns gold on this date. The album will go on to Number One early in 1982.
1980 - The Selective Service System sent a warning to Mickey Mouse at Disneyland in Anaheim, California: Register for the draft or else! The Selective Service said that Mickey was in violation of registration compliance. Of course, Mickey, age 52 at the time, sent in his registration card proving that he’s a World War II veteran.
1980 - "The Wonderful World of Disney" was cancelled by NBC after more than 25 years on the TV. It was the longest-running series in prime-time television history.
1976 – Logan’s Run starring Michael York, Richard Jordan and Farrah Fawcett-Majors stars screening in Australia. An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at 30.
1976 - ABBA's Greatest Hits is certified gold
1972 - Stevie Wonder's 'Talking Book' hits US LP chart
1969 - Peter, Paul and Mary's "Leaving On A Jet Plane" is certified gold
1968 - Frank Sinatra records "My Way"
1968 - The first Led Zeppelin bootleg, Gonzaga '68, is a recording of tonight's show at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, one of their very first in America and the first ever live recording of the band.
1967 - The Beatles scored their 15th US No.1 with 'Hello Goodbye', Gladys Knight and the Pips were at No.2 with 'I Heard It Through The Grape Vine' and The Monkees at No.3 with 'Daydream Believer.'
1963 - New Musical Express' Twelfth International Popularity Poll lists British acts at the top of most categories for the first time. The Number One male singer is Cliff Richard, the Number One group is the Beatles and the Record of the Year is "She Loves You."
1959 - First nuclear submarine capable of launching missiles: The USS George Washington is commissioned.
1956 - 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)
1954 - Pearl Bailey opened on Broadway in the play, House of Flowers, about two madams with rival bordellos. Diahann Carroll was also cast in the play, written by Truman Capote. Harold Arlen provided the musical score.
1951 - 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2)
1948 - Alfred Drake and Patricia Morrison starred in Kiss Me Kate which opened at the New Century Theatre in New York City. Cole Porter composed the music for the classic play that was adapted from Shakespeare’s comedy, The Taming of the Shrew. The show ran for 1,077 performances on the Great White Way.
1929 - King Features sends a telegram to Walt Disney, asking permission for the New York Mirror newspaper to begin publishing the Mickey Mouse comic strip in January. Walt replies granting permission.
1928 - Disney's The Gallopin Gaucho premieres at the Mark Strand Theater in New York City, with synchronized sound. Although it is the second Mickey Mouse film to be created, The Gallopin Gaucho (directed by Ub Iweks) is the third Mickey short to be released
1927 - The first subway in the Orient was dedicated in Tokyo, Japan. Many people had worried that the ground under Tokyo was too soft for a subway, but their fears proved unfounded as the Tokyo Underground Railway Company opened the first section of the subway between Ueno and Asakusa.
1942 - Frank Sinatra opened at New York’s Paramount Theatre for what was scheduled to be a 4-week engagement (his shows turned out to be so popular that he was booked for an additional 4 weeks). An estimated 400 policemen were called out to help curb the excitement. It is said that some of the teenage girls were hired to scream, but many more screamed for free. Sinatra was dubbed ‘The Sultan of Swoon’, ‘The Voice that Thrills Millions’, and just ‘The Voice’. Whatever he was, it was at this Paramount Theatre engagement that modern pop hysteria was born.
1936 - The famous feud between Jack Benny and Fred Allen was ignited. After a 10-year-old performer finished a violin solo on The Fred Allen Show, Mr. Allen said, “A certain alleged violinist should hide his head in shame for his poor fiddle playing.” It didn’t take long for Mr. Benny to respond. The humorous feud lasted for ten weeks on both comedian’s radio shows.
1924 - Edwin Hubble announced the existence of other galactic systems.
1879 - Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" was first performed, in England.
1887 - A petition to Queen Victoria with over one million names of women appealing for public houses to be closed on Sundays was handed to the home secretary.
1853 - Gadsden Purchase by USA - 45,000 square miles (120,000 km) by Gila River from México for US$10 million; area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico.
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