Happy Birthday Anthony Hopkins-74 Andy Summers-69 Ben Kingsley-68 Diane Von Furstenberg-65 Tim Matheson-63 Donna Summer-63 Bebe Neuwirth-53 Val Kilmer-52 ; 1857 Britain's Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada.
Friday, December 30, 2011
December 30
Happy Birthday James Burrows-71 Davy Jones-66 Tracey Ullman-52 Meredith Vieira-58 Matt Lauer-54 Sean Hannity-50 Jason Behr-38 Tiger Woods-36 ; 1940 California's first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened
Thursday, December 29, 2011
December 29
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
December 28
Happy Birthday Nichelle Nichols-79 Maggie Smith-77 Denzel Washington-57 Seth Meyers-38 Brendan Hines-35 David Archuleta-21 ; 1981, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Va.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
December 27
Happy Birthday Cokie Roberts-68 Gerard Depardieu-63 Wilson Cruz-38 RIP Marlene Dietrich(1901-1992) ; 1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
Monday, December 26, 2011
December 26
Saturday, December 24, 2011
December 24
Happy Birthday Mary Higgins Clark-84 Diedrich Bader-45 Ricky Martin-40 Ryan Seacrest-37 ; 1906 Canadian physicist Reginald A. Fessenden became the first person to broadcast a music program over radio, from Brant Rock, Mass.
Friday, December 23, 2011
December 23
Happy Birthday Japanese Emperor Akihito-78 Bob Kahn-73 Harry Shearer-68 Susan Lucci-65 Eddie Vedder-47 RIP Corey Haim (1971-2010) ; 1913 – The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
December 22
Happy Birthday Hector Elizondo-75 Diane Sawyer-66 Robin Gibb-62 Ralph Fiennes-49 Heather Donahue-38
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
December 21
Happy Birthday Phil Donahue-76 Jane Fonda-74 Samuel L. Jackson-63 Ray Romano-54 Andy Dick-46 Kiefer Sutherland-45 ; 1913 The first crossword puzzle was published, in New York World.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
December 20
Monday, December 19, 2011
December 19
Happy Birthday Cicely Tyson-78 Elaine Joyce-68 Tim Reid-67 Mike Lookinland-51 Jennifer Beals-48 Tilman Schweiger-48 Kristy Swanson-42 Alyssa Milano-39 Rosa Blasi-39 Jake Gyllenhaal-31 ; 1984, Britain and China signed an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
December 17
Happy Birthday Ernie Hudson-66 Eugene Levy-65 Paul Rodgers-62 Barry Livingston-58 Bill Pullman-58 Giovanni Ribisi-37 Milla Jovovich-36 ; 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight, near Kitty Hawk, N.C.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
December 15
Happy Birthday Tim Conway-78 Don Johnson-62 Garrett Wang-43 Stuart Townsend-39 Adam Brody-32 ; 1892, J. Paul Getty was born.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Happy Birthday Patty Duke-65 Ted Raimi-46 Natascha McElhone-42 Marty Lindsey-41 ; 2000 The FTC unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
December 13
Happy Birthday Dick Van Dyke-86 Christopher Plummer-82 John Davidson-70 Ted Nugent-63 Morris Day-55 Steve Buscemi-54 Jamie Foxx-44 Taylor Swift-22
Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
December 10
Happy Birthday Susan Dey-59 Michael Clarke Duncan-54 Paul Hardcastle-54 Raven-Symone-26 ; 1868 – The first traffic lights are installed in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.