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Today In History Basic Datebook-December 7th

For The Weekday Of: Sunday in 2008, Monday in 2009
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People on December 7th: birthdates

Shiri Appleby: 1978 (is 30 in 2008, 31 in 2009)
Actress, Roswell's Liz Parker
Nicole Appleton: 1975 (is 33 in 2008, 34 in 2009)
Singer, of All Saints
Vincent Baggetta: 1947 (is 61 in 2008, 62 in 2009)
TV/Soap Actor, Eddie Capra Mysteries star, Chicago Story, Days Of Our Lives' Det. Morelli
Priscilla Barnes: 1955 (is 53 in 2008, 54 in 2009)
Actress, b. in Ft. Dix, NJ; Licence To Kill, The American Girls, 3's Compny's Terri Alden; some say '56 or '61
Boyd Bennett: 1924 (is 84 in 2008, 85 in 2009)
Singer, Radio Disc Jock, Bandleader, with his Rockets
Ellen Burstyn: 1932 (is 76 in 2008, 77 in 2009)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Roman Catholic, b. in Detroit; Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Last Picture Show, Harry & Tonto, Exorcist, Ellen Burstyn Show's Ellen Brewster, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood; RN:Edna Rae Gillooly MacRae
Timothy Butler: 1958 (is 50 in 2008, 51 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Bassist, Songwriter, British, of Psychedelic Furs
Aaron Carter: 1987 (is 21 in 2008, 22 in 2009)
Pop Singer
Andy Childs: 1962 (is 46 in 2008, 47 in 2009)
Country Singer
Noam Chomsky: 1928 (is 80 in 2008, 81 in 2009)
Linguist, Writer, Educator, Political Activist, founded transformational grammar
Thad Cochran: 1937 (is 71 in 2008, 72 in 2009)
Senator
Susan M. Collins: 1952 (is 56 in 2008, 57 in 2009)
Senator
Bent Fabric: 1924 (is 84 in 2008, 85 in 2009)
Composer, Pianist, Executive, Denmark, Alley Cat; RN:Bent Fabricus-Bjerre aka Frank Bjorn; Record exec
Hudson Lee Gerhardt: 2007 (is 1 in 2008, 2 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Chalae and Jason's son
Edd Hall: 1958 (is 50 in 2008, 51 in 2009)
Announcer, of Tonight Show With Jay Leno
Julie Halston: 1954 (is 54 in 2008, 55 in 2009)
Actress, Addams Family Values
C. Thomas Howell: 1966 (is 42 in 2008, 43 in 2009)
Movie Actor, ET, Red Dawn, Tank, Soul Man, Outsiders; Rae Dawn Chong's ex-
Jasmine Mikhail Jordan: 1992 (is 16 in 2008, 17 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Juanita & Michael's girl
James Keach: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
Actor, Producer/Director, Stacy's brother, Jane Seymour's hubby
Kon Artis: 1976 (is 32 in 2008, 33 in 2009)
Rap Performer, of D12
Hugh X. Lewis: 1932 (is 76 in 2008, 77 in 2009)
Country Singer, Songwriter
Johnny Mars: 1942 (is 66 in 2008, 67 in 2009)
Blues Harmonicaist, founder of Johnny Mars and the Cotton Brothers
Mike Minor: 1940 (is 68 in 2008, 69 in 2009)
Actor, Singer, Soap Actor, RN:Michael Fedderson; Don Fedderson's son; Petticoat Junction's Steve Elliott, The Smith Family theme singer; All My Children, Another World
Gary Morris: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
Country Singer/Guitarist, TV Actor, Songwriter, The Colbys' Wayne Masterson
Luke Paine Newell: 1996 (is 12 in 2008, 13 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Kate Collins and Charlie's son
Michael "Mike" Nolan: 1954 (is 54 in 2008, 55 in 2009)
Singer, British, of Bucks Fizz
Bobby Osborne: 1931 (is 77 in 2008, 78 in 2009)
Bluegrass Performer, Mandolin, Singer, of Osborne Brothers
Wendy Padbury: 1947 (is 61 in 2008, 62 in 2009)
TV Actress, Dr. Who's Zoe
Summer Phoenix: 1979 (is 29 in 2008, 30 in 2009)
Celebrity Relative, River & Leaf's sister
Ronnie Sessions: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
Country-Rock Performer, Singer
Carole Simpson: 1940 (is 68 in 2008, 69 in 2009)
Newsperson
Nick Stahl: 1979 (is 29 in 2008, 30 in 2009)
Actor, The Man Without a Face, The Thin Red Line
Kevin Stapleton: yr unknown
Soap Actor, One Life To Live's Kevin Buchanan
Sunny Sweeney: 1976 (is 32 in 2008, 33 in 2009)
Country Singer
Tom Waits: 1949 (is 59 in 2008, 60 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Singer, Actor, Songwriter, Composer, Pianist, b. in Pomona, CA; The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me); Movies: Mystery Men
Eli Wallach: 1915 (is 93 in 2008, 94 in 2009)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Jewish, b. in Brooklyn; Batman's Mr. Freeze, Our Family Honor's Vincent Danzig; Anne Jackson's husband; movies: The Magnificent Seven, How the West Was Won, Godfather III, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, etc.
Barbara Weathers: 1963 (is 45 in 2008, 46 in 2009)
Singer, of Atlantic Starr
Jeffrey Wright: 1965 (is 43 in 2008, 44 in 2009)
Movie Actor, Shaft 2000, Broken Flowers, Syriana

People on December 7th: birth anniversaries

Giovanni "Gian" Lorenzo Bernini: 1598=d.Nov 28, 1680 (was 81)
Sculptor, Painter, Architect, Italian, the greatest scultor of the 17th century
Rod Cameron: 1910=d.Dec 21, 1983 (was 73)
TV/Movie Actor, Stuntman, Canadian, RFN:Rod Cox; City Detective, State Trooper's Trooper Rod Blake, Coronado 9
Willa Sibert "Wills" Cather: 1873=d.Apr 24, 1947 (was 73)
Novelist, Essayist, Lesbian, American
Harry Chapin: 1942=d.Jul 16, 1981 (was 38)
Folk Singer, Songwriter, Folk Guitarist, Balladeer; MN:Foster; Cats in the Cradle, 30,000 lbs of Bananas; d. in car crash
Hamilton Fish: 1888=d.Jan 18, 1991 (was 102)
Congressperson, of NY
Rudolf Friml: 1879=d.Nov 12, 1972 (was 92)
Composer, Musician, Czech
Hurd Hatfield: 1918=d.Dec 25, 1998 (was 80)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress
Teddy Hill: 1909=d.May 19, 1978 (was 68)
Bandleader, Reeds
Victor Kermit II Kiam: 1926=d.May 27, 2001 (was 74)
Sportsfigure, Executive, Remington & New England Patriots prez
Ted Knight: 1923=d.Aug 26, 1986 (was 62)
TV/Movie Actor, Roman Catholic, b. in Terryville, CT; Mary Tyler Moore Show's Ted Baxter, Ted Knight Show's Roger '78, Too Close For Comfort's & Ted Knight Show's Henry Rush, Caddyshack; RN:Tadewurz Wladzui Konopka or Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka; some say '24 or '25
Gerard Kuiper: 1905=d.Dec 23, 1973 (was 68)
Astronomer, Scientist, Netherlands, discovered moons of Uranus and Neptune
Pietro Mascagni: 1863=d.Aug 2, 1945 (was 81)
Composer, Italian
Clarence Nash: 1904=d.Feb 20, 1985 (was 80)
Cartoon Voicist, voice of Donald Duck
Louis Prima: 1910?=d.Aug 24, 1978 (was 66)
Jazz Trumpeter, Jazz Singer, Composer/Songwriter, Bandleader, Lyricist, That Old Black Magic, The Jungle Book; some say b. Dec 7, 1911, or b. Dec 7, 1912
Jim Reese: 1941=d.Oct 26, 1991 (was 49)
Rhythm Guitarist, of The Bobby Fuller Four
Richard Joshua III Reynolds: 1933=d.Jun 28, 1994 (was 60)
Philanthropist, grandson and namesake of the tobacco company's founder; d. reportedly of emphysema and congestive heart failure.
Solomon Schechter: 1847=d.Nov 19, 1915 (was 67)
Scholar, Theologian, Journalist, Romanian, Hebrew Jewish Encyclopedia
Richard W. Sears: 1863=d.Sep 28, 1914 (was 50)
Businessperson, Merchant, Sears Roebuck & Co. founder
Noah Haynes Swayne: 1804=d.Jun 8, 1884 (was 79)
Supreme Court Justice, Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-81).
Peter Tomarken: 1942=d.Mar 13, 2006 (was 63)
TV Actor, Game Show Host, Screen/Scriptwriter, TV Producer, of Hit Man, Press Your Luck
Carlos Vega: 1956=d.Apr 7, 1998 (was 41)
Drummer, sessionist

People on December 7th: death anniversaries

John Addison: 1998 (was 78)/b.Mar 16, 1920
Composer, British
Cora Baird: 1967 (was 55)/b.Jan 26, 1912
Puppeteer, Bil's wife
Kenny Baker: 1999 (was 78)/b.Mar 1, 1921
Jazz Musician, performed for film and television soundtracks including the soundtrack to some of the James Bond movies
Joan Bennett: 1990 (was 80)/b.Feb 27, 1910
TV/Movie Actress, Soap Actress, b. in Palisades, NJ; Movie queen of 30s-40s; Dark Shadows' Elizabeth; Richard's daughter
Captain William Bligh: 1817 (was 63)/b.Sep 9, 1754
Naval Officer, English, captain of HMS Bounty who was cast adrift by a mutinous crew
Bill Boyd: 1977 (was 67)/b.Sep 29, 1910
Singer, Bandleader
Jeanne Cagney: 1984 (was 65)/b.Mar 25, 1919
Movie Actress, James' sister
Dee Clark: 1990 (was 52)/b.Nov 7, 1938
Soul Singer, Songwriter, RFN:Delecta; Hambone, Oh Raindrops
Christopher Connelly: 1988 (was 47)/b.Sep 8, 1941
TV Actor, Peyton Places' Norman Harrington
Sir George Darwin: 1912 (was 67)/b.Jul 9, 1845
Astronomer, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean
Kirsten Flagstad: 1962 (was 67)/b.Jul 12, 1895
Opera Soprano, Norweigan, one of the century's finest
Rube Goldberg: 1970 (was 87)/b.Jul 4, 1883
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Boob McNutt, Mike & Ike, Lucifer Butts; made the easy outrageously difficult
Dr. Peter Carl Goldmark: 1977 (was 71)/b.Dec 2, 1906
Engineer, Inventor, TV Executive, Hungarian, of CBS; developed the first commercial colour-television system and the 33 1/3 revolutions-per-minute (rpm) long-playing (LP) phonograph record, which revolutionized the recording industry.
Robert Graves: 1985 (was 90)/b.Jul 26, 1895
Poet, Novelist, Essayist, English, I Claudius
Walter A. Haas: 1979 (was 90)/b.May 11, 1889
Businessperson, executive credited with saving the foundering Levi Strauss & Co., the major manufacturer of "blue jean" denim pants.
Nat Hiken: 1968 (was 54)/b.Jun 23, 1914
Screen/Scriptwriter, writer of early sitcoms "Sgt. Bilko" and "Car 54 Where Are You?"
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick: 2006 (was 80)/b.Nov 19, 1926
Educator, Ambassador, Diplomat, b. in Duncan, OK; MN:Jordan; foreign policy expert; ex-U.N. ambassador
Jay "Hootie" McShann: 2006 (was 90)/b.Jan 12, 1916
Bandleader, Pianist, Songwriter
Thomas Nast: 1902 (was 62)/b.Sep 27, 1840
ComicStrip Cartoonist, German, Political; created the Democratic Donkey, Republican Elephant, & Uncle Sam, and of course, Santa Claus
Joseph Richard "Joe" Skeen: 2003 (was 77)/b.Jun 30, 1926
Congressperson
Potter Stewart: 1985 (was 70)/b.Jan 23, 1915
Supreme Court Justice, 94th Supreme Court justice (1958-81)
Laurette Taylor: 1946 (was 62)/b.Apr 1, 1884
Movie/Stage Actress, RLN:Cooney
Richard Taylor: 1987 (was 47)/b.yr unknown
Soul Singer, Baritone, aka: Abdul Rashid Talhah; of The Manhattans
Aaron Montgomery Ward: 1913 (was 70)/b.Feb 17, 1843
Merchant, founded Montgomery Ward stores the 1st mail-order firm
Thornton Wilder: 1975 (was 78)/b.Apr 17, 1897
Dramatist/Playwright, Author, Our Town

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