December 14
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1798 - David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patented the nut and bolt machine, and the screw, too!1819 - The 22nd entry into the United States of America, Alabama, was officially admitted on this day. Deep in the “Heart of Dixie,” (one of the state’s nicknames), Alabama was first inhabited by the Creek Indians (Alabama means ‘tribal town’), then explored by the Spanish, settled by the French, and then controlled by the British. The region was ceded to the U.S. following the American Revolution. The Confederacy was founded in Alabama; the state flag still bears a resemblance to the Confederate Battle Flag. Alabama’s motto, Audemus jura nostra defendere – We Dare Defend Our Rights - has been taken very seriously throughout the state’s history, especially in the 1950s and 1960s , as it was the site of landmark civil rights actions. The state tree, pinus palustris or Southern longleaf pine; and the camellia, the state flower, are plentiful throughout the state, as is the state bird, the yellowhammer, which is also the state’s other nickname. Julia S. Tutwiler (lyrics) and Edna G. Gussen (music) wrote the state song named after the state. No, the title is not, Yellowhammer or Tribal Town. It’s just plain, Alabama. No kidding. But for some reason, we can’t recall ever hearing the band Alabama sing Alabama.
1902 - The Silvertown set sail from the San Francisco Bay Area. The ship was about to lay the first telephone cable between San Francisco and Honolulu. The project was completed by January 1, 1903.
1911 - After centuries of unsuccessful expeditions in search of the South Pole, Roald Amundsen and four companions made the discovery this day.
1928 - America’s original Funny Girl, Fanny Brice, recorded If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain), a song from the play, My Man -- on Victor Records.
1934 - The first streamlined locomotive, nicknamed the Commodore Vanderbilt, was introduced by the New York Central Railroad. The locomotive was quite impressive: 228 tons and 4,075 horsepower. The 'bathtub' shroud that gave the Commodore Vanderbilt its streamlined appearance was designed by the Case School of Science in Cleveland, Ohio. After an October 1945 collision with a truck at a grade crossing, all the streamlining was removed.
1936 - You Can’t Take It with You opened at the Booth Theatre in New York City.
1941 - U.S. Marines continued to make their stand in the battle for Wake Island.
1944 - MGM released the movie National Velvet. Elizabeth Taylor starred as Velvet Brown.
1945 - Josef Kramer, known as the ‘Beast of Belsen’, and ten others were hanged in Hamelin, Germany for crimes committed at the Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz Nazi concentration camps during WWII.
1952 - Eighty-four Korean Communist prisoners interned on Pongam Island were killed during a riot after attempting to escape.
1953 - Fred Allen returned from semiretirement to narrate Prokofiev’s classic, Peter and the Wolf, on the Bell Telephone Hour on NBC radio.
1954 - Sandy Koufax, age 19, was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers. The kid reportedly had played no more than 20 games of baseball in his entire life. In the next 12 seasons, Koufax posted 167 wins, 87 losses and 2,396 strikeouts, becoming a baseball legend!
1959 - U.S. Air Force Captain J.B. Jordan climbed to an altitude of 103,395 feet in an F-104C. Jordan set a world altitude record of 103,395 feet (31,514m).
1963 - Singer Dinah Washington died in Detroit at 39 years of age. She popularized many, many great songs, including What a Diff’rence a Day Makes, Unforgettable, and several hits with Brook Benton (Baby [You’ve Got What it Takes" and A Rockin’ Good Way [To Mess Around and Fall in Love]).
1968 - Marvin Gaye was number one in the U.S. with I Heard It Through the Grapevine. The smash was stuck at the top of the charts all the way through Jan 1969. It turned out to be Gaye’s biggest hit.
1968 - Iron Butterfly struck gold with In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, honey, don’t you know that I love you? In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby, don’t you know that I’ll always be true?”
1970 - George Harrison received a gold record for his single, My Sweet Lord.
1970 - Golfing great Lee Trevino had won only two tournaments during the year; but became the top golf money-winner with $157,037 in earnings for the year.
1973 - Jerry Quarry defeated Ernie Shavers in 2 minutes, 21 seconds of the first round of their heavyweight boxing match in New York. Quarry broke his hand in the short fight and failed miserably at a later comeback attempt.
1977 - Saturday Night Fever premiered in New York City. The movie fueled the disco craze and the soundtrack became one of the biggest selling albums of all time.
1981 - Israel annexed the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War.
1983 - The musical biography of Peggy Lee opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City. The show was titled Peg You say you are not familiar with this gem? The reason could be that the show closed three days later after only five performances.
1984 - The Cotton Club opened around the U.S. There were nine classic songs by Duke Ellington on the soundtrack of the movie.
1985 - America’s winningest high school football coach called it quits this day. Gordon Wood, 71, of Brownwood High School in Central Texas retired after 43 years. Wood sported a career record of 405 wins, 88 losses and 12 ties. The football stadium at Brownwood High has since been rebuilt and named for him.
1989 - Opposition leader Patricio Aylwin Azócar was elected president in Chile’s first free election since 1970.
1989 - Nobel Peace laureate (1975) Andrei D. Sakharov died in Moscow at age 68.
1993 - Actress Myrna Loy died in New York at the age of 88. Loy acted in over 120 movies, but was probably best known as Nora Charles in the Thin Man film series (with William Powell).
1994 - Former Arkansas Governor Orval E. Faubus died. He was 84 years old. In 1957, his refusal to let nine black students into Little Rock’s Central High School forced U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower to send in federal troops.
1995 - Documents related to the peace agreement which was initialed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio on November 21, 1995 were signed in Paris on this day. The agreement is known as the Dayton Peace Accords.
1996 - The disabled freighter Bright Field rammed a crowded New Orleans riverfront mall on the Mississippi River. Quick action by the vessel’s pilot may have averted disaster. The pilot sent off a last-second warning blast of the horn and tried to redirect the ship by dropping an anchor. The ship slammed bow-first into the busy riverfront shopping complex, injuring dozens of people, but no one was killed.
1997 - An Italian team of astronomers witnessed the brightest explosion ever detected in a galaxy 12 billion light-years away.
1999 - U.S. and German negotiators agreed to establish a fund of $5.2 billion for Nazi-era slave and forced laborers. The breakthrough in the months-long negotiations came after the German government raised its offer to $2.6 billion, equaling the amount already pledged by industry to compensate those forced to work for Hitler's war machine.
2000 - The Federal Trade Commission unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner.
2001 - Movies opening in U.S. theatres: Not Another Teen Movie, with Chyler Leigh, Chris Evans, Jaime Pressly, Mia Kirshner, Eric Christian Olsen and Deon Richmond; The Royal Tenenbaums, with Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Seymour Cassel and Owen Wilson; Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, Noah Taylor and Cameron Diaz.
2001 - U.S. Marines moved into Kandahar, Afghanistan to take control of the airport that was once the Taliban’s political and spiritual base. The marines carefully picked through unexploded weaponry and debris left by the Taliban.
2002 - The Norwegian cargo ship Tricolor, carrying 2,862 BMWs, Volvos and Saabs, sank after colliding with the Bahamas-registered Kariba cargo ship in the English Channel.
2003 - Actress Jeanne Crain died in Santa Barbara, California. She was 78 years old. Crain appeared in dozens of films and TV shows.
2003 - Venice threw a party to celebrate the reopening of La Fenice, following a $90-million restoration (the theatre had burned down in 1996). The gala concert drew the Italian president, European royalty and many of Italy’s glitterati.
2004 - U.S. President George Bush (II) awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor to General Tommy Franks, Paul Bremer, and George Tenet, for their efforts in the war in Iraq. Franks oversaw combat in Afghanistan and the initial invasion of Iraq. Bremer was the top civilian U.S. official in Iraq after the U.S. invasion, overseeing the transfer of power to an interim Iraqi government. Bush credited former CIA Director Tenet as “one of the first to recognize and address the threat to America from radical networks.”
2005 - King Kong opened in U.S. theatres. The acton adventure thriller stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis, Colin Hanks, Kyle Chandler, Thomas Kretschmann, Jamie Bell, Evan Parke, John Sumner, Richard Kavanagh, Craig Hall and Lobo Chan. The screenplay by Peter Jackson (also the director), Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens is based on the original story by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace, which became the classic 1933 RKO Radio Pictures film.
2005 - U.S. President George Bush (II) said that the decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was the result of “faulty intelligence”; he said he accepted responsibility for the decision, but maintained that it was justified...
2006 - Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegün died at 83 years of age. The music magnate was chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum -- and was inducted into the hall himself in 1987. Ertegün helped shape the careers of John Coltrane, Ray Charles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and many others.
2007 - It was debut day in the U.S. for: Alvin and the Chipmunks, featuring Jason Lee and Cameron Richardson; I Am Legend, starring Will Smith, Alice Braga, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Willow Smith and Charlie Tahan; The Kite Runner, with Wali Razaqi, Saïd Taghmaoui, Shaun Toub and Nasser Memarzia; and Look, with Rhys Coiro, Hayes MacArthur, Giuseppe Andrews, Spencer Redford, Jennifer Fontaine, Heather Hogan and Jamie McShane.
2007 - New Jersey became the first U.S. state to require flu shots for its preschool chidren. Vaccines were made available for free for low-income families, and private insurers were to cover the cost for others.
2008 - Eva Habil became Egypt’s first female mayor. The Christian lawyer, beat five male candidates, including her younger brother, to become mayor of the predominantly Coptic Christian town of Komboha (in southern Egypt).
2009 - Citigroup Inc. said it was repaying the $20 billion in bailout money it received from the U.S., freeing the banking giant from the close scrutiny and restrictions that came with the rescue program. And Wells Fargo announced plans to sell $10.4 billion in new stock to help repay all $25 billion in bailout aid it received.
2009 - The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that polio had re-emerged in several African countries where it had been eradicated. Angola, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria are among the countries that have seen an increase in polio, due mainly to a lack of immunizations, WHO said.
2010 - A shootout between border patrol agents and bandits near the Arizona border with Mexico left American agent Brian A. Terry dead and a suspect wounded. On May 6, 2011, Manuel Osorio-Arellanes of El Fuerte, Mexico, was indicted for 2nd degree murder. Keeping American weapons from getting into the hands of Mexican gangs was the goal of a program called Project Gunrunner. But critics said it did exactly the opposite.
2010 - A U.S. District Court in Virginia ordered San Francisco-based Twitter Inc. to hand over private records of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The order covered info on Assange associates, including the U.S. Army intelligence analyst suspected of handing classified information to the site and a high-profile Icelandic parliamentarian.
2011 - Advertising executive Suzanne Hart was killed when a New York City elevator she was stepping onto rose suddenly, its door still open, dragging her into the shaft. A city-led investigation into the death found that mechanics working on the elevator just hours before the incident failed to remove a temporary device they had installed that disengaged a safety mechanism, allowing the elevator to move even when its doors were open.
2012 - Movies having their first showings in U.S. theatres: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Lee Pace, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, Billy Connolly, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Richard Armitage and Christopher Lee; Any Day Now, with Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher, Gregg Henry, Jamie Anne Allman, Chris Mulkey, Don Franklin and Kelli Williams; and Stand Up Guys, starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Julianna Margulies, Katheryn Winnick and Vanessa Ferlito.
2012 - 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 27 people, 18 of them small children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. He had killed his mother at their home before his rampage at the school. The Sandy Hook shootings prompted renewed debate about gun control in the United States, but the National Rifle Association congressional lobby has continued to squelch any meaningful gun-control legislation. And gun violence, including ambushes of innocent victims, continues on a regular basis in the U.S.
2013 - China successfully carried out the landing of a space probe on the moon. It was the world’s first soft landing on the moon in some four decades.
2014 - French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that French forces had “neutralised” -- either killed or captured -- some 200 jihadists in the Sahel region of west Africa in the previous 12 months.
2015 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiered in Los Angeles. It opened in U.S. theaters Dec 18 and box-office revenues crossed the billion-dollar mark 12 days later.
2015 - The mayor of Flint, Michigan declared a state of emergency, acknowledging that switches in the city’s water sourcing had caused high lead levels in drinking water.
2016 - A U.S. think tank, citing new satellite imagery, reported that China had installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it had built in the South China Sea.
2016 - A rural Colorado school district voted to allow its teachers and other school staff members to carry guns on campus to protect students. The Hanover School District 28 board voted 3-2 to allow school employees to volunteer to be armed on the job -- after undergoing training.
2017 - California issued its first twenty state licenses for retailers to conduct recreational cannabis sales. A San Diego medical marijuana business was the first firm to be issued a license by the state of California to also sell marijuana for recreational use.
2017 - Walt Disney Co. said it had reached a deal to acquire 20th Century Fox and other entertainment and sports assets from Rupert Murdoch’s empire, including its 39 percent stake in pay-TV giant Sky. How much? $52.4 billion (€44.3 billion).
2017 - The Republican-controlled Federal Communications Commission repealed Obama-era rules requiring all web traffic to be treated equally. The roll back of net neutrality rules opened the door for broadband providers to charge third parties, like tech giants, for faster delivery of their web content.
2018 - Motion pictures debuting in the U.S. included: Mortal Engines, with Hugo Weaving, Hera Hilmar and Jihae; The Mule, starring Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper and Michael Peña; the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, featuring the voices of Hailee Steinfeld, Nicolas Cage, Mahershala Ali, Liev Schreiber, Jake Johnson, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn and Lily Tomlin; Backtrace, starring Sylvester Stallone, Ryan Guzman and Matthew Modine; Beyond White Space, with Holt McCallany, Zulay Henao and Dave Sheridan; and The House That Jack Built, starring Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz and Uma Thurman.
2018 - The Wall Street Journal reported that Chinese hackers had breached U.S. Navy contractors to steal a raft of information, including missile plans. Officials described the hacks as extremely debilitating, troubling and unacceptable.
2018 - European Union leaders called for urgent action to combat fake news on the Internet at a summit, saying more needed to be done to safeguard elections from disinformation.
2019 - An FBI investigation led officials to Darryl Polo and Luis Villarino who pleaded guilty to copyright infringement charges for operating iStreamItAll, a subscription-based streaming site, and Jetflix, a large illegal TV streaming service.
2019 - And speaking of sneaky: Miami Beach parking enforcement Officer Dante Zirio was arrested after police said he extorted a valet company for cash payments in exchange for not enforcing parking violations. He faced two counts each of extortion, bribery and accepting an unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior.
2020 - The European Union announced an agreement to set up the 27-nation bloc’s first ever fund to support defense research and development. German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, whose country held the EU’s rotating presidency at the time, said the fund “will enhance the EU’s ability to protect its citizens and make the EU a stronger global actor.”
2020 - The Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
2021 - A judge dismissed a bid by former POTUS Donald Trump to keep Trump’s tax returns from a House of Representatives committee. the judge ruled that Congress’ legislative interest outweighed any deference Trump should receive as a former president.
2021 - The United Nations weather agency certified a 38-degree Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) reading in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk on June 20, 2020, as the highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic.
2021 - Dutch broadcaster RTL Nieuws reported schools in the Netherlands would close a week early for Christmas as coronavirus infections remained high and hospitals struggled with a wave of COVID-19 patients.
2022 - This was the 10-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, CT. Since then, a new school was built, but the victims’ families continued to press for changes that could thwart another school shooting.
2022 - President Biden vowed to step up U.S. involvement in Africa, telling a group of African leaders at a three-day summit in Washington that the U.S. was, “all in on Africa’s future.” “African success and prosperity is essential for a better future for all of us, not just for Africa,” Biden added. China and Russia had capitalized on listless U.S. Africa policies, and had been increasing their influence across the continent. Much of his speech was squarely aimed at a continental competition with China, which had invested billions in Africa.
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Birthdays on This Day December 14
1503 - Nostradamus (Michel de Notredame)
physician, astrologer, clairvoyant, author: Centuries [Volumes I-X]: many still believe the books foretold the future; died July 2, 15661895 - George VI
King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions [1936-1952]; father of Queen Elizabeth II; died Feb 6, 19521896 - James Doolittle
aviator: U.S. Army Air Force Lt. General: awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for leading 1st U.S. aerial raid against Japan in WWII; died Sep 27, 19931897 - Margaret Chase Smith
politician: first woman elected to both houses of U.S. Congress; died May 29, 19951902 - Billy Burke
golf champion: North & South Open champion [1928], U.S. Open [1931], U.S. Ryder Cup team [1931]; died Apr 19, 19721908 - Morey Amsterdam
comedian, actor: The Dick Van Dyke Show; radio: NBC Monitor; died Oct 27, 19961911 - Spike Jones
musician: drummer; band leader: City Slickers: Cocktails for Two, Der Fuhrer’s Face; died May 1, 19651915 - Dan Dailey
singer, dancer, actor: When My Baby Smiles at Me, State Fair, There’s No Business like Show Business; died Oct 16, 19781918 - James T. Aubrey
movie/TV executive: president: MGM, CBS; died Sep 3, 19941920 - Clark Terry
musician: trumpet, flugelhorn: with Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones; died Feb 21, 20151922 - Don Hewitt
Emmy Award-winning producer: Coverage of Martin Luther King Assassination and Aftermath/CBS News Special Reports and Broadcasts [1969], The Selling of Colonel Herbert/60 Minutes [1973], 60 Minutes [1973]; died Aug 19, 20091932 - Abbe Lane (Abigail Francine Lassman)
singer, glamour actress: Americano; photographed in bathtub filled with coffee [50s]; bandleader Xavier Cugat’s ex1932 - Charlie Rich
‘The Silver Fox’: Grammy Award-winning singer: Behind Closed Doors [1973]; Lonely Weekends, The Most Beautiful Girl; died July 25, 19951935 - Lee Remick
actress: Bridge to Silence, The Omen, QB VII, No Way to Treat a Lady, The Tempest, Days of Wine and Roses, Anatomy of a Murder, The Long, Hot Summer; died July 2, 19911938 - Hal Williams
actor: Sanford and Son, 227, Snow 2: Brain Freeze, The West Side Waltz, Guess Who, Percy & Thunder, Don’t Look Back: The Story of Leroy ‘Satchel’ Paige, Roots: The Next Generations1939 - Frank St. Marseille
hockey: NHL: SL Blues, LA Kings1944 - James Sutorius
actor: Dynasty, The Andros Targets, The Bob Crane Show, On Wings of Eagles, A Question of Love1946 - Jane Birkin
actress: French Intrigue, La Belle Noiseise, Le Petit Amour, Evil Under the Sun, Death on the Nile, Catherine & Co., Romance of a Horsethief, Blowup1946 - Patty (Anna Marie) Duke
Academy Award-winning actress: The Miracle Worker [1962]; Emmy: Captains and the Kings [1976-1977]; died Mar 29, 20161946 - Pat McAuley
musician: keyboards: group: Them1946 - Joyce Vincent Wilson
singer: group: Tony Orlando and Dawn: Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree, Candida, Knock Three Times1947 - Tom Jenkins
golf: champ: PGA: IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic [1975]; Champions Tour: seven wins1948 - Jon Staggers
football [wide receiver]: Pittsburgh Steelers [1970–1971], Green Bay Packers [1972–1974], Detroit Lions [1975]1948 - Dee Wallace-Stone
actress: The Frighteners, Temptress, The Road Home, My Family Treasure, I’m Dangerous Tonight, Popcorn, Miracle Down Under, Critters, Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home, Skeezer, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, The Howling, 10, The Hills Have Eyes, Together We Stand, The New Lassie, Cujo, The Stepford Wives, Sons & Daughters, My Name Is Earl, Grimm1949 - Bill (William Joseph) Buckner
baseball: LA Dodgers [World Series: 1974], Chicago Cubs [NL batting champ: 1980/all-star: 1981], Boston Red Sox [World Series: 1986], California Angels, KC Royals; died May 27, 20191949 - Stan Smith
International Tennis Hall of Famer: Amateur US Open Champ [1969], US Open Men’s Singles Champ [1971], Wimbledon Men’s Singles Champ [1972]1949 - Cliff Williams
musician: bass: group: AC/DC: Highway to Hell, Wall All Over You, Shot Down in Flames, Get It Hot, Dirty Deeds Done Cheap, Rocker1951 - Celia Weston
actress: Alice, Memphis Beat, Infidelity, Runaway Jury, Hearts in Atlantis1954 - James Horan
actor: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, Van Helsing, Gods and Generals, Enterprise: Broken Bow, The Black Rose, Club Wild Side, The Haunting of Seacliff Inn1958 - Mike Scott
musician: guitar, singer: group: The Waterboys1960 - Don Franklin
actor: Hair Show, Anna’s Dream, Between the Sheets, Asteroid, Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story, The Big Picture, NCIS1962 - Ginger Lynn Allen
actress [1984-2011]: X-rated films: Too Naughty to Say No, On Golden Blonde, The Night of Loving Dangerously, Bound and Gagged: A Love Story, Ginger Snacks, Older Women, Hotter Sex, It’s a Vivid Girl Reunion1963 - Cynthia Gibb
actress: Gypsy, Death Warrant, Malone, Jack’s Back, Youngblood, Modern Girls, Stardust Memories, Madman of the People, Fame1963 - Alice Ripley
songwriter, singer: group: RIPLEY: Beautiful Eyes, Alice Ripley Daily Practice, Volume 1; actress: Broadway: Next to Normal, Side Show, A Civil War Christmas1964 - Rebecca Gibney
actress: Halifax f.p., The Flying Doctors, Packed to the Rafters1965 - Craig Biggio
baseball [outfield, catcher, second base]: Houston Astros1965 - Ken Hill
baseball [pitcher]: St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Anaheim Angels, Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Devil Rays1965 - Ted Raimi
actor: The Grudge, Pledge of Allegiance, Spider-Man film series, Xena: The Warrior Princess, seaQuest DSV, The Attic Expeditions, For Love of the Game, Iggy Vile M.D, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, The Midnight Meat Train, Drag Me to Hell, Angel of Death1966 - Tim Skold
musician: guitar, synthesizer; singer: group: Marilyn Manson: The Love Song, Mobscene, The Fight Song, Tainted Love, The Dope Show, Disposable Teens, Sweet Dreams [Are Made of This]1968 - Noelle Beck
actress: Loving, My Sexiest Mistake, The Substitute, 919 Fifth Avenue, Love on the Run, Fletch Lives1969 - Archie Kao
actor: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, The People I’ve Slept With, Keye Luke1969 - Natascha McElhone
actress: Californiacation, Solaris, The Devil’s Own, Revelations, The Secret of Moonacre, Love’s Labour’s Lost1970 - Brad Banta
football [tight end]: USC; NFL: Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets, Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills1971 - Brian Gay
golf pro: PGA Tour wins: Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun [2008], Verizon Heritage [2009], St. Jude Classic [2009]1975 - KaDee Strickland
actress: Private Practice, The Sixth Sense, Anything Else, Something’s Gotta Give, Anacondas, The Grudge, Fever Pitch, The Wedding Bells1976 - Tammy Blanchard
Emmy Award-winning supporting actress: Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows [2001]; Guiding Light, Moneyball, Sybil, The Good Shepherd, Rabbit Hole, The Music Never Stopped1979 - Sophie Monk
singer: group: Bardot: Madrague, Poison, Maria Ninguem; solo: Inside Outside, Get the Music On, One Breath Away1984 - Jackson Rathbone
actor: Twilight film series, Criminal Minds, Hurt, The O.C.; more1988 - Vanessa Hudgens
actress: High School Musical film series, Bandslam, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, The Frozen Ground, Gimme Shelter1992 - Tori Kelly
songwriter, singer: Never Alone, Help Us to Love; LPs: Unbreakable Smile, Hiding Place, Inspired by True Events1997 - DK Metcalf (DeKaylin Zecharius Metcalf)
football [wide receiver]: NFL: Seattle Seahawks [2019– ]
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I Can Dream, Can’t I? (facts) - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Jack Leonard)
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