December 16
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1773 - Although no finger sandwiches or petits fours were served, it was some tea party! Colonial patriots, disguised as Indians, were the honored guests. They provided the entertainment too, as they dumped some 350 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. Their action was a protestation of taxation without representation and the monopoly granted the East India Company (among other complaints against the British regime). The patriots secretly boarded three British ships in the harbor, dumping the ships’ cargo into the sea ... an event known forever more as the Boston Tea Party.1893 - Antonín Dvořák attended the first performance of his New World Symphony at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
1901 - The famous story, Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter, was printed for the first time, complete with Potter’s watercolor illustrations. Ms. Potter had come up with the Peter Rabbit concept eight years earlier when she sent a story, told in pen and ink drawings, to a five-year-old who was sick in bed. The first story about the ill-behaved rabbit was meant to cheer up the little boy. Of course, all good little boys and girls remember that Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail were the good little bunnies who went down the lane to gather blackberries. But Peter, who was very naughty, ran straight to Mr. McGregor’s garden, and squeezed through the gate. First he ate some lettuce and some French beans; and then he ate some radishes ... and he got too fat ... and Mr. McGregor is coming ... and we gotta get out of this garden ... and it’s getting late ... we will have to finish this later.
1903 - Women ushers were employed for the first time at the Majestic Theatre in New York City. The Majestic was built by the Pabst Brewing Company in 1903 as part of an entertainment complex. It was renamed the Park in 1911; renamed the Cosmopolitan in 1922; and renamed the International in 1944; it was used as an NBC TV studio from 1949 until its demolition in 1954.
1905 - Sime Silverman published the first issue of Variety, the weekly show biz magazine. The first issue was 16 pages in length and sold for a nickel. Variety and Daily Variety are still going strong.
1912 - The first postage stamp to depict an airplane was issued. It was a 20-cent parcel-post stamp.
1920 - One of the most powerful earthquakes of all time occurred in Kansu province, China. Estimated at over 8 points on the Richter scale it killed 180,000 people.
1929 - Walt Disney went corporate on this day. The partnership of Walt Disney Studios was incorporated and renamed Walt Disney Productions, Limited; Disney Film Recording Company, Ltd. was created as a subsidiary of Walt Disney Productions; Walt and Roy Disney set up Walt Disney Enterprises for handling Disney merchandising; and Liled Realty & Investment Company was created to own real estate used by the other two Disney corporations.
1940 - Bob Crosby and his Bobcats backed up brother Bing as New San Antonio Rose was recorded on Decca Records.
1944 - The Battle of the Bulge, the final major German counteroffensive of World War II, began. Initially, the Nazi commanders were able to thrust deep into Allied territory in North and East Belgium, a 75-mile front, choosing a time when foggy, rainy weather prevailed. The Allies were taken by surprise, but recovered and repulsed the Nazi offensive by January 1945.
1950 - U.S. President Harry Truman proclaimed a national state of emergency in order to fight “Communist imperialism.”
1951 - NBC-TV debuted “Dum-de-dum-dum. Dum-de-dum-dum-daa.” Dragnet made it to TV, in a special preview, on Chesterfield Sound Off Time. The Jack Webb (Sgt. Joe Friday) police drama opened its official TV run on January 3, 1952. Trivia factoid: Sgt. Friday’s boss in this preview was played by Raymond Burr (later of Perry Mason and Ironside fame).
1956 - Cardinal Francis Spellman, Archbishop of New York, denounced the movie Baby Doll. Spellman said Catholics would be committing a sin if they went to see the film, an adaptation (by the playwright) of a Tennessee Williams play. Director Elia Kazan said, “Cardinal Spellman had the filthiest mind of anybody. He made a dirty picture out of it.”
1960 - Lucille Ball took a respite from her weekly TV series to star in the Broadway production of Wildcat, which opened at the Alvin Theatre in New York City. The show ran for 171 performances.
1960 - A United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collided in fog over over Staten Island and crashed in Brooklyn, New York. All 128 people aboard both planes were killed along with six others on the ground.
1965 - Pioneer 6, a 140-pound spacecraft, was launched into solar orbit. The spacecraft was designed to last six months but wound up lasting much, much longer. Pioneer 6 had circled the sun 35 times and had traveled 18 billion miles as of Dec 1995. There was a successful contact of Pioneer 6 for about two hours on Dec 8, 2000 to commemorate its 35th anniversary.
1967 - The Lemon Pipers released Green Tambourine on an unsuspecting psychedelic world this day. The tune made #1 on February 3, 1968. Far out, man!
1971 - Melanie (Safka) received a gold record for the single, Brand New Key, about roller skates and love and stuff like that. This one made it to #1 on Christmas Day, 1971.
1971 - Don McLean’s 8:32 version of American Pie was released. It became one of the longest songs with some of the most confusing (pick your favorite interpretation) lyrics to ever hit the pop charts. It was a disc jockey favorite since there were few songs long enough for potty breaks at the time. American Pie hit #1 on January 15, 1972.
1972 - The Miami Dolphins became the first NFL team to go unbeaten and untied in a 14-game regular season. The Dolphins beat the Baltimore Colts to earn the honor. Larry King, incidentally, did color for the Dolphins that year on radio. Now you know.
1972 - Paul McCartney’s single, Hi, Hi, Hi, was released. It peaked at #10 on the top tune tabulation (February 3, 1973).
1973 - Jim Brown’s single-season rushing record in the NFL was smashed by O.J. Simpson. Brown rushed for 1,863 yards, while ‘The Juice’ ran for 2,003 yards.
1976 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter nominated Andrew Young as Ambassador to the United Nations.
1980 - U.S. President-elect Ronald Reagan chose General Alexander Haig as his secretary of state.
1985 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 1553.10, doubling its 1982 low. August 12, 1982 had seen the bottom of the market and the bull market began the following day (Friday the 13th) taking it to the 1553.10 level on this day.
1987 - South Korea held its first direct presidential election in 16 years, choosing the government’s handpicked candidate, Roh Tae-Woo.
1990 - The Reverend Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected president of Haiti in that nation's first fully free vote since the 1986 fall of the Duvalier regime. It was an up and down career for the Roman Catholic priest. Aristide was overthrown by the military in 1991 -- but restored to power in 1994.
1991 - An Egyptian ferry, the Salem Express, carrying 569 passengers, sank in Red Sea off the coast of Safaga, Egypt, after hitting a coral reef. Some 460 people were believed to have drowned.
1995 - Mike Tyson KO’d Buster Mathis Jr. in the third round at Philadelphia, PA. It was Tyson’s 37th knockout.
1997 - The highest wind speed ever measured -- an unverified 236 mph -- was recorded at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam as Typhoon Paka slammed into the Pacific island.
1999 - Days of torrential rains and mudslides in Caracas and surrounding states in Venezuela left tens of thousands of people dead, missing or homeless (150,000 were forced to flee).
2000 - President-elect George Bush (II) chose retired General Colin Powell to become the 65th U.S. Secretary of State. Powell was the first African American to hold that post.
2001 - After nine weeks of fighting, Afghan militia leaders claimed control of the last mountain bastion of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda fighters, but bin Laden himself was nowhere to be seen.
2002 - Canada ratified the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 treaty indended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
2003 - U.S. President George Bush (II) signed into law the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act). The law allowed consumers to choose to stop unsolicited spam from a sender.
2003 - Robert Lorne Stanfield, 89, former leader of the Canadian Tories, died. Stanfield led the Progressive Conservatives from 1967 to 1976.
2003 - A fire at Denmark’s North Sea Museum destroyed much of the building housing Europe’s largest aquarium.
2004 - Abstract painter Agnes Martin died at 92 years of age in Taos, NM. “Artwork is a representation of our devotion to life,” Martin once wrote. “The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.”
2005 - The Family Stone opened in the U.S. The romantic comedy stars Claire Danes, Tyrone Giordano, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elizabeth Reaser, Paul Schneider, Brian J. White and Luke Wilson.
2005 - Senator John McCain persuaded U.S. President George Bush (II) to accept a ban on cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees. The White House accepted a ban proposed in legislation by McCain, a former navy pilot who was held and tortured for five years during the Vietnam War.
2006 - U.S. company Westinghouse Electric won a two-year battle for a nuclear power deal with China, edging out French and Russian rivals. The contract was estimated to be worth $8 billion.
2007 - Spanish police said they had arrested 63 people across the country in five investigations into child pornography on the Internet.
2007 - Singer, songwriter Dan Fogelberg died at his home in Maine. He was 56 years old and had been battling prostate cancer. His hits Longer, Leader of the Band and Same Old Lang Syne helped define the ‘soft-rock’ era.
2008 - French authorities imposed a record fine of €575,000,000 ($785,000,000) on global steel giant ArcelorMittal and 10 other steel firms found guilty of price-fixing.
2008 - The U.S. Federal Reserve reduced its target for the federal funds rate to between zero and 0.25 percent, down from 1 percent, already the lowest target rate in a half century.
2009 - A Town Called Panic opened in U.S. theatres. The animated adventure comedy Features the voices of Stéphane Aubier, Jeanne Balibar, Nicolas Buysse, Véronique Dumont, Bruce Ellison, Christine Grulois and Frédéric Jannin.
2009 - The 76-acre CityCenter opened in Las Vegas, Nevada. The cost for this, the largest privately funded construction project in the U.S., was some $8.5 billion.
2010 - A federal indictment said a Texas couple and the head of an Oregon charity secretly sent millions of dollars to an Iranian bank and to a contact in Iran for nine years, violating a U.S. embargo. The head of the charity was said to have funneled money that was meant for food and other assistance to his cousin and to a bank controlled by the Iranian government.
2011 - Films opening in U.S. theatres: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, featuring the voices of Anna Faris, Matthew Gray Gubler, Alyssa Milano, Justin Long, Christina Applegate, Jason Lee and David Cross; Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, starring Rachel McAdams, Robert Downey Jr., Noomi Rapace, Jude Law, Jared Harris, Stephen Fry, Kelly Reilly and Eddie Marsan; Young Adult, starring Charlize Theron, ... Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser, Collette Wolfe and Jill Eikenberry; and Carnage, with Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly.
2012 - French actor Gerard Depardieu said he was turning in his passport following his move to tax-friendly Belgium after French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called Depardieu pathetic and unpatriotic. Depardieu, who has appeared in some 200 films, said he was moving to Belgium to avoid paying a new 75 percent tax on the superwealthy.
2013 - A U.S. federal judge in Washington ruled that the bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records by the National Security Agency was likely to violate the U.S. Constitution. The ruling was the most significant legal setback for the NSA since the publication of the first surveillance disclosures by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
2013 - Prime Minister Tony Abbott reported that Australian combat troops had completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan. The war was Australia’s longest and left 40 of its soldiers dead.
2014 - The value of the Russian ruble (rouble) crashed to unprecedented lows as it reached 80 rubles to the dollar and 100 to the euro. The sinking value of Russian money was testing Vladimir Putin’s plan to ride out an economic storm in his confrontation with the West. An emergency government move a day earlier to raise interest rates to 17 percent had failed to arrest the collapse of the ruble.
2015 - The U.S. central bank raised interest rates for the first time since December 2008. Officials voted unanimously to raise the key federal funds rate — the interest banks charge each other — to a range of 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent.
2016 - Movies opening in the U.S. included: Collateral Beauty, starring Will Smith, Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet, Naomie Harris, Edward Norton and Helen Mirren; Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, starring Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen and Forest Whitaker; La La Land, starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Amiée Conn; Barry, with Famke Janssen, Ashley Judd and Anya Taylor-Joy; Grace of Jake, with Lew Temple, Michael Beck and Jordin Sparks; The Hollow Point, starring Lynn Collins, Patrick Wilson and Ian McShane; A Kind of Murder, with Haley Bennett, Jessica Biel and Patrick Wilson; Neruda, with Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco and Alfredo Castro; and Solace, starring Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Abbie Cornish.
2016 - North Carolina Republicans stripped incoming Democratic Governor Roy Cooper of some of his authority. Republican Governor Pat McCrory, who lost to Cooper by about 10,000 votes, quickly signed into law a bill that merged the State Board of Elections and State Ethics Commission into one board comprised equally of Democrats and Republicans, according to documents from General Assembly staff. The previous state elections board law would have allowed Cooper to put a majority of Democrats on the panel. The law also made elections for appellate court judgeships officially partisan (again).
2016 - A blast of Arctic air hammered the northeastern U.S., bringing Boston the coldest temperatures for this day in more than a century. The deep freeze forced schools closings as officials warned residents to cover up or stay indoors. Boston’s morning low of 4 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 16 Celsius) was the coldest since this date in 1883, when the mercury dipped to 1 Fahrenheit (minus 17 Celsius).
2017 - Argentina fired the head of its navy a month after an Argentine submarine disappeared in the South Atlantic with 44 crew members on board. The navy removed Admiral Marcelo Eduardo Hipolito Srur after the sub vanished off Argentina’s southern tip. The ARA San Juan is thought to have exploded.
2018 - North Korea condemned POTUS Trump for stepping up sanctions and pressure, warning of a return to “exchanges of fire” and bragging that disarming Pyongyang could be blocked forever.
2018 - A tour bus on its way to Germany crashed in Switzerland, killing one person and injuring 44 others. The bus, travelling to Duesseldorf from Genoa in Italy, crashed at 4:15 a.m. south of Zurich. Police said the bus went into a skid on a snowy road and crashed into a wall.
2019 - Mass abuse of the opioid drug tramadol, originally made by Grumenthal of Germany, was creating havoc from India, to Africa to the Middle East. When used at higher doses, the drug can produce similar effects to heroin. Illicit use of tramadol was thought to be a major factor in the success of the Boko Haram terrorist organization.
2019 - Boeing Company suppliers, customers and financiers braced for a freeze in Boeing 737 production as the grounding of the best-selling 737 MAX continued. The Max was Boeing’s most important jet, but had been grounded since March 2019 after crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed a total of 346 people. (Production resumed in May 2020 at a low rate. It wasn’t until November 18, 2020 that the FAA cleared the MAX to return to service -- once necessary steps were taken to fix it.)
2020 - A congressional investigation found that key players in the U.S. opioid industry spent some $65 million since 1997 funding nonprofits that advocate treating pain with medications. The strategy was intended to boost the sale of prescription painkillers.
2020 - Tyson Foods fired seven top managers at its pork plant in Waterloo, Iowa, after the company found that the managers had bet on how many workers would test positive for the coronavirus.
2020 - Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf said his country had failed in its handling of COVID-19, in a sharp criticism of a pandemic policy partly blamed for a high death toll among the elderly.
2021 - Australia-based Qantas Airways chose Airbus as its preferred supplier to replace its domestic fleet, switching from Boeing. It was a major win for the European plane maker.
2021 - The U.S. lifted a major restriction on access to abortion pills -- to allow people to order the pills by mail instead of being required to get the pills in person from specially certified health providers.
2021 - A federal judge overturned Purdue Pharma’s opioid settlement, ruling that the company’s owners, members of the infamous Sackler family, could not receive protection from civil lawsuits.
2022 - Japan began its biggest military build-up since WWII -- some $320 billiion -- amid concerns over China and North Korea.
2022 - A huge aquarium in Berlin burst, spilling debris, water and hundreds of tropical fish out of the AquaDom tourist attraction. The U.S. company that helped construct the aquarium sent a team to investigate, but no absolute cause was ever determined. Theories were: an adhesive seam holding together the cylinder may have failed; the tank may have been damaged by a dent in its base when the aquarium was modernized in 2020; or the tank may have been refilled too late after that modernization, drying the acrylic glass walls out too much.
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Birthdays on This Day December 16
1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven
composer: although totally deaf, led orchestra in premiere performance of his Ninth Symphony; died Mar 26, 18271775 - Jane Austen
author: Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility; died July 18, 18171863 - George Santayana
philosopher/writer: Three Philosophical Poets, Character and Opinion of the United States, The Sense of Beauty, The Interpretations of Religion and Poetry, The Life of Reason, Scepticism and Animal Faith, Realms of Being, The Last Puritan; “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”; died Sep 26, 19521899 - Sir Noel (Peirce) Coward
actor: The Italian Job, Paris When It Sizzles, Hearts of the World; actor, director, composer, playwright: In Which We Serve; playwright: Brief Encounter, Bitter Sweet, Private Lives; died Mar 26, 19731900 - V.S. Pritchett
author: novels, short stories, biographies, essays, criticism; died Mar 20, 19971901 - Margaret Mead
anthropologist: studies of ancient people of the South Pacific; died Nov 15, 19781915 - Turk Murphy (Melvin Edward Alton Murphy)
trombonist: first to play jazz version of Mack the Knife; died May 30, 19871917 - Arthur C. Clarke
science fiction writer: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Islands in the Sky; died Mar 19, 20081917 - Murray Kempton
Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaperman; died May 5, 19971920 - George (Louis) Schaefer
director: The Man Upstairs, Children in the Crossfire, Deadly Game, Doctors’ Wives, The Tempest, Victoria Regina; died Sep 10, 19971928 - Bruce Ames
biochemist: cancer research: identifying agents damaging human DNA and the consequences for aging and cancer1931 - Tom Brookshier
football: Philadelphia Eagles; sportscaster: CBS Sports; died Jan 29, 20101931 - Shelby Singleton
record executive: SSS International record company, Plantation label: Harper Valley PTA; bought Sun Records [1969]; Shelby Singleton Music; died Oct 7, 20091937 - Joyce Bulifant
actress: Thank Heaven, Diamonds, The Shining [1997], The Haircut, Airplane, Better Late Than Never, Little Women [1978]1937 - Jim Glaser
singer: group: Tompall and the Glaser Brothers: backup for Marty Robbins’ El Paso; solo: The Man in the Mirror; songwriter: Woman, Woman; died Apr 6, 20191938 - Liv Ullmann
actress: The Ox, The Rose Garden, Dangerous Moves, A Bridge Too Far, Scenes from a Marriage, The Emigrants, Persona1939 - Wayne Connelly
hockey: NHL: Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, Minnesota North Stars, Detroit Red Wings, SL Blues, Vancouver Canucks1941 - Lesley Stahl
journalist: White House correspondent; reporter: CBS News, Face the Nation, 60 Minutes1943 - Steven Bochco
Emmy Award-winning executive producer: Hill Street Blues [1980-1981, 1981-1982, 1982-1983, 1983-1984], L.A. Law [1986-1987, 1988-1989]; N.Y.P.D. Blue, Cop Rock, Capitol Critters, A Fade to Black; writer: Ironside; story editor: Columbo; died Apr 1, 20181943 - Anthony Hicks
musician: lead guitar, songwriter: group: The Hollies: Stop, Stop, Stop, The Air that I Breathe, He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother1946 - Benny Andersson
pianist, singer: groups: Hep Stars [Sweden’s Beatles]; Abba: I Have a Dream, Dancing Queen, Waterloo1946 - Terence Knox
actor: St. Elsewhere, Tour of Duty, Wild Michigan, An Ordinary Killer, At Face Value, University Blues, Stolen Innocence, Poisoned By Love: The Kern County Murders1947 - Ben (Bernard) Cross
actor: First Knight, The Criminal Mind, The Unholy, The Far Pavilions, Chariots of Fire, Dark Shadows1949 - Billy Gibbons
musician: guitar, singer: group: ZZ Top: Salt Lick, Jesus Just Left Chicago, La Grange, Tush, Gimme All Your Lovin’, Legs, Sharp Dressed Man, Sleeping Bag1950 - Claudia Cohen
gossip columnist, TV reporter: Page Six [New York Post], I, Claudia [Daily News], Live With Regis and Kathie Lee, Live With Regis and Kelly; died June 15, 20071951 - Mike (Michael Kendall) Flanagan
baseball: pitcher: Baltimore Orioles [all-star: 1978/World Series: 1979, 1983/Cy Young Award: 1979]; Toronto Blue Jays; died Aug 2, 20111951 - Jean Fugett
football: Dallas Cowboys [1972–1975]; Washington Redskins [1976–1979]1955 - Xander Berkeley
actor: 24, Nikita, The Mentalist, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Candyman, Gattaca, Taken, Safe, Kick-Ass, Air Force One, Shanghai Noon, If These Walls Could Talk, Five, Sid and Nancy1959 - Alison La Placa
actress: The John Larroquette Show, Tom, Open House, The Jackie Thomas Show, Duet1961 - Dale Hibbert
musician: bass guitar: group: The Smiths: Hand in Glove, The Charming Man, What Difference Does It Make?, Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, William, It Was Really Nothing1961 - Sam Robards
actor: Artificial Intelligence: AI, Fandango, Spin City, American Beauty, Life as a House; son of actors Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall1962 - William ‘The Refrigerator’ Perry
football: Chicago Bears defensive tackle: Super Bowl XX1963 - Benjamin Bratt
actor: Law & Order, Nasty Boys, Bright Angel, Demolition Man, The Next Best Thing, Red Planet, Miss Congeniality, Traffic, After the Storm1964 - Billy Ripken
baseball [second base]: Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers; brother of Cal Ripken, Jr; father was baseball player Cal Ripken, Sr1965 - J.B. Smoove
comedian, actor: Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Millers, Real Husbands of Hollywood, Pootie Tang, Date Night, We Bought a Zoo1966 - Clifford Robinson
basketball: Portland Trail Blazers [1989–1997]; Phoenix Suns [1997–2001]; Detroit Pistons [2001–2003]; Golden State Warriors [2003–2005]; New Jersey Nets [2005–2007]; died Aug 29, 20201967 - Miranda Otto
actress: The Thin Red Line, What Lies Beneath, The Lord of the Rings film series, Cashmere Mafia1970 - Daniel Cosgrove
actor: Van Wilder, The Way She Moves, Valentine, Satan’s School for Girls, The Object of My Affection1971 - Michael McCary
singer: group: Boyz II Men [1988-2003]: End of the Road, On Bended Knee, I’ll Make Love to You1972 - Charles Gipson
baseball: Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Devil Rays1973 - Kristie Boogert
tennis pro: 1994 French Open mixed doubles; 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney: silver medal in doubles1975 - Jerome Pathon
football [wide receiver]: Univ of Washington; NFL: Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints1976 - Matt Kinney
baseball [pitcher]: Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants1977 - Éric Bélanger
hockey [center]: Los Angeles Kings, Atlanta Thrashers, Minnesota Wild1979 - Flo Rida (Tramar Dillard)
songwriter, rapper: Low, Right Round, Whistle, Good Feeling, Sugar, Wild Ones, In the Ayer, Club Can’t Handle Me1981 - A.J. Allmendinger
car racing champ: Barber Dodge Pro Series [2002]; 2003 Champ Car Atlantic [2003]; 2004 Champ Car World Series Rookie of the Year1981 - Krysten Ritter
actress: Jessica Jones, Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, Veronica Mars, Gilmore Girls, Breaking Bad, Confessions of a Shopaholic, What Happens in Vegas, 27 Dresses, Veronica Mars, She’s Out of My League1984 - Theo James
actor: Bedlam, Golden Boy, Downton Abbey, Underworld: Awakening, The Domino Effect, Divergent1985 - Amanda Setton
actress: The Crazy Ones, Gossip Girl, One Life to Live, The Mindy Project, Golden Boy; stage: Love, Loss, and What I Wore1986 - Alcides Escobar
baseball [shortstop]: Milwaukee Brewers [2008–2010]; Kansas City Royals [2011–2018]: 2014 World Series, 2015 World Series champs; Washington Nationals [2021–2022]1987 - Hallee Hirsh
actress: ER, Judging Amy, Taking Back Our Town, Gene Pool, Emma Brody1988 - Mats Hummels
footballer [center back]: Germany [2007– ]: 2014 World Cup champs1988 - Anna Popplewell
actress: The Chronicles of Narnia film series, Thunderpants, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Brave New World, Payback Season, Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn1997 - Zara Larsson
singer: Symphony, Lush Life, Never Forget You, Girls Like, Ain’t My Fault, Ruin My Life
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Hit Music on This Day December 16
1951Sin (It’s No) (facts) - Eddy Howard
Slowpoke (facts) - Pee Wee King
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