On this day ......

[BillyT]

December 5, 1968 – Margaret Cho, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter is born.

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[Natello4]

December 5, 1966 – Patricia Kaas, a French singer and actress is born.

 

[Natello4]

December 5, 1901 - Walt Dysney, an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer was born.

 

[Natello4]

December 5, 1927 - Bhumibol Adulyadej, conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great in 1987, the ninth monarch of Thailand from the Chakri Dynasty as Rama IX, was born.

 

[BillyT]

On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attacked Naval Station Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, without warning and without a declaration of war, killing 2,403 American non-combatants, and injuring 1,178 others. The attack sank two U.S. Navy battleships and damaged five others. It also damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, and one minelayer. Aircraft losses were 188 destroyed and 159 damaged.

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[Natello4]

December 8, 1966 - Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor, an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra, is born. O’Connor achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a new arrangement of Prince’s song "Nothing Compares 2 U".

 

[Natello4]

December 9, 1978 - Jesse Metcalfe, an American actor and musician is born.

 

[Natello4]

December 16, 1946 - Göran Bror Benny Andersson (Benny Andersson), a Swedish musician, composer, member of the Swedish music group ABBA (1972–1982), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!. Also, worker as an executive producer for 2008 film version of Mamma Mia! and an active member with his own band Benny Anderssons orkester.

 

[BiMeGuy]

On Dec. 16th, 1773; Members of the underground Sons of Liberty, some dressed as Indians, throw 342 chests of tea off British ships to protest "tax tyranny," or Britain's Tea Act of 1773, which gave the East India Company a monopoly on the American tea trade. The Boston Tea Party will bring tensions between colonists and the British to a head.

 

[BillyT]

December 16, 2007 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist died.

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[unloadonme]

17 December 1619 – Birth of Prince Rupert of the Rhine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert_of_the_Rhine

 

[Natello4]

December 18, 1980 - Christina María Aguilera, an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality, is born.

 

[Natello4]

[Missed one] 16 December, 1997 - Zara Maria Larsson, a Swedish singer and songwriter, is born. She first gained national fame for winning the 2008 season of the talent show Talang, the Swedish version of Got Talent, at the age of 10 and currently is one of the hottest rising international pop stars.

 

[BillyT]

Actually Edwin all the post should be for today's date.

December 17, 1938 – Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

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[Natello4]

December 18, 1946 - Steven Spielberg, an American director, producer, screenwriter, and one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, is born.

 

[Natello4]

December 18, 1963 - William Bradley "Brad" Pitt, an American actor and producer, is born.

 

[Natello4]

December 18, 1978 - Kate or Katie Holmes, an American actress, model, and filmmaker, is born.

 

[Natello4]

December 18, 1978 - Earl Simmons (DMX), an American rapper, record producer and actor, is born.

 

[Natello4]

December 18, 1978 - Angela Laverne Brown (Angie Stone), an American recording artist, producer and actress, is born.

 

[Natello4]

December 18, 1975 - Sia Kate Isobelle Furler (Sia), an Australian singer, songwriter, record producer and video music director, is born.