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The Big Datebook for December 25

Last Updated 12-25-2023

🏆🏀Charles Grice "Lefty" Driesell -- is 92 in the year 2023 and 93 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1931 N.S.
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Coach

✍📰Anne Roiphe -- is 88 in the year 2023 and 89 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1935
Author (m), Writer (m), Journalist, Feminist

🏆⚽Alexander "Alex" Smith -- is 84 in the year 2023 and 85 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1939 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Scottish
Misc: MBE

🎵🎷Bob James -- is 84 in the year 2023 and 85 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1939
Music Producer, Arranger, Jazz Keyboardist
Misc: Jazz-fusion

🏆🎾Françoise Durr -- is 81 in the year 2023 and 82 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1942 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, Algerian
Misc: 1976 US indoor Doubles

🎭🎵Hanna Schygulla -- is 80 in the year 2023 and 81 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1943
Actress, Singer, German
Movie Titles: Barnum, Casanova

🎭Rick Berman -- is 79 in the year 2023 and 80 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1944
Producer (m)
Misc: some say b. 1942 or 1945
TV Shows: Star Trek The Next Generaton (co-creator and executive producer), Star Trek Deep Space Nine (co-creator and executive producer)
Movie Titles: Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact

🎵John Edwards -- is 79 in the year 2023 and 80 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1944 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Names/Places: aka Jonathan Edwards
Group Names: The (Detroit) Spinners

🎭Gary Sandy -- is 78 in the year 2023 and 79 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1945
Actor
Names/Places: b. in Dayton, OH
TV Shows: All that Glitters, WKRP in Cincinnati (as Andy Travis)

🎭Stuart Wilson -- is 77 in the year 2023 and 78 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1946
Actor, English
Movie Titles: Enemy of the State, Lethal Weapon 3, The Mask of Zorro, Hot Fuzz

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🏆⛸Ronald Kauffman -- is 77 in the year 2023 and 78 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1946
Hall of Famer, Figure Skater, Olympic Athlete

🎭🏆🏈Larry Csonka -- is 77 in the year 2023 and 78 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1946
Hall of Famer, TV Host, NFL Runningback, College Football Player, WFL Figure
Names/Places: RN:Lawrence Richard; b. in Stow, Ohio
Misc: 5x Pro Bowl, fullback with 8,081 rushing yards; Super Bowl VIII MVP; Dolphins #39 retired; in the College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: Syracuse University, Miami Dolphins (1968-1974), Memphis Southern (WFL 1975), New York Giants (1976-1978), Miami Dolphins (1979)
TV Shows: American Gladiators (co-host)

🎭Twink Caplan -- is 76 in the year 2023 and 77 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1947
Actress, Comedienne, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Clueless (as Miss Geist)
Movie Titles: Loser, Clueless, Look Who's Talking (series)

🎭🎵🏆Barbara Ann Mandrell -- is 75 in the year 2023 and 76 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1948 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Soap Actress, Variety Show Hostess, Multi-instrumentalist, Country Singer, Beauty Pagent Winner
Names/Places: b. in Houston, TX; Ilene and Louise's sister
Misc: Miss Oceanside
TV Shows: Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters

⛪🎭"Sissy" Spacek -- is 74 in the year 2023 and 75 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1949
Protestant, Movie Actress
Names/Places: b. in Quitman, Tex.; RN:Mary Elizabeth
Movie Titles: Coal Miner's Daughter, Carrie, Blast From The Past, Affliction, Tuck Everlasting, A Home at the End of the World

🎵Joe Louis Walker -- is 74 in the year 2023 and 75 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1949 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Music Producer, Songwriter, Blues Singer/Guitarist

Nawaz Sharif -- is 74 in the year 2023 and 75 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1949 N.S.
Prime Minister (m), Pakistan

🎵🎸Ron Foos -- is 74 in the year 2023 and 75 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1949
Rock and Roll Bassist
Group Names: Paul Revere and the Raiders

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🏆⚽Kyle Rote Jr. -- is 73 in the year 2023 and 74 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1950
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player
Misc: forward

Karl Rove -- is 73 in the year 2023 and 74 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1950
Government Official (m)
Misc: Former White House adviser

🏆⚾Manny Trillo -- is 73 in the year 2023 and 74 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1950
MLB Player, Venezuelan
Misc: NL LCS MVP 1980, 4x All-Star, 3x Gold Glove, 2x Silver Slugger, 2x World Series champ
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Phillies

🎭CCH Pounder -- is 71 in the year 2023 and 72 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1952
Actress, British
Names/Places: b. in British Guiana; RN: Carol Christine Hilaria
TV Shows: ER (as Dr. Angela Hicks), The Shield (as Claudette Wyms), NCIS: New Orleans (as Loretta Wade)
Movie Titles: Avatar, Orphan, Face/Off

🎵🎸Desireless -- is 71 in the year 2023 and 72 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1952
Alternative Rock Performer, French

🎵Steve Wariner -- is 69 in the year 2023 and 70 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1954 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Country Singer/Guitarist
Song Titles: All Roads Lead to You, Some Fools Never Learn, You Can Dream of Me, Life's Highway, Small Town Girl, The Weekend, Lynda, Where Did I Go Wrong, I Got Dreams
Album Titles: Burnin' the Roadhouse Down, Two Teardrops

🎵🎸Annie Lennox -- is 69 in the year 2023 and 70 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1954 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Flutist, Synthesizer, New Wave Singer, New Wave Keyboardist, Scottish
Group Names: Eurythmics, soloist
Song Titles: Love is a Stranger, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Who's That Girl?, Right By Your Side, Here Comes the Rain Again, Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty Four), Would I Lie To You?, There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart), Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves, Missionary Man, I Need a Man (previous titles as part of The Eurythmics), Put a Little Love in Your Heart (with Al Green), Walking on Broken Glass, No More I Love You's
Album Titles: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Touch, Be Yourself Tonight, Revenge, Savage, We Too Are One, Peace (previous titles as part of The Eurythmics), Diva, Medussa, Bare, Songs of Mass Destruction, Nostalgia

🎵🎸Robin Campbell -- is 69 in the year 2023 and 70 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1954
Songwriter, Guitarist, Reggae Singer, English
Group Names: UB40

🏆🏈William Andrews -- is 68 in the year 2023 and 69 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1955
NFL Runningback
Misc: 4x Pro Bowl; Falcons #31 retired
Sports Teams: Atlanta Falcons

🎭Jillie Mack Selleck -- is 66 in the year 2023 and 67 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1957
Actress, English
Names/Places: Tom Selleck's wife

🎭🎵Cheryl Chase -- is 65 in the year 2023 and 66 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1958
Actress, Singer
TV Shows: Noozles, Ren and Stimpy, Rugrats (voice of Angelica), All Grown Up! (as Angelica)
Movie Titles: Rugrats (movie series)

🏆🏈Hanford Dixon -- is 65 in the year 2023 and 66 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1958
NFL Cornerback
Misc: 2x All Pro, 3x Pro Bowl
Sports Teams: Cleveland Browns

🏆⚾Rickey Henderson -- is 65 in the year 2023 and 66 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1958
Hall of Famer, MLB Outfielder
Names/Places: b. in Chicago, Illinois
Misc: AL pyr stole record 130 bases '82; record career 939+ steals; over 2,200 hits; AL playoff MVP (1989); set single season base stealing record of 130 in 1982; has led AL in steals 11 times; broke Lou Brock's all-time record of 938 on May 1, 1991; AL MVP 1990, AL LCS MVP 1989, Gold Glove 1981
Sports Teams: Oakland Athletics (1979-1984), New York Yankees (1985-1989), Oakland Athletics (1989-1993), Toronto Blue Jays (1993), Oakland Athletics (1994-1995), San Diego Padres (1996-1997), Anaheim Angels (1997), Oakland Athletics (1998), New York Mets (1999-2000), Seattle Mariners (2000), San Diego Padres (2001), Boston Red Sox (2002), Los Angeles Dodgers (2003)

Christina Romer -- is 65 in the year 2023 and 66 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1958
Government Official (m)
Misc: ex-Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

🎵🎸Alannah Myles -- is 65 in the year 2023 and 66 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1958
Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer, Canadian
Song Titles: Black Velvet, Lover or Mine, Song Instead of a Kiss
Album Titles: Alannah Myles

🏆⚾Tom O'Malley -- is 63 in the year 2023 and 64 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1960
MLB Coach, MLB Second Baseman

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🎭Dean Cameron -- is 61 in the year 2023 and 62 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1962
Actor
TV Shows: Spencer, Under One Roof, Fast Times, They Came From Outer Space
Movie Titles: Straight Outta Compton, Men at Work, Ski School, Summer School

🏆⚽Gary McAllister -- is 59 in the year 2023 and 60 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1964 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Scottish

🏆🏒Dmitri Mironov -- is 58 in the year 2023 and 59 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1965
NHL Player, Russian

🏆🏈Craig Veasey -- is 57 in the year 2023 and 58 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1966
NFL Defensive, NFL Tackle

🏆🏌Mianne Bagger -- is 57 in the year 2023 and 58 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1966 N.S.
Golfer, Danish (Denmark)

🎵Kimber Clayton -- is 56 in the year 2023 and 57 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1967
Country Singer
Names/Places: RN:Kimberly Ann Easterling

🎭Klea Scott -- is 55 in the year 2023 and 56 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1968
Actress, Panamaian
TV Shows: Intelligence, Brooklyn South, Millennium
Movie Titles: Minority Report, Collateral

🏆🏈Corey Widmer -- is 55 in the year 2023 and 56 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1968
NFL Linebacker
Sports Teams: New York Giants

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🏆🏈Don Silvestri -- is 55 in the year 2023 and 56 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1968
NFL Placekicker

🏆⚾Scott Bullett -- is 55 in the year 2023 and 56 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1968
MLB Outfielder

🏆🏒Jim Dowd -- is 55 in the year 2023 and 56 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1968
NHL Center, American

🏆🏒Stu Barnes -- is 55 in the year 2023 and 56 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1968
NHL Player, Canadian

🏆🏀Rodney Dent -- is 53 in the year 2023 and 54 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1970
NBA Player

🎭Noelle Parker -- is 52 in the year 2023 and 53 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1971
Actress, Producer (f)
TV Shows: Sisters (as Reed)
Movie Titles: Ernest Saves Christmas, Look Who's Talking Too, At Close Range

🎵Anita Dells -- is 52 in the year 2023 and 53 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1971
Songwriter, Singer, Techno Performer, Dutch (Netherlands)
Names/Places: aka Anith Doth
Group Names: 2 Unlimited

🏆🏈Marlon Forbes -- is 52 in the year 2023 and 53 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1971
NFL Cornerback

Justin Trudeau -- is 52 in the year 2023 and 53 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1971 N.S.
Prime Minister (m), Canadian

🎵Dido -- is 52 in the year 2023 and 53 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1971 N.S.
Singer
Names/Places: RN: Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong

🎵🎸Noel Hogan -- is 52 in the year 2023 and 53 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1971
Songwriter, Modern Rock Guitarist, Irish
Group Names: Cranberries

🎵Josh Freese -- is 51 in the year 2023 and 52 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1972 N.S.
Drummer

🎵🎸Mac Powell -- is 51 in the year 2023 and 52 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1972
Rock and Roll Performer
Group Names: Third Day

🏆🏈Chris Naeole -- is 49 in the year 2023 and 50 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1974
NFL Player, College Football Coach

🏆🏈Grayson Shillingford -- is 49 in the year 2023 and 50 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1974
NFL Wide Receiver

🎵Armin Van Buuren -- is 47 in the year 2023 and 48 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1976 N.S.
Music Producer, Dutch (Netherlands)
Misc: notable DJ who produces trance music
Song Titles: This is What It Feels Like

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🎵Ryan Shaw -- is 43 in the year 2023 and 44 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1980
Rhythm and Blues Singer

🏆⚾Christian Colonel -- is 42 in the year 2023 and 43 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1981 N.S.
MLB Player

🎵Alecia Elliott -- is 41 in the year 2023 and 42 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1982
Country Singer

🎨✍🏆Juliette Rose Frette -- is 40 in the year 2023 and 41 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1983
Artist, Writer (m), Model, Playmate
Misc: June 2008

🎭Georgia Tennant -- is 39 in the year 2023 and 40 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1984 N.S.
Actress

🎭Georgia Moffett -- is 39 in the year 2023 and 40 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1984 N.S.
Actress, Producer (m), English
TV Shows: The Bill (as Abigail Nixon)
Movie Titles: Like Father Like Son, Tom Brown's Schooldays

🎨🎭🎵Jessica Origliasso -- is 39 in the year 2023 and 40 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1984 N.S.
Fashion Designer (m), Actress, Pop Singer, Australian
Group Names: The Veronicas
TV Shows: Cybergirl

🎵Lisa Origliasso -- is 39 in the year 2023 and 40 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1984
Pop Singer, Australian
Group Names: The Veronicas

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Derric Mandrell-Boyer -- is 38 in the year 2023 and 39 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1985
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Irlene Mandrell & Rick Boyer's son

🎭Perdita Weeks -- is 38 in the year 2023 and 39 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1985 N.S.
Actress
TV Shows: Magnum P.I. (2018 version)

🏆🏀Eric Gordon -- is 35 in the year 2023 and 36 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1988 N.S.
NBA Guard

🎵🎸Lukas Nelson -- is 35 in the year 2023 and 36 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1988 N.S.
Rock Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real

🎭Emi Takei -- is 30 in the year 2023 and 31 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1993 N.S.
Actress, Japanese

Sophia Isabella Bach -- is 28 in the year 2023 and 29 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1995
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Catherine and Peter's girl

🏆Adut Akech -- is 24 in the year 2023 and 25 in the year 2024; b.12/25/1999 N.S.
Model

Gabriella Rose Palminteri -- is 22 in the year 2023 and 23 in the year 2024; b.12/25/2001
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Gianna Ranaudo and Chazz's daughter

Keri Lewis Jr. -- is 22 in the year 2023 and 23 in the year 2024; b.12/25/2001
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Toni Braxton and Keri Lewis' son
Misc: approximate date of birth

Ever Imre Treadway -- is 13 in the year 2023 and 14 in the year 2024; b.12/25/2010
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Alanis Morissette and Mario's son

Jordan Bentley -- is 13 in the year 2023 and 14 in the year 2024; b.12/25/2010
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Cassidy and Dierks' daughter

Donna Martin -- b.12/25/????
TV Shows: Beverly Hills 90210 (character)

🎭Michael Watson -- b.12/25/????
Actor
TV Shows: Live Shot (as "Fast" Eddie Santini)

Phoebe Hansen -- b.12/25/????
Celebrity Relative
Names/Places: Barrett's sister

🎵Orlando Gibbons -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1583 J-LD d.6/5/1625 J-LD (41)
Composer, English

✍⚛Sir Isaac Newton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1642 J-LD or 1/4/1643 N.S. d.3/20/1726 J-LD (84) or 3/31/1727 N.S. (84)
Author (m), Philosopher (m), Scientist (m), Astronomer (m), Mathematician (m), Physicist (m), English
Misc: Infinitesimal calculus inventor, Law of Gravitation founder; d. in London

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Pope Pius VI -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1717 N.S. d.8/29/1799 N.S. (81)
Pope, Italian
Misc: [Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99)

🎖Tench Tilghman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1744 d.4/18/1786 (41)
Revolutionary (m), Soldier

Claude Chappe -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1763 d.1/23/1805 (41)
Engineer (m), Inventor (m), French
Misc: optical telegraph

⚛⛪Lorenzo Langstroth -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1810 d.10/6/1895 (84)
Scientist (m), Clergyman, Teacher (m)
Misc: apiarist; considered the Father of Beekeeping

⚛💰Gilbert Van Kamp -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1814 d.4/4/1900 (85)
Inventor (m), Businessperson
Misc: canning foods; founded the Van Camp canning company

William Herndon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1818 d.3/18/1891 (72)
Attorney/Lawyer (m)
Misc: the law partner and biographer of Abraham Lincoln.

⚛💰Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1821 N.S. d.4/12/1912 N.S. (90)
Hall of Famer, Nurse (m), Philanthropist, Social Reformer, Humanitarian (m)
Names/Places: b. in Oxford, MA; aka "The Angel of the Battlefield".
Misc: American Red Cross Founder

🏆⚾"Pud" Galvin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1856 d.3/7/1902 (45)
Hall of Famer, MLB Pitcher
Sports Teams: St. Louis Brown Stockings (1875), Buffalo Bisons (1879-1885), Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1885-1889), Pittsburgh Burghers (1890), Pittsburgh Pirates (1891-1892), St. Louis Browns (1892)

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Steve Brodie -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1861 d.1/31/1901 (39)
Misc: claimed to have jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and survived on July 23, 1886.

⚛💰🎭Charles Pathe -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1863 d.12/26/1957 (94)
Inventor (m), Executive, Movie Producer (m), French
Misc: pioneer of Motion Picture Equipment, controlled a vast network of production and distribution facilities that dominated the world film market during the first years of the 20th century.

✍🎖⛪🎵Evangeline Cory Booth -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1865 d.7/17/1950 (84)
Author (m), General, Religionist, Composer
Misc: Salvation Army gen'l

💰Helena Rubinstein -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1870 d.4/1/1965 (94)
Cosmetic Executive, Polish

🎵Aleksandr Scriabin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.1/6/1872 N.S. or 12/25/1871 Ju-1 d.4/14/1915 Ju-1 (43) or 4/27/1915 N.S. (43)
Composer, Pianist, Russian

🎵Lina Cavalieri -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1874 d.2/7/1944 (69)
Opera Soprano, Italian

🏆🏒Harry Trihey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1877 d.12/9/1942 (64)
Hall of Famer, NHL Center, Canadian
Misc: NHL Rover; played 1896-1901
Sports Teams: Montreal Shamrocks

🎨⚛💰🏆🏁Louis Chevrolet -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1878 d.6/6/1941 (62)
Hall of Famer, Designer (m), Inventor (m), Businessperson, Manufacturer, Auto Racer, Swiss
Misc: Founder of the Chevrolet auto & truck motor companies as well as Frontenac

🎨Maurice Utrillo -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1883 d.11/5/1955 (71)
Painter (m), French

🎖Elliott Barker -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1886 d.4/3/1988 (101)
Fireman
Misc: created the character Smokey Bear.

🎵🎷Edward "Kid" Ory -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1886 d.1/23/1973 (86)
Multi-instrumentalist, Trombonist, Bandleader, Jazz Performer
Misc: some say b. 1889

🎭John Davidson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1887 d.1/15/1968 (80)
Actor
Movie Titles: Charlie Chan

💰Conrad N. Hilton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1887 d.1/3/1979 (91)
Businessperson
Misc: founder of Hilton Hotel Corp international hotel chain

📰David Lawrence -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1888 d.2/11/1973 (84)
Publisher (m), Editor (m)
Misc: founder of US News and World Report

📰💰Lila Bell Acheson Wallace -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1889 d.5/8/1984 (94)
Publisher (m), Editor (m), Philanthropist, Canadian
Misc: Founded Readers Digest with hubby Dewitt

🎨✍⚛💰🎭Robert LeRoy Ripley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1890 N.S. d.5/27/1949 N.S. (58)
Cartoonist, Illustrator (m), Author (m), Writer (m), Anthropologist (m), Entrepreneur, TV Host
Names/Places: b. in Santa Rosa, CA
Book Titles: Ripley's Believe It ot Not (creator)

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🎭🎵Fred Hillebrand -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1893 d.9/15/1963 (69)
Actor, Comedian, Songwriter
TV Shows: Martin Kane (as Lt. Bender)

🎭🎵Belle Baker -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1895 d.4/29/1957 (61)
Actress, Singer

🎭Frank Ferguson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1899 d.9/12/1978 (78)
Actor
TV Shows: Peyton Place (as Eli Carson)

🎵Tampa Red -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1900 d.3/19/1987 (86)
Hall of Famer, Guitarist, Blues Singer

🎵Al Trace -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1900 d.8/31/1993 (92)
Songwriter, Bandleader

🎭Barton MacLane -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1902 d.1/1/1969 (66)
TV/Movie Actor
TV Shows: The Outlaws, I Dream of Jeannie (as Gen. Martin Peterson)

🏆🥊Tod Morgan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1902 N.S. d.8/3/1953 N.S. (50)
Hall of Famer, Boxer

Gerhard Herzberg -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1904 d.3/3/1999 (94)
Physicist (m), Canadian, German
Misc: winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work in determining the electronic structure and geometry of molecules, especially free radicals--groups of atoms that contain odd numbers of electrons.

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💰🎭Sir Lew Grade -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1906 d.12/13/1998 (91)
Entrepreneur, TV/Movie/Stage Producer (m), British, Russian
Names/Places: aka Lord Grade

Ernst Ruska -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1906 d.5/27/1988 (81)
Engineer (m), German
Misc: invented the electron microscope. He was awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1986 (the other half was divided between Heinrich Rohrer and Gerd Binnig).

🎭Andy Albin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1907 d.12/27/1994 (87)
Movie Actor, Russian

🎭🎵Cab Calloway -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1907 N.S. d.11/18/1994 N.S. (86)
Hall of Famer, Movie/Stage Actor, Dancer (m), Songwriter, Songwriter, Drummer, Bandleader
Names/Places: b. in Rochester, N.Y.; RFN:Cabell
Misc: scat-singing, hi-de-hi-de-hi'ing bandleader whose career spanned six decades; some say b. 1905

🎭🏆🥊Mike Mazurki -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1907 d.12/9/1990 (82)
Hall of Famer, TV/Movie Actor, Director (m), Wrestler, Austrian
Names/Places: RN:Mikhail Mazurwski
TV Shows: It's About Time (as Clon)

🎭Helen Twelvetrees -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1908 d.2/13/1958 (49)
Actress
Names/Places: RLN:Jurgens

🎵Alton Delmore -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1908 d.6/9/1964 (55)
Hall of Famer, Country Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: Delmore Brothers

🏆⚾Ben Chapman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1908 d.7/7/1993 (84)
MLB Player

🎭Marguerite Churchill -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1909 d.1/9/2000 (90)
Actress

🏆🎾Bryan "Bitsy" Grant -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1909 N.S. d.6/5/1986 N.S. (76)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player

Zora Arkus-Duntov -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1909 d.4/21/1996 (86)
Engineer (m)
Names/Places: NN: The Father of the Corvette

✍🎭Noel Langley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1911 d.11/4/1980 (68)
Novelist, Dramatist/Playwright (m), Screen/Scriptwriter, Director (m)
Book Titles: The Wizard of Oz (co-writer)

🎨Burne Hogarth -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1911 N.S. d.1/28/1996 N.S. (84)
Comic Strip Cartoonist, Illustrator (m)
Misc: Tarzan

🎭🎵Tony Martin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1913 d.7/27/2012 (98)
Movie Actor, Saxophonist, Pop Crooner
Names/Places: b. in San Francisco; Cyd Charrise's hubby; RN:Alvin Morris Jr.
TV Shows: Tony Martin Show

🎵Pete Rugolo -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1915 d.10/16/2011 (95)
Arranger, Bandleader, Sicilian
TV Shows: The Fugitive

🎭Eugene Jackson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1916 d.10/26/2001 (84)
Actor
TV Shows: Our Gang (as Pineapple)

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🎵🎷Oscar Moore -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1916 d.10/8/1981 (64)
Guitarist, Jazz Performer
Group Names: Nat King Cole's trio

🏆⚽Bertman "Bernie" Mee -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1918 N.S. d.10/22/2001 N.S. (82)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, English
Misc: OBE; player and manager

Anwar el Sadat -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1918 d.10/6/1981 (62)
Head of State (m), Egyptian
Misc: Egypt president

🎵Curly Seckler -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1919 N.S. d.12/27/2017 N.S. (98)
Banjoist, Mandolin, Bluegrass Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: Foggy Mountain Boys

🎭Billy Watson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1923 N.S. d.2/17/2022 N.S. (98)
Actor
Movie Titles: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, In Old Chicago, The Little Minister, The Winning Ticket

🎭Christine Norden -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1924 d.9/21/1988 (63)
Actress
Movie Titles: Little Shop of Horrors

✍⛪🎭Rod Serling -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1924 d.6/28/1975 (50)
Hall of Famer, Screen/Scriptwriter, Christianity Convert, Actor, TV Host, TV Producer (m), Panelist
Names/Places: b. in Syracuse N.Y.; RFN:Rodman
TV Shows: The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Liar's Club, Jacques Cousteau (narrator '1968-74)

🏆🏒Sam Pollock -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1925 d.8/15/2007 (81)
Sports Executive, NHL Player, Canadian
Misc: Hockey GM; managed NHL Montreal Canadiens to 9 Stanley Cups in 14 years (1965-78).

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🏆⚾"Nellie" Fox -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1927 d.12/1/1975 (47)
Hall of Famer, MLB Infielder
Names/Places: RFN:Jacob Nelson
Misc: 3x Gold Glove, AL MVP 1959, 15x All-Star; White Sox #2 retired
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Athletics (1947-1949), Chicago White Sox (1950-1963), Houston Colt .45s/Astros (1964-1965)

🎭Dick Miller -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1928 N.S. d.1/30/2019 N.S. (90)
Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor
Movie Titles: The Terminator, Gremlins, Small Soldiers

🎵Earl Brown -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1928 N.S. d.1/10/2008 N.S. (79)
Composer, Bandleader
TV Shows: The Danny Kaye Show, Jonathan Winters Show, The Sonny And Cher Comedy Hour, The Diahann Carroll Show, All Commercials...A Steve Martin Special

🎭🏆Irish McCalla -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1929 d.2/1/2002 (72)
Actress, Model
TV Shows: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" (star)

🎵Billy Horton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1929 d.1/23/1995 N.S. (65)
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: The Silhouettes (lead singer)
Song Titles: Get a Job

🎵Chris Kenner -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1929 d.1/25/1976 (46)
Songwriter, Gospel Singer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Song Titles: I Like It Like That

🎵William Horton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1929 d.1/27/1995 (65)
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Names/Places: d. Jan 23?
Group Names: Silhouettes

🎵Hugh X. Lewis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1930 N.S. d.12/29/2020 N.S. (90)
Songwriter, Country Singer
Misc: he wrote songs for many other country artists -Charlie Pride, Little Jimmy Dickens, Carl and Pearl Butler, Carl Smith, Freddie Hart, Kitty Wells, Lynn Anderson, Del Reeves, Billy Ed Wheeler, Mac Wiseman, Leon Mc Caluff, George Morgan, Tommy Cash, and many others.
Song Titles: What I Need Most

🎭Mabel King -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1932 d.11/9/1999 (66)
Actress
TV Shows: What's Happening (as Mrs. 'Mama' Thomas)

🎭🎵John Ashley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1934 d.10/3/1997 (62)
TV/Movie Actor, Producer (m), Singer
Misc: 1960s Teen Movies
Movie Titles: Beach Party, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

🏆🏈Bronko Nagurski Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1937 d.3/7/2011 (73)
Football Figure
Sports Teams: Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)

🎵O'Kelly Isley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1937 d.3/31/1986 (48)
Hall of Famer, Pop Singer
Group Names: The Isley Brothers

🎭Royce D. Applegate -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1939 d.1/2/2003 (63)
TV Actor
TV Shows: seaQuest DSV (as Security Chief Crocker)

🎵🎷Don Alias -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1939 d.3/9/2006 (66)
Tenor-sax, Jazz Performer

🎵Phil Chen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1940 N.S. d.12/14/2021 N.S. (80)
Bassist, Jamaican
Group Names: Jeff Beck Group, Rod Stewart band

✍🎵🎷Pete Brown -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1940 N.S. d.5/19/2023 N.S. (82)
Poet (m), Lyricist, Percussionist, Jazz Performer, English
Misc: jazz-poet

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🎵Don Pullen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1941 d.4/22/1995 (53)
Composer, Pianist, Bandleader
Misc: fused bebop, free jazz, and Latin rhytims

🎭🎵Trevor Lucas -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1943 d.2/4/1989 (45)
Producer (m), Songwriter, Singer/Guitarist, Australian
Group Names: Fairport Convention

🎭Kenny Everett -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1944 d.4/4/1995 (50)
Comedian, British
TV Shows: Kenny Everett Show

🎵🎸Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1944 d.10/20/1997 (52)
Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: Canned Heat, Frank Zappa

🎭Terrence O'Hara -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1945 N.S. d.12/5/2022 N.S. (76)
Actor, Producer/Director (m)
Names/Places: Shanna Reed's hubby
TV Shows: NCIS (director), Smallville (director), NCIS: Los Angeles (director), JAG (director)

🏆🏈Kenneth Stabler -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1945 d.7/9/2015 (69)
Hall of Famer, NFL Quarterback
Names/Places: b. in Foley, Ala.; NN:The Snake
Misc: 4x Pro Bowl, Super Bowl XI
Sports Teams: Spokane Shockers (1968-1969), Oakland Raiders (1970-1979), Houston Oilers (1980-1981), New Orleans Saints (1982-1984)

🎵🎸Noel Redding -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1945 d.5/11/2003 (57)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Rock and Roll Bassist, English
Group Names: Jimi Hendrix Experience

🎵🎸Jimmy Buffett -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1946 N.S. d.9/1/2023 N.S. (76)
Songwriter, Guitarist, Country Singer, Reggae Singer
Names/Places: b. in Mobile, AL
Song Titles: Margaritaville, Cheeseburger in Paradise
Album Titles: Changes in Latitudes Changes in Attitudes, Son of a Son of a Sailor, Last Mango in Paris, Fruitcakes, Barometer Soup, Banana Wind, Beach House on the Moon, License to Chill, Take the Weather With You, Songs from St. Somewhere

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Arnella Flynn -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1953 d.9/21/1998 N.S. (44)
Celebrity Daughter, Italian
Names/Places: Errol Flynn's daughter

🎵🎸Shane MacGowan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1957 N.S. d.11/30/2023 N.S. (65)
Songwriter, Alternative Rock Singer/Guitarist, English
Group Names: Pogues (lead)
Song Titles: A Pair of Brown Eyes, Fairytale of New York

🎭🏆Missy Cleveland -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1959 d.8/14/2001 (41)
Actress, Model, Playmate
Names/Places: RFMN:Amanda Hodges
Misc: April 1979 Playmate

🏆🏈Demaryius Thomas -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/25/1987 N.S. d.12/9/2021 N.S. (33)
NFL Wide Receiver

Samuel de Champlain -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/3/1567 d.12/25/1635 (68)
Explorer (m), French

🎨⚛💰Linus Yale -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/4/1821 d.12/25/1868 (47)
Painter (m), Inventor (m), Manufacturer
Misc: invented the Yale dial-operated locks (1862) and the cylinder lock

🏆🏌Tom Morris Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/20/1851 d.12/25/1875 (24)
Hall of Famer, Golfer

Elliott Coues -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/9/1842 d.12/25/1899 (57)
Scientist (m), Ornithologist (m)
Misc: he advanced the study and classification of North American birds.

👑Emperor Yoshihito -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/31/1879 N.S. d.12/25/1926 N.S. (47)
Emperor, Japanese
Misc: 123rd Japan Emperor 1912-26

✍📰Arthur Brisbane -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/12/1864 d.12/25/1936 (72)
Writer (m), Editor (m)
Misc: the master of the big, blaring headline and of the atrocity story.

Karel Capek -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/9/1890 d.12/25/1938 (48)
Novelist, Dramatist/Playwright (m), Essayist, Czech
Misc: Bohemian; coined the word "robot"

🎭Blanche Bates -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/25/1873 d.12/25/1941 (68)
Stage Actress
Misc: Madame Butterfly

🎭W. C. Fields -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/29/1879 d.12/25/1946 (67)
Movie/Stage/Radio Actor, Comedian, Vaudevillan
Names/Places: b. in Philadelphia; RN:William Claude Dukenfield
Misc: some say b. 1880 or b. April 9 or b. Feb 10; he died at the Las Encinas Sanitorium on the holiday he despised.

🎭Lee Shubert -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/15/1875 d.12/25/1953 (78)
Stage Producer (m)
Misc: Theatre owner

🎨Frederick Law Olmsted -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/24/1870 d.12/25/1957 (87)
Architect (m), Landscaper

Walter Campbell -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/15/1887 d.12/25/1957 (70)
Writer (m)

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Warren Austin -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/12/1877 d.12/25/1962 (85)
Senator (m), Ambassador (m)

🎭Cheerio Meredith -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/12/1890 d.12/25/1964 (74)
Actress
TV Shows: One Happy Family

🎭John Harvey -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/28/1917 d.12/25/1970 (53)
Actor, English

🎵🎷Dud Bascomb -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/16/1916 d.12/25/1972 (56)
Jazz Trumpeter
Misc: underrated and influential

🏆🏒Harold Edward Joseph "Bullet Joe" Simpson -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/13/1893 d.12/25/1973 (80)
Hall of Famer, NHL Defensive, Canadian
Sports Teams: Winnipeg Strathconas, Selkirk Fishermen, Winnipeg Victorias, Winnipeg 61st Battalion, Edmonton Eskimos, New York Americans

Gabriel Voisin -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/5/1880 d.12/25/1973 (93)
Aviator (m), French

🎭Sir Charlie Chaplin -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/16/1889 N.S. d.12/25/1977 N.S. (88)
Movie Actor, Comedian, Movie Director (m), English
Names/Places: b. in London; FN:Sir Charles Spencer; NN: The Little Tramp; d. in Switzerland
Movie Titles: The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, The Tramp

🎭Lee Bowman -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/28/1914 d.12/25/1979 (64)
TV/Movie Actor, Panelist
Names/Places: b. in Cincinnatti, OH
Misc: a B film actor of 1930-40s
TV Shows: Ellery Queen (star 1951-52), Masquerade Party

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🎭Joan Blondell -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/30/1909 d.12/25/1979 (70)
TV/Movie Actress
Names/Places: b. in New York City; Gloria's sister
Misc: 1930s-40s wisecracking golddigger Hollywood star; some say b. 1906 or 1912
TV Shows: The Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides

🎨Joan Miro -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/20/1893 d.12/25/1983 (90)
Painter (m), Sculptor (m), Spanish
Misc: surrealist known from his playful paintings in brilliant colors

🎵Eddie Taylor -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/29/1923 d.12/25/1985 (62)
Hall of Famer, Singer, Blues Guitarist

🎵George Rhodes -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/10/1919 d.12/25/1985 (66)
Bandleader
Misc: with Sammy Davis Jr. on his shows

🎭Betty Garde -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/19/1905 d.12/25/1989 (84)
Actress
TV Shows: The Real McCoys (as Aggie Larkin)

🏆🏁🏊Wally Ris -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/4/1924 N.S. d.12/25/1989 N.S. (65)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, American

Nicolae Ceausescu -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/26/1918 d.12/25/1989 (71)
Head of State (m), Dictator (m), Romanian

🏆⚾Billy Martin -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/16/1928 d.12/25/1989 (61)
Sportscaster, MLB Manager, MLB Player
Names/Places: RFN:Alfred Manuel
Misc: led the Yankees team to World Series title '77, 2 AL championships, 5 division titles; mg'd 5 teams; 1258-1058 w/l rec
Sports Teams: New York Yankees (manager)

Monica Dickens -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/10/1915 d.12/25/1992 (77)
Author (m)
Names/Places: Charles' great-granddaughter

🎵Jack Fascinato -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/11/1915 d.12/25/1994 (79)
Pianist, Bandleader
TV Shows: Kukla, Fran, & Ollie (musical director)

🎭🎵Dean Martin -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/7/1917 d.12/25/1995 (78)
Hall of Famer, TV/Movie Actor, Comedian, Variety Show Host, Adult-Pop Singer
Names/Places: b. in Steubenville, Ohio; RN:Dino Crocetti; NN:America's favorite drunk
Song Titles: Volare, That's Amore, Everybody Loves Somebody
TV Shows: The Colgate Comedy Hour (cohost w/ Jerry Lewis), The Dean Martin Show, Half Nelson

✍🎵Nicolas Slonimsky -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/27/1894 N.S. or 4/15/1894 Ju-1 d.12/25/1995 N.S. (101)
Writer (m), Essayist, Lexicographer (m), Conductor/Composer, Musicologist, Polish, Russian
Misc: verse comedy

🎭Denver Pyle -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/11/1920 d.12/25/1997 (77)
TV/Movie Actor
Misc: Roy Rogers & Gene Autry's frequent supporting actor
TV Shows: The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp (as Ben Thompson), Code 3, Tammy (as Grandpa Tarleton), Doris Day Show (as Buck Webb), Karen, Grizzly Adams (as Mad Jack), The Dukes of Hazzard (as Uncle Jesse Duke), Dallas (as Blackie Callahan)

🎭Richard Paul -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/6/1940 d.12/25/1998 (58)
TV/Stage Actor, Panelist
Misc: stage: W.C. Fields 80 Proof; appearred on albums of the legendary Firesign Theatre comedy troupe
TV Shows: Match Game, Carter Country (as Mayor Teddy Burnside), Hail to the Chief

🎭🎵Damita Jo DuBlanc -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/5/1930 d.12/25/1998 (68)
Actress, Comedienne, Singer

🎵🎸Bryan MacLean -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/25/1946 d.12/25/1998 (52)
Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer, Rock and Roll Guitarist, Rock and Roll Bassist
Group Names: Byrds, Love

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🎭Peter Jeffrey -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/18/1929 d.12/25/1999 (70)
Actor
Movie Titles: Return of the Pink Panther, Midnight Express

🎵Brigit Nilsson -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/17/1918 N.S. d.12/25/2005 N.S. (87)
Opera Soprano, Swedish
Names/Places: b. in West Karup
Misc: some say b. 1923

🎭🎵James Brown -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/3/1933 N.S. d.12/25/2006 N.S. (73)
Hall of Famer, Dancer (m), Arranger, Composer, Drummer, Pianist, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Names/Places: b. in Augusta, Ga.; RN:James Joe Brown Jr. Ben Bart; NN: The Godfather of Soul, Soul Brother #1, Hardest working man in Show business
Misc: many including he say was b. in 1933, few '34, or June 17; Weird Al parodied his hit "Living In America" into "Living With A Herrina" in 1986
Group Names: James and the Flames (founder), soloist
Song Titles: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, I Got You (I Feel Good), Get Up (I Fell Like Being a) Sex Machine, Hot Pants, Living in America

🎭Ann Savage -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/19/1921 d.12/25/2008 (87)
Actress

🎭🎵Eartha Kitt -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/17/1927 d.12/25/2008 (81)
TV/Movie Actress, Dancer (m), Singer
Names/Places: b. in North, S.C.
Misc: some college students recently discovered her birth certificate and showed it to her. She said she had given herself the birthdate of January 26, 1928 because she never knew her actual date of birth until she saw the certificate. Her real birthdate is January 17, 1927.
Song Titles: Santa Baby, C'est Si Bon
TV Shows: Batman (as Catwoman)
Movie Titles: Boomerang

🎵Robert Ward -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/15/1938 N.S. d.12/25/2008 N.S. (70)
Hall of Famer, Blues Guitarist, Soul Musician
Group Names: The Falcons

🎵Tony Bellamy -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/12/1940 d.12/25/2009 (69)
Guitarist
Group Names: Redbone

🎭🏆Bud Greenspan -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/18/1926 d.12/25/2010 (84)
Producer/Director (m), Sports Figure
Misc: Filmmaker specializing in the Olympic Games; has won Emmy awards for 22-part "The Olympiad" (1976-77) and historical vignettes for ABC-TV's coverage of 1980 Winter Games; most recent documentary "16 Days of Glory" on 1992 Barcelona Summer Games; official filmmaker for 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games.

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🎵🎸Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/8/1942 N.S. d.12/25/2011 N.S. (69)
Rock and Roll Musician
Group Names: the Mothers Of Invention

🏆⚾Mike Hegan -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/21/1942 d.12/25/2013 (71)
MLB First Baseman, MLB Outfielder
Sports Teams: New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians' broadcaster (WUAB-TV Channel 43)

🎵B. L. "Slim" Williamson -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/21/1927 d.12/25/2013 N.S. (86)
Country Performer

🎭Jason Wingreen -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/9/1920 d.12/25/2015 N.S. (95)
Actor
TV Shows: All in the Family (as Harry Snowden), Archie Bunker's Place (as Harry Snowden)
Movie Titles: Airplane!, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (as Boba Fett)

George Clayton Johnson -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/10/1929 N.S. d.12/25/2015 N.S. (86)
Science Fiction Writer (m)

🎭Sandra Giles -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/24/1932 N.S. d.12/25/2016 N.S. (84)
Actress

🎭🎵George Michael -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/25/1963 d.12/25/2016 N.S. (53)
Director (m), Music Producer, Composer, Songwriter, Hip-Pop Singer/Guitarist, English, Gay
Names/Places: RN:Georgios Panayiotou Kyriacos
Group Names: Wham! (lead), soloist
Song Titles: Young Guns (Go for It!), Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do), Bad Boys, Club Tropicana, Club Fantastic Megamix, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Careless Whisper, Freedom, Everything She Wants, Last Christmas, I'm Your Man, The Edge of Heaven, Where Did Your Heart Go (previous titles as part of Wham!), A Different Corner, I Want Your Sex, Faith, Father Figure, One More Try, Monkey, Kissing a Fool, Praying for Time, Freedom! 90, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (with Elton John), Too Funky, Somebody to Love (with Queen), Jesus to a Child, Fastlove, Spinning the Wheel, Older / I Can Make You Love Me, Star People '97, You Have Been Loved, As, Amazing
Album Titles: Fantastic, Make It Big, Music from the Edge of Heaven (previous titles as part of Wham!), Faith, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, Older, Songs from the Last Century, Patience

Vera Rubin -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/23/1928 N.S. d.12/25/2016 N.S. (88)
Astronomer (m)

🎵🎷Alphonse Mouzon -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/21/1948 d.12/25/2016 N.S. (68)
Composer, Drummer, Percussionist, Jazz Singer
Misc: owner of Tenacious Records
Group Names: Weather Report

🎭Lee Mendelson -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/24/1933 N.S. d.12/25/2019 N.S. (86)
TV Producer (m)
Misc: best known as the executive producer of the many Peanuts animated specials
TV Shows: A Charlie Brown Christmas, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show

🏆🏀K. C. Jones -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/25/1932 N.S. d.12/25/2020 N.S. (88)
Hall of Famer, NBA Coach, NBA Player
Misc: 8x NBA champion, 522 wins
Sports Teams: Boston Celtics (player 1958-1967), Brandeis University (coach 1967-1970), Harvard (assistant coach 1970-1971), Los Angeles Lakers (assistant coach 1971-1972), San Diego Conquistadors (ABA coach 1972-1973), Capital/Washington Bullets (coach 1973-1976), Milwaukee Bucks (assistant coach 1976-1977), Boston Celtics (assistant coach 1978-1983), Boston Celtics (coach 1983-1988), Seattle SuperSonics (assistant coach 1989-1990), Seattle SuperSonics (coach 1990-1992), Detroit Pistons (assistant coach 1994-1995), Boston Celtics (assistant coach 1996-1997), New England Blizzard (ABL coach 1997-1998)

🎵🎸Tony Rice -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/8/1951 N.S. d.12/25/2020 N.S. (69)
Guitarist, Country Performer, Blues-Rock Performer

✍🎭Jean-Marc Vallée -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/9/1963 N.S. d.12/25/2021 N.S. (58)
Screenwriter, Filmmaker, Canadian

🏆🏈Bruce Davis -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/21/1956 N.S. d.12/25/2021 N.S. (65)
NFL Tackle

🎭🎵Tiffini Hale -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/30/1975 N.S. d.12/25/2021 N.S. (46)
Actress, Cinematographer (m), Pop Singer
Group Names: The Party
TV Shows: The All New Mickey Mouse Club (cinematographer and self)

🎭Rita Walter -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/8/1951 N.S. d.12/25/2022 N.S. (71)
Actress

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🎭Richard Franklin -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/15/1936 N.S. d.12/25/2023 N.S. (87)
Political Activist, Actor, Director (m), English
TV Shows: Doctor Who

Jesus Christ -- Birth Anniversary Conflict -- b.12/25/6BC or 12/25/4BC or 12/25/2BC d.??/??/30AD (0) or ??/??/33AD (0)
Religious Leader, Preacher
Misc: lived to age between 33 and 36; originated Christmas; b/ddates according to tradition; the birth year of 4BC might be the correct year but scholars range from 6BC to 2BC; when the Julian Calendar's year of reckoning was changed from the year Rome was founded (which as 753 BC, and because the Romans crucified him), 1BC was assumed to be the year Jesus was born as well as conceived by the Virgin Mary on March 25, but due to miscalculations, it's impossible to correctly identify the year of birth and conception.

Jesus Christ -- Birth Anniversary Conflict -- b.12/25/6BC or 12/25/4BC or 12/25/2BC d.??/??/30AD (0) or ??/??/33AD (0)
Religious Leader, Preacher
Misc: lived to age between 33 and 36; originated Christmas; b/ddates according to tradition; the birth year of 4BC might be the correct year but scholars range from 6BC to 2BC; when the Julian Calendar's year of reckoning was changed from the year Rome was founded (which as 753 BC, and because the Romans crucified him), 1BC was assumed to be the year Jesus was born as well as conceived by the Virgin Mary on March 25, but due to miscalculations, it's impossible to correctly identify the year of birth and conception.

Jesus Christ -- Birth Anniversary Conflict -- b.12/25/6BC or 12/25/4BC or 12/25/2BC d.??/??/30AD (0) or ??/??/33AD (0)
Religious Leader, Preacher
Misc: lived to age between 33 and 36; originated Christmas; b/ddates according to tradition; the birth year of 4BC might be the correct year but scholars range from 6BC to 2BC; when the Julian Calendar's year of reckoning was changed from the year Rome was founded (which as 753 BC, and because the Romans crucified him), 1BC was assumed to be the year Jesus was born as well as conceived by the Virgin Mary on March 25, but due to miscalculations, it's impossible to correctly identify the year of birth and conception.

🎖Jackson Pollack -- Birth Anniversary Conflict -- b.12/15/1866 or 12/25/1869 d.10/25/1995
Hero (m)
Misc: allegedly the oldest living man in the world (1989); DOB remains unknown

U.S. Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 2010, ✪ “Baby, It's Cold Outside” by Glee Cast peaked at number 57 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1999, ✪ “She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy” by Kenny Chesney peaked at number 74 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 2004, ✪ “Some Beach” by Blake Shelton peaked at number 28 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1954, ✪ “The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane” by The Ames Brothers peaked at number 3 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1971, ✪ “Turn Your Radio On” by Ray Stevens peaked at number 63 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1971, “(I Know) I'm Losing You” by The Faces And Rod Stewart peaked at number 24 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1954, “(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays” by Perry Como peaked at number 18 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1982, “A Penny For Your Thoughts” by Tavares peaked at number 33 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1971, “All I Ever Need Is You” by Sonny And Cher peaked at number 7 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Apple Of My Eye” by Roy Head And The Traits peaked at number 32 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Back When” by Tim McGraw peaked at number 30 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Brand New Key” by Melanie peaked at number 1 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Buckaroo” by Buck Owens And His Buckaroos peaked at number 60 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Burn” by Juice WRLD peaked at number 34 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Can I Get A Witness?” by Lee Michaels peaked at number 39 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Cherish” by David Cassidy peaked at number 9 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1954, “Count Your Blessings (Instead Of Sheep)” by Eddie Fisher peaked at number 5 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Crystal Chandelier” by Vic Dana peaked at number 51 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Do What You Want, Be What You Are” by Daryl Hall And John Oates peaked at number 39 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Don't Think Twice” by The Four Seasons (as Wonder Who?) peaked at number 12 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Fever” by The McCoys peaked at number 7 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Girl Of My Dreams” by Juice WRLD And Suga peaked at number 29 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Give It Up” by Goodmen peaked at number 71 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Go Away From My World” by Marianne Faithfull peaked at number 89 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Good Time Music” by Beau Brummels peaked at number 97 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Got Your Money” by Ol' Dirty Bastard Featuring Kelis peaked at number 33 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Heart On My Sleeve” by Bryan Ferry peaked at number 86 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1954, “Hearts Of Stone” by Charms peaked at number 15 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Hero” by Mariah Carey peaked at number 1 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Hey Baby” by J.J. Cale peaked at number 96 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “I Can't Ask For Anymore Than You” by Cliff Richard peaked at number 80 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1982, “I Gotta Try” by Michael McDonald peaked at number 44 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “If Not You” by Dr. Hook peaked at number 55 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Jealous Heart” by Connie Francis peaked at number 47 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Just One More Day” by Otis Redding peaked at number 85 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Let's Get Together” by We Five peaked at number 31 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Love Me” by Yvonne Elliman peaked at number 14 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Lucky Man” by Starbuck peaked at number 73 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Mademoiselle” by Styx peaked at number 36 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Make The World Go Away” by Eddy Arnold peaked at number 6 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “More Than A Feeling” by Boston peaked at number 5 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1948, “My Darling My Darling” by Doris Day And Buddy Clark peaked at number 7 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 2010, “My Kinda Party” by Jason Aldean peaked at number 39 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Never Should've Let You Go” by Hi-Five peaked at number 30 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1971, “No Good To Cry” by The Poppy Family peaked at number 84 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Nothing To Hide” by Tommy James And The Shondells peaked at number 41 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Nowhere To Run” by Santana peaked at number 66 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “On A Clear Day You Can See Forever” by Johnny Mathis peaked at number 98 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Over And Over” by The Dave Clark Five peaked at number 1 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Princess In Rags” by Gene Pitney peaked at number 37 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Psychobabble” by The Alan Parsons Project peaked at number 57 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Puppet On A String” by Elvis Presley peaked at number 14 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Respect Yourself” by The Staple Singers peaked at number 12 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Right Thru Me” by Nicki Minaj peaked at number 26 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Rubberband Girl” by Kate Bush peaked at number 88 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “See Saw” by Don Covay peaked at number 44 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Sentimental” by Kenny G peaked at number 72 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word” by Elton John peaked at number 6 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “St. Charles” by Jefferson Starship peaked at number 64 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 2010, “That's All She Wrote” by T.I. Featuring Eminem peaked at number 18 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Tightrope Ride” by The Doors peaked at number 71 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Truckin'” by Grateful Dead peaked at number 64 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “True Love” by Elton John And Kiki Dee peaked at number 56 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 2004, “U Make Me Wanna” by Jadakiss Featuring Mariah Carey peaked at number 21 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Welcome To My Life” by Simple Plan peaked at number 40 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “What Can I Say” by Boz Scaggs peaked at number 42 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 2004, “What U Gon' Do” by Lil Jon And The East Side Boyz peaked at number 22 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Where Did Our Love Go?” by Donnie Elbert peaked at number 15 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “You're My Driving Wheel” by The Supremes peaked at number 85 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

Canada Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 2010, ✪ “Baby, It's Cold Outside” by Glee Cast peaked at number 53 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1982, ✪ “Mickey” by Toni Basil peaked at number 1 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1976, ✪ “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” by The Beatles peaked at number 26 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1976, ✪ “Sixteen Reasons” by Laverne And Shirley peaked at number 72 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1976, ✪ “The Rubberband Man” by The (Detroit) Spinners peaked at number 7 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1971, “An Old-Fashioned Love Song” by Three Dog Night peaked at number 2 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Baby, Baby, I Love You” by Terry Cashman peaked at number 84 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Behind Blue Eyes” by The Who peaked at number 23 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Burn” by Juice WRLD peaked at number 29 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Christmas Lights” by Coldplay peaked at number 18 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Dog Eat Dog” by Ted Nugent peaked at number 73 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Don't Think Twice” by The Four Seasons (as Wonder Who?) peaked at number 1 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Every Face Tells A Story” by Olivia Newton-John peaked at number 58 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Heart On My Sleeve” by Gallagher And Lyle peaked at number 90 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Hello Old Friend” by Eric Clapton peaked at number 37 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Hey Big Brother” by Rare Earth peaked at number 20 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1965, “I Really Love You” by Dee Dee Sharp peaked at number 28 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1965, “I Will” by Dean Martin peaked at number 11 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1971, “I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again” by Buffy Sainte-Marie peaked at number 86 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1965, “It's My Life” by The Animals peaked at number 2 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Just A Little Bit” by Roy Head And The Traits peaked at number 18 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Let's Get Together” by We Five peaked at number 5 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Lonesome Mary” by Chilliwack peaked at number 9 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Missing You” by Dan Fogelberg peaked at number 29 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Mother Nature, Father Time” by Brook Benton peaked at number 27 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Mystic Eyes” by Them peaked at number 24 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Pain” by The Ohio Players peaked at number 91 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1976, “So Sad The Song” by Gladys Knight And The Pips peaked at number 63 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Something About You” by The Four Tops peaked at number 6 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word” by Elton John peaked at number 3 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Stones” by Neil Diamond peaked at number 15 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)” by The Temptations peaked at number 26 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Take The First Train Home” by Dee And Yeomen peaked at number 10 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1982, “The Girl Is Mine” by Michael Jackson And Paul McCartney peaked at number 8 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1965, “The Revolution Kind” by Sonny Bono peaked at number 30 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Tightrope Ride” by The Doors peaked at number 56 on the Canada pop singles chart.

In 2010, “U Can Have It All” by Jrdn peaked at number 20 on the Canada pop singles chart.

Alt-Canada Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 1999, ✪ “The Rockafeller Skank” by Fatboy Slim peaked at number 49 on the Alt-Canada pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Can't Change Me” by Chris Cornell peaked at number 38 on the Alt-Canada pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Heaven Help” by Lenny Kravitz peaked at number 25 on the Alt-Canada pop singles chart.

In 1993, “I Can See Clearly Now” by Jimmy Cliff peaked at number 16 on the Alt-Canada pop singles chart.

In 1993, “I'll Always Be There” by Roch Voisine peaked at number 4 on the Alt-Canada pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Put Your Lights On” by Santana Featuring Everlast peaked at number 35 on the Alt-Canada pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Underground” by Moist peaked at number 36 on the Alt-Canada pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Will 2K” by Will Smith Featuring K-Ci peaked at number 5 on the Alt-Canada pop singles chart.

U.K. Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 1982, ✪ “Baa Baa Black Sheep” by Singing Sheep peaked at number 42 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1976, ✪ “Bionic Santa” by Chris Hill peaked at number 10 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1982, ✪ “Christmas Wrapping” by The Waitresses peaked at number 45 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2004, ✪ “I Got You Babe / Soda Pop” by Avid Merrion, Davina McCall And Patsy Kensit / Craig David peaked at number 5 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, ✪ “Merry X-Mess” by Rotterdam Termination Source peaked at number 73 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2004, ✪ “Radio Ga-Ga” by Electric Six peaked at number 21 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1982, ✪ “Singalong-A-Santa” by Santa Claus And The Christmas Trees peaked at number 19 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2010, ✪ “Surfin' Bird” by The Trashmen peaked at number 3 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1982, ✪ “Xmas Party” by Snowmen peaked at number 44 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2010, “4 33 (Cage Against The Machine Version)” by John Cage peaked at number 21 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)” by Peabo Bryson And Regina Belle peaked at number 12 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Always” by blink-182 peaked at number 36 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Bat Out Of Hell” by Meat Loaf peaked at number 8 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Behind The Counter” by The Fall peaked at number 75 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Blue Christmas (The Shakin' Stevens EP)” by Shakin' Stevens peaked at number 2 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Christmas Rapping” by Dizzy Heights peaked at number 49 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia” by Cuban Boys peaked at number 4 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Confusion” by Zutons peaked at number 37 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Dear Addy” by Kid Creole And The Coconuts peaked at number 29 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Do The Can Can” by Skandi Girls peaked at number 38 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Fairytale” by Dana peaked at number 13 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Father And Son” by Ronan Keating Featuring Yusuf peaked at number 2 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “For Whom The Bell Tolls” by The Bee Gees peaked at number 4 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Gone Too Soon” by Michael Jackson peaked at number 33 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Grease” by Craig McLachlan peaked at number 44 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Hands Up (4 Lovers)” by Right Said Fred peaked at number 60 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Healing Love” by Cliff Richard peaked at number 19 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Hold My Hand” by Michael Jackson And Akon peaked at number 10 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Horny Horns” by Perfect Phase peaked at number 21 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2004, “I Cannot Give You My Love” by Cliff Richard peaked at number 13 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1999, “I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun” by Westlife peaked at number 1 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2004, “I Have Forgiven Jesus” by Morrissey peaked at number 10 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” by Tony Bennett peaked at number 25 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1999, “I Wanna 1-2-1 With You” by Solid Gold Chartbusters peaked at number 62 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “I Was Born On Christmas Day” by Saint Etienne peaked at number 37 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1982, “I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter” by Barry Manilow peaked at number 36 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “If I Were A Carpenter” by Robert Plant peaked at number 63 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “It Was Easier To Hurt Her” by Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders peaked at number 36 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1999, “It's Only Rock And Roll (But I Like It)” by Artists For Children's Promise peaked at number 19 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Just Can't Wait (Saturday)” by 100 Percent Featuring Jennifer John peaked at number 28 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Let's Get This Straight (From The Start) / Old” by Kevin Rowland And Dexy's Midnight Runners peaked at number 17 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Little Town” by Cliff Richard peaked at number 11 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Loopzilla” by George Clinton peaked at number 57 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Lost In Emotion” by John 00 Fleming peaked at number 74 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Many Of Horror” by Biffy Clyro peaked at number 8 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “No Lager” by Mad Jocks peaked at number 57 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Party Party” by Elvis Costello And The Attractions peaked at number 48 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy” by Bing Crosby And David Bowie peaked at number 3 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “People Get Ready” by Jeff Beck And Rod Stewart peaked at number 45 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Phat Girls” by Ignorants peaked at number 59 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Ring Out Solstice Bells” by Jethro Tull peaked at number 28 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Sing Me An Old-Fashioned Song” by Billie Jo Spears peaked at number 34 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “That's How I'm Livin'” by Ice-T peaked at number 21 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2004, “The Blower's Daughter” by Damien Rice peaked at number 27 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1999, “The Power Of Love” by Holly Johnson peaked at number 56 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “The River” by Ken Dodd peaked at number 3 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1993, “The Skin Up EP” by Skin Up peaked at number 67 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “To Whom It Concerns” by Chris Andrews peaked at number 13 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Under Attack” by ABBA peaked at number 26 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “War Lord” by The Shadows peaked at number 18 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1999, “We're Going To Miss You” by James peaked at number 48 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1976, “When A Child Is Born” by Johnny Mathis peaked at number 1 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2010, “When We Collide” by Matt Cardle peaked at number 1 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)” by Cliff Richard peaked at number 2 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Xmas” by Corey Taylor peaked at number 37 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

In 2004, “You Knows I Loves You Baby” by Goldie Lookin' Chain peaked at number 22 on the U.K. pop singles chart.

Australian Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 1976, ✪ “Disco Duck (Part I) / Disco Duck (Part II) (Instrumental)” by Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots peaked at number 4 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1971, ✪ “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” by Paul McCartney peaked at number 5 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1976, “(Don't Fear) The Reaper / Tattoo Vampire” by Blue Öyster Cult peaked at number 64 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1965, “A Lover's Concerto” by The Toys peaked at number 6 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 2021, “abcdefu” by Gayle peaked at number 2 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Anyway You Want It / Can't Control Myself” by Punkz peaked at number 99 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1954, “Cara Mia” by David Whitfield With Mantovani And His Orchestra peaked at number 2 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Christmas Time Again (I Wanna Walk You Home) / A Time Of The Year” by The 1010 Men peaked at number 87 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Coming Home / Good Loving Gone Bad” by David Essex peaked at number 30 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Don't Change / Go West” by INXS peaked at number 14 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Dreamworld / In Control” by Formula One peaked at number 99 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Gonna See My Baby Tonight” by The La De Da's peaked at number 10 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Heart On My Sleeve / Northern Girl” by Gallagher And Lyle peaked at number 58 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Hold My Hand” by Michael Jackson And Akon peaked at number 37 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Hot In The City / Hole In The Wall” by Billy Idol peaked at number 18 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 2021, “I Am Woman” by Emmy Meli peaked at number 28 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 2021, “I Hate U.” by SZA peaked at number 16 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “I Will Always Love You / Do I Ever Cross Your Mind” by Dolly Parton peaked at number 84 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1965, “I'm Yours / (It's A) Long Lonely Highway” by Elvis Presley peaked at number 9 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World) / Walk Between Raindrops” by Donald Fagen peaked at number 69 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1954, “In The Chapel In The Moonlight” by Kitty Kallen peaked at number 8 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1976, “It's So Nice (To Have You Home) / Hey, Look High” by The New Seekers peaked at number 72 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Keeps Me Wondering Why / Get On Home” by Steve Miller Band peaked at number 98 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Maneater / Delayed Reaction” by Daryl Hall And John Oates peaked at number 4 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Miami 2 Ibiza” by Swedish House Mafia vs. Tinie Tempah peaked at number 31 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Misunderstood” by Robbie Williams peaked at number 39 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “My Baby Loves To Hurt Me / For The Love Of A Woman” by Brian Cadd peaked at number 54 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless) / Down The Line” by Barry DeVorzon And Perry Botkin, Jr. peaked at number 71 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Popsicle Toes / I Don't Know Why I'm So Happy I'm Sad” by Michael Franks peaked at number 93 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Ramona / Blacktown Boogie” by Dragon peaked at number 96 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Really Saying Something / Give Us Back Our Cheap Fares” by Bananarama And Fun Boy Three peaked at number 100 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Shaping Up / I Don't Wanna Lose You” by The Sherbs (as Sherbet) peaked at number 79 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Sleepwalking / When I Rest” by Gerry Rafferty peaked at number 87 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Solid Rock / Four Weeks Gone” by Goanna peaked at number 3 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) / King Is White And In The Crowd” by Simple Minds peaked at number 89 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1971, “The D.C.E.P. (EP) / Lollipop / Flip / Three O'Clock Thrill” by Daddy Cool peaked at number 12 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1976, “The Entertainer / The Mexican Connection” by Billy Joel peaked at number 89 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1999, “The Millennium Prayer” by Cliff Richard peaked at number 2 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 2004, “The Prayer” by Anthony Callea peaked at number 1 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “The Traveler / Slow Down” by Big Red peaked at number 90 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 1982, “This Guy's In Love (With You) / Cry” by The Reels peaked at number 7 on the Australian pop singles chart.

In 2010, “What's My Name?” by Rihanna Featuring Drake peaked at number 18 on the Australian pop singles chart.

New Zealand Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 2010, ✪ “Christmas Wrapping” by Dominic Harvey Featuring Scribe And Megan peaked at number 6 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 2004, ✪ “Do They Know It's Christmas?” by Band Aid 20 peaked at number 1 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 1993, “(I Know I Got) Skillz” by Shaquille O'Neal peaked at number 34 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 1993, “All That She Wants” by Ace Of Base peaked at number 3 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Don't Say You Love Me” by M2M peaked at number 4 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Grenade” by Bruno Mars peaked at number 1 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 2021, “I Am Woman” by Emmy Meli peaked at number 15 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 2021, “I Hate U.” by SZA peaked at number 8 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Keep On Movin'” by Five peaked at number 7 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Let It Shine” by Annie Crummer peaked at number 11 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Nothing More For Xmas” by Mike Puru Featuring Jason Kerrison peaked at number 13 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Now You Fly” by Blackjack [NZ] peaked at number 38 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through” by Meat Loaf peaked at number 6 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 1999, “S Club Party” by S Club 7 peaked at number 1 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 1999, “The Millennium Prayer” by Cliff Richard peaked at number 2 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Turn Of The Century” by Clearlight [NZ] peaked at number 38 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 1999, “What I Am” by Tin Tin Out Featuring Emma Bunton peaked at number 48 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?” by Theory peaked at number 7 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

In 2010, “XXXmas” by Jay-Jay Feeney Featuring Seth Haapu peaked at number 2 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.

Netherlands Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 1965, “1-2-3” by Len Barry peaked at number 16 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Bigger Than That” by Men2B peaked at number 1 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Binnen” by Marco Borsato peaked at number 1 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Bring Me Your Cup” by UB40 peaked at number 29 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Buren” by Turfy Gang peaked at number 19 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Colourblind World” by Room 4 2 peaked at number 43 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Don't Take Away The Music” by Tavares peaked at number 5 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Echte vrienden” by BZB And Friends peaked at number 26 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1993, “El gallinero” by Ramirez peaked at number 24 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Fireball” by Deep Purple peaked at number 24 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Gone Too Soon” by Michael Jackson peaked at number 20 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Hello” by Martin Solveig Featuring Dragonette peaked at number 1 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Ik kom naar huis (met Kerstmis)” by Django Wagner peaked at number 15 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Kerstmis” by Marco Borsato peaked at number 3 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Koh-I-Noor” by Jan Rot peaked at number 47 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Kom maar binnen!” by Pater Moeskroen peaked at number 31 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1993, “La solitudine” by Laura Pausini peaked at number 2 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Livin' Thing” by Electric Light Orchestra peaked at number 4 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Louise” by Phil Everly peaked at number 45 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Megaman” by Robby Valentine peaked at number 16 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Merry Christmas” by Ed Sheeran And Elton John peaked at number 11 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Mirror Man” by The Human League peaked at number 31 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 2010, “No X-mas Without You” by BYentl And Daughter peaked at number 12 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Ooh La, La, La (Let's Go Dancing)” by Kool And The Gang peaked at number 14 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Rhythm Divine” by Enrique Iglesias peaked at number 25 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Shake Up Christmas” by Train peaked at number 7 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Shake Your Bon-Bon” by Ricky Martin peaked at number 45 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word” by Elton John peaked at number 14 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Stay (Faraway, So Close!)” by U2 peaked at number 10 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1976, “The Last Apache” by Bolland And Bolland peaked at number 24 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1999, “The Millennium Prayer” by Cliff Richard peaked at number 12 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Truckcar race” by Henk Wijngaard peaked at number 27 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Uit m'n bol” by André Hazes peaked at number 37 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Under Attack” by ABBA peaked at number 7 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Under Pressure (Rah Remix)” by Queen And David Bowie peaked at number 21 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Vallée de larmes” by René et Gaston peaked at number 41 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1965, “We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper” by The Beatles peaked at number 1 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1982, “You Can't Hurry Love” by Phil Collins peaked at number 1 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Ze zeggen...” by Jan Boezeroen peaked at number 11 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.

Sweden Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 1982, ✪ “I Eat Cannibals” by Toto Coelo peaked at number 2 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

In 1993, “All For Love” by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart And Sting peaked at number 1 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Child Come Away” by Kim Wilde peaked at number 10 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Dreaming People” by Jay Smith peaked at number 3 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

In 1999, “F**k The Millenium” by Scooter peaked at number 3 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Farväl till sommaren” by Sven-Ingvars peaked at number 14 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Heartbreaker” by Dionne Warwick peaked at number 1 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

In 1993, “I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing” by Pet Shop Boys peaked at number 38 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Le matin sur la rivière” by Ève Brenner peaked at number 19 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Metal On Metal” by Anvil peaked at number 4 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

In 1982, “Muscles” by Diana Ross peaked at number 6 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

In 1999, “O helga natt” by Jussi Björling peaked at number 17 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

In 1976, “Spinning Rock Boogie” by Hank C. Burnette peaked at number 17 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Tomten é full” by Ronny And Ragge peaked at number 7 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

In 1976, “White Christmas” by Lena-Maria And Sweet Wine peaked at number 9 on the Sweden pop singles chart.

Austria Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 2004, “A Beautiful Time” by Tamee Harrison peaked at number 2 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Bittersweet” by Apocalyptica Featuring Ville Valo And Lauri Ylönen peaked at number 11 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Boom! Shake The Room” by DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince peaked at number 17 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Born Free” by Kid Rock peaked at number 21 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Hold My Hand” by Michael Jackson with Akon peaked at number 9 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 1999, “If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time” by R. Kelly peaked at number 2 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Mamma Mia” by A*Teens peaked at number 14 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Misunderstood” by Robbie Williams peaked at number 21 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Mit Dir” by Sido peaked at number 9 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 2010, “No Time For Sleeping” by LaVive peaked at number 12 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 2004, “On The Day Before Christmas” by Papermoon peaked at number 6 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Rhythm Divine” by Enrique Iglesias peaked at number 26 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 1999, “She's The One” by Robbie Williams peaked at number 16 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Sweetest Poison” by Nu Pagadi peaked at number 1 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Ten More Minutes” by Bingoboys peaked at number 11 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 1993, “The Sign” by Ace Of Base peaked at number 3 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Waiting For Tonight” by Jennifer Lopez peaked at number 24 on the Austria pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Was ist Zeit?” by DJ Taylor And Flow peaked at number 22 on the Austria pop singles chart.

France Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 2004, ✪ “Do They Know It's Christmas?” by Band Aid 20 peaked at number 72 on the France pop singles chart.

In 2004, “C'est plus fort que moi” by Lorie peaked at number 15 on the France pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Elle danse seule” by De Palmas peaked at number 22 on the France pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Find A Way” by J Five peaked at number 24 on the France pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Go West” by Pet Shop Boys peaked at number 2 on the France pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Il suffira” by Larusso peaked at number 22 on the France pop singles chart.

In 1999, “It's Not Right But It's Okay” by Whitney Houston peaked at number 21 on the France pop singles chart.

In 1999, “L'an 2000” by Charly And Lulu peaked at number 42 on the France pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Mon plus beau rêve” by Anne peaked at number 45 on the France pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Over The Rainbow” by Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole peaked at number 1 on the France pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Pour toi” by David Hallyday peaked at number 33 on the France pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Qui je suis” by Caroline Costa peaked at number 15 on the France pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Will 2K” by Will Smith Featuring K-Ci peaked at number 32 on the France pop singles chart.

Norway Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 1993, “Back In Black” by Brothers peaked at number 5 on the Norway pop singles chart.

In 1965, “Day Tripper” by The Beatles peaked at number 1 on the Norway pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Du er ikke alene” by Victoria Nadine peaked at number 11 on the Norway pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Home To You” by Sigrid peaked at number 18 on the Norway pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Jula Hjemme” by Maria Mena And Trygve Skaug peaked at number 22 on the Norway pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Light On” by Atle Pettersen peaked at number 8 on the Norway pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Merry Christmas” by Ed Sheeran And Elton John peaked at number 10 on the Norway pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Når julefreden senker seg” by Norges Nye Megahit peaked at number 1 on the Norway pop singles chart.

In 1971, “Soley Soley” by Middle Of The Road peaked at number 1 on the Norway pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Touch Me” by Günther Featuring Samantha Fox peaked at number 7 on the Norway pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Turn Your Lights Down Low” by Bob Marley Featuring Lauryn Hill peaked at number 3 on the Norway pop singles chart.

In 2004, “What You Waiting For?” by Gwen Stefani peaked at number 3 on the Norway pop singles chart.

Switzerland Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 1971, “Akropolis adieu” by Mireille Mathieu peaked at number 1 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.

In 1993, “Another Night” by M.C. Sar And The Real McCoy peaked at number 42 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Chinder im Chrieg” by Baschi peaked at number 24 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Hold My Hand” by Michael Jackson with Akon peaked at number 9 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.

In 1999, “I Learned From The Best” by Whitney Houston peaked at number 28 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.

In 2004, “La rivière de notre enfance” by Garou And Michel Sardou peaked at number 14 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Last Christmas” by Wham! peaked at number 2 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Maschen-Draht-Zaun” by Stefan Raab peaked at number 2 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Merry Xmas” by Gotthard peaked at number 4 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Misunderstood” by Robbie Williams peaked at number 26 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.

In 2010, “No Time For Sleeping” by LaVive peaked at number 28 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Over The Rainbow” by Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole peaked at number 3 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Samichlaus” by Müslüm peaked at number 18 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Snowman” by Sia peaked at number 8 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.

Italy Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 2004, “California” by Phantom Planet peaked at number 2 on the Italy pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Hold My Hand” by Michael Jackson with Akon peaked at number 4 on the Italy pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Sapore” by Fedez Featuring Tedua peaked at number 2 on the Italy pop singles chart.

Finland Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 2004, “At The Cinema” by Bitch Alert peaked at number 12 on the Finland pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Driving Home For Christmas” by Chris Rea peaked at number 17 on the Finland pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Here I Am” by Alcazar peaked at number 6 on the Finland pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Hyökyaalto” by Antti Tuisku peaked at number 14 on the Finland pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Like A G6” by Far * East Movement Featuring Cataracs And Dev peaked at number 15 on the Finland pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Lumilinna” by Jari Sillanpää peaked at number 14 on the Finland pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Musta joulu” by Nylon Beat peaked at number 10 on the Finland pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Pimeä onni” by Jippu And Samuli Edelmann peaked at number 17 on the Finland pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Rähinä 4 Life” by Eri Esittäjiä peaked at number 3 on the Finland pop singles chart.

In 2004, “The Sun Is Shining (Down On Me)” by DT8 Project peaked at number 19 on the Finland pop singles chart.

In 1999, “UnOpened” by Sonata Arctica peaked at number 16 on the Finland pop singles chart.

In 1999, “Valkea maa” by Janne Tulkki peaked at number 19 on the Finland pop singles chart.

In 2004, “Wait For You” by Lost Witness Featuring Andrea Britton peaked at number 18 on the Finland pop singles chart.

In 1999, “What A Girl Wants” by Christina Aguilera peaked at number 12 on the Finland pop singles chart.

Spain Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 2010, “Chiquitita” by Amaia Montero peaked at number 1 on the Spain pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Tacones rojos” by Sebastián Yatra peaked at number 2 on the Spain pop singles chart.

Denmark Pop Singles Chart Peaks

In 2010, “Champion” by Clemens Featuring Jon Nørgaard peaked at number 1 on the Denmark pop singles chart.

In 2010, “Limit To Your Love” by James Blake peaked at number 3 on the Denmark pop singles chart.

In 2021, “Merry Christmas” by Ed Sheeran And Elton John peaked at number 12 on the Denmark pop singles chart.

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In 0003, B.C., About three B.C., according to Christian belief, Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem. Calendar miscalculations of the time make it impossible to be certain of the year. Itʹs now thought that the official placement of the celebration so close to the winter solstice was deliberate, to give people something Christian to celebrate in place of a pagan holiday which had been held at the same time previously. The Christian festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated December 25 each year. Jesusʹ exact birth date isnʹt known — although itʹs been estimated he was born in about what we call three B.C. proleptically reckoned to the year of Christ (previously dated 751 reckoned to the year Rome was founded). in the town of Bethlehem — and in fact, he mayʹve been born in the spring, not winter. Christmas as a Feast of the Nativity dates from the fourth century, when the Western church set December 25 for the feast — possibly as a substitute for the various pagan celebrations of the time, including the Roman Saturnalia and Druidic winter solstice rites.

In 0336, The first recorded celebration of Christmas on December 25 took place in Rome.

In 0352, Just when is Christmas Day, people ask? Is it really December 25? Actually it is; but it wasnʹt officially, until sometime between the years 337 and 352 A.D. This means that the date celebrated as the birth of Christ was not set until the time of Julius I, Bishop of Rome. To that time, the day known as Christmas was celebrated on one of three dates in the first 352 years of the Julian calendar: January 6, March 29 and September 29.

In 0597, England adopted the Julian calendar.

In 1620, After first sighting it 14 days earlier, the Pilgrim Fathers aboard the Mayflower proclaimed a colony at Plymouth Rock, now Massachusetts.

In 1621, Game playing on Christmas Day was banned in Plymouth colony by Governor William Bradford.

In 1651, The General Court of Massachusetts passed a law making the observance of Christmas a penal offense and ordered a fine (five shillings) for “observing any such day as Christmas”; the law was later repealed.

In 1741, The centigrade temperature scale was devised by Anders Celsius and incorporated into a Delisle thermometer at Uppsala, Sweden.

In 1758, Halleyʹs comet first sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return.

In 1776, General George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River for a surprise attack against Hessian forces at Trenton, New Jersey. It was the turning point of the American Revolution.

In 1818, The Christmas carol “Silent Night,” by Franz Joseph Gruber and Joseph Mohr, was sung for the first time, at the Church of Saint Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria. It had been written three days earlier by obscure composer Franz Gruber.

In 1831, Louisiana and Arkansas became first states to observe Christmas as a legal holiday.

In 1888, In front of 2,000 spectators, the first indoor baseball game ever played takes place at the Philadelphia State Fairground Building. The Downtowners beat the Uptowners, 6-1, with the teams using a larger-than-usual ball, a crude bat, and their bare hands.

In 1896, “Stars and Stripes Forever” was written by John Philip Sousa. It was 3:45 when played at march tempo.

In 1897, Italy cedes Kassala to Egypt.

In 1907, Jazz singer and bandleader Cab Calloway was born in Rochester, New York.

In 1908, Jack Johnson KO Tommy Burns and becomes first black heavyweight champ.

In 1914, During World War I, British and German troops observed an unofficial truce and even playing football together on the Western Front.

In 1919, Born on this day in China Grove, North Carolina was bluegrass musician Curly Seckler. He played with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs in their band the Foggy Mountain Boys from 1949 to 1962. He died in his sleep on December 27, 2017, just two days after his 98th birthday.

In 1923, The White House has its first Electrically-Lighted Christmas Tree.

In 1926, Hirohito became emperor of Japan, succeeding his father, Emperor Yoshihito (Hirohito was formally enthroned almost two years later).

In 1931, The Metropolitan Opera House in New York broadcast an entire opera over radio for the first time. Listeners throughout the United States and overseas heard “Hansel and Gretel” by Engelbert Humperdinck.

In 1932, King George V made the first royal Christmas Day radio broadcast to the British Empire. During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes.

In 1937, The NBC Symphony Orchestra, led for the first time by conductor Arturo Toscanini, performed a Christmas concert featuring works by Vivaldi, Mozart and Brahms.

In 1939, Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph as the ninth reindeer.

In 1939, The Charles Dickens classic, “A Christmas Carol” was read this night by Lionel Barrymore on “The Campbell Playhouse” on CBS Radio. The reading of the tale became an annual radio event for years to come.

In 1942, The longest, sponsored program in the history of broadcasting was heard on NBC Radioʹs Blue Network this day. The daylong, “Victory Paradeʹs Christmas Party of Spotlight Bands” was heard over 142 radio stations. The marathon broadcast was sponsored by the people in your town who bottle Coca-Cola.

In 1944, Born on this day in Atlanta, Georgia was musician and producer Emory Gordy Jr. He has worked with many artists including Steve Earle and he accompanied Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris on Parson's Grievous Angel album.

In 1946, Born on this day was Jimmy Buffett, singer-songwriter, film producer, and businessman. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band. He has a devoted base of fans known as "Parrotheads".

In 1946, Singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett is born in Mobile, Alabama. With a devout following of Parrot Heads, he combines pop, country and Caribbean influences, gaining a country hit with “Margaritaville” in 1977 and returning to the genre with several collaborations 30 years later. He died in September 2023.

In 1946, W.C. Fields, U.S. comedian and star of such films as “The Bank Dick” and “My Little Chickadee,” died. Heh-heh! He said….Bank! Heh-heh-heh! Hmm-hmm. He died on the same day Jimmy Buffet was born.

In 1948, Country music singer Barbara Mandrell is born in Houston. She appears with her sisters in the “Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters” TV show from 1980-82. Her number one country singles include “Sleeping Single in a Double Bed” and “I Was Country When Country Wasnʹt Cool.” The Country Music Association names her Entertainer of the Year in 1980 and 1981.

In 1948, “All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)” by Spike Jones and The City Slickers featuring George Rock hit number one on the U.S. pop chart.

In 1950, “The Steve Allen Show”, TV Variety, debut on CBS. Christmas night might be an odd time to launch a live TV show, but Steve Allen is an odd guy.

In 1953, The Goofy film, “How to Sleep” is released. The Donald Duck film, “Canvasback Duck” is released. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear.

In 1954, On the cover of TV Guide: “The Nelson Family at Christmas”. Other Articles: Space Patrol, Lucy, Elizabeth Montgomery

In 1955, “Colgate Comedy Hour”, TV Variety; last aired on NBC.

In 1958, Alan Freedʹs Christmas Rock and Roll Spectacular opens a ten-day run at the Loewʹs State Theater in Manhattan with seventeen acts, including Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, the Moonglows, Jackie Wilson, Frankie Avalon and the Everly Brothers. Johnnie Ray, not your typical rock and roll act, tops the bill the first five nights. However, it is Bo Diddley who steals the show.

In 1961, R.C., “Alvinʹs Harmonica” by The Chipmunks reentered the chart and peaked at #73 on the pop singles chart.

In 1961, R.C., “Evʹrybodyʹs Cryin'” by Jimmie Beaumont peaked at #100 on the pop singles chart.

In 1961, R.C., “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms reentered the chart and peaked at #41 on the pop singles chart.

In 1961, R.C., “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Rydell and Chubby Checker peaked at #21 on the pop singles chart.

In 1961, R.C., “Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee reentered the chart and peaked at #50 on the pop singles chart.

In 1961, R.C., “Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer” by The Chipmunks reentered the chart and peaked at #47 on the pop singles chart.

In 1961, R.C., “Santa and The Touchables” by Dickie Goodman peaked at #99 on the pop singles chart.

In 1961, R.C., “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Donʹt Be Late)” by The Chipmunks reentered the chart and peaked at #39 on the pop singles chart.

In 1961, R.C., “The Little Drummer Boy” by Harry Someone Chorale reentered the chart and peaked at #22 on the pop singles chart.

In 1961, R.C., “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby reentered the chart and peaked at #12 on the pop singles chart.

In 1961, R.C., “Your Mama Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night” by Kenny Dio peaked at #24 on the pop singles chart.

In 1962, The movie version of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” adapted from the Harper Lee novel and starring Gregory Peck, opened in Los Angeles.

In 1963, HOT NEW MOVIES “WHOʹS MINDING THE STORE”: Jerry Lewis brings his comic mayhem to a department store (co-starring JILL ST. JOHN); “THE SWORD IN THE STONE” (Disneyʹs animated version of King Arthurʹs boyhood); “CHARADE” (Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn)

In 1964, “Goldfinger” Sean Connery stars in the third James Bond movie which goes into national release. Shirley Basseyʹs theme song soon becomes a big hit.

In 1964, “Missing Links”, TV Game Show; last aired on ABC. It was missing enough viewers to result in its cancelation.

In 1965, On the cover of TV Guide: “Merry Christmas”. Other Articles: Hoganʹs Heroes, John Forsythe

In 1965, R.C., “Buckaroo” by Buck Owens peaked at #60 on the pop singles chart.

In 1965, R.C., “Donʹt Think Twice” by The Wonder Who? (The Four Seasons) peaked at #12 on the pop singles chart.

In 1965, R.C., “Over And Over” by The Dave Clark Five peaked at number one on the pop singles chart.

In 1965, The Beatlesʹ “Rubber Soul” album hit the top of the United Kingdom album chart.

In 1967, On The Doctors, Matt Powers (James Pritchett) talked the Hope Memorial janitor, Sam Kringle (Paul Price), into playing Santa Claus instead of him.

In 1968, At 1:10 am EST, after Apollo Eight circled the moon for 20 hours, the spacecraftʹs service propulsion system engine was fired to achieve the velocity required to “escape” from the lunar orbit. Shortly afterwards, Jim Lovell told the world “Hello, Houston, there is a Santa Claus, weʹre coming home.”

In 1969, Sixteen-year-old Robbie Bachman received his first drum kit as a Christmas present. Three years from now, he joined brother Randyʹs group, Bachman Turner Overdrive.

In 1971, On the cover of TV Guide: “Merry Christmas”. Other Articles: Lucille Ball, Bobby Sherman

In 1971, R.C., “(I Know) Iʹm Losing You” by Rod Stewart With Faces peaked at #24 on the pop singles chart.

In 1971, R.C., “Brand New Key” by Melanie peaked at number one on the pop singles chart.

In 1971, R.C., “Respect Yourself” by Staple Singers peaked at #12 on the pop singles chart.

In 1971, R.C., “Truckin'” by Grateful Dead peaked at #64 on the pop singles chart.

In 1971, R.C., “Turn Your Radio On” by Ray Stevens peaked at #63 on the pop singles chart.

In 1972, On As the World Turns, Frannie Hughes was born, but the story of her birth was later rewritten to make it 1968 due to the Rapid Aging Syndrome soap opera adjustment.

In 1973, On As the World Turns, Jennifer Hughes (Gillian Spencer) gave birth to a baby girl, Frannie.

In 1973, On Days of our Lives, "Marty Hanson" aka Mickey Horton (John Clarke) and Maggie Simmons (Suzanne Rogers) shared their first Christmas together.

In 1973, “The Sting” starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, and Charles Durning, and featuring Marvin Hamlischʹs clever adaptation of Scott Joplinʹs music, premiered in many New York theaters.

In 1976, On the cover of TV Guide: “Merry Christmas”. Other articles: General Hospital, Dick Van Dyke

In 1976, R.C., “More Than A Feeling” by Boston peaked at number five on the pop singles chart.

In 1976, The Eaglesʹ sixth album “Hotel California,” their first with Joe Walsh, goes platinum. It features the title song, a number one hit single for the California country-rock band in May 1977.

In 1977, Sir Charlie Chaplin, the U.S. star of silent comedy films, died in Switzerland at age 88.

In 1977, Harlemʹs Apollo Theater re-opens.

In 1978, Public Image, Limited, the group formed by John Lydon (Johnny Rotten), played their first public concert at Londonʹs Rainbow Theatre. This is not a love group.

In 1978, Science fiction fans “donʹt panic” when the miniseries “The Hitchhikerʹs Guide To The Galaxy” makes its British debut. The series wonʹt cross the Atlantic for two years.

In 1979, On All My Children, Ruth Martin (Mary Fickett) gave birth to a baby boy, Joseph "Jake" Henry Martin, Jr.

In 1980, “Games People Play”, TV Sports; last aired on NBC.

In 1981, On General Hospital, Luke (Anthony Geary), Tiffany (Sharon Wyatt) and more performed for the children at the hospital.

In 1982, On the cover of TV Guide: “Merry Christmas”. Other Articles: Newhart, Soft Drink Wars

In 1982, Special guests on this week's syndicated US music television series The Glen Campbell Music Show included Emmylou Harris who performed "My Song Bird" and "Cheatin' Is" and then with Glen Campbell played "Gone at Last" and "Time in a Bottle".

In 1984, ABC aired the final episode of primetime soap opera Paper Dolls.

In 1984, The first manmade comet was visible in the sky on this Christmas Day. The sphere of chemicals from a West German satellite appeared to be yellowish-green, and in the constellation Virgo. Many thought it was Santa taking the quick way back to the North Pole.

In 1985, “George Burns Comedy Week”, TV Comedy Anthology; last aired on CBS.

In 1986, On EastEnders, Dirty Den gave Angie divorce papers for Christmas. The episode was watched by 30 million viewers.

In 1986, On One Life to Live, Kate and Cord found a treasure on Devilʹs Claw, and an explosion occurred.

In 1987, The movie “Broadcast News” opened in U.S.A. theaters

In 1989, Billy Martin dies in an automobile accident as a passenger on an icy road near his home in Binghamton, New York. An unconfirmed rumor, denied by George Steinbrenner, had the 61-year-old ready to become the Yankeesʹ manager for a sixth time, replacing Bucky Dent if the team faltered at the start of the 1990 season.

In 1989, The New Republic allegedly corrects TIME magazine regarding the phrase that Arsenio Hallʹs “Dog Pound” has been chanting. “Roof! Roof! Roof!”, not “Wooh! Wooh! Wooh!” A few weeks later, the Washington Post corrects them both — itʹs *actually* “Woof! Woof! Woof!”

In 1990, On Generations: Sam was kidnapped; the show spent its final month exploring the case.

In 1990, The World Wide Web, the system providing quick access to websites over the Internet, was born in Geneva, Switzerland, as computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau (KAHʹ-yoh) created the worldʹs first hyperlinked webpage.

In 1991, “Prince Of Tides” starring and directed by Barbra Streisand opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1993, On the cover of TV Guide: “Johnny Carson”. Other Articles: Daisy Fuentes, Blossom

In 1993, R.C., “Rubberband Girl” by Kate Bush peaked at #88 on the pop singles chart.

In 1993, The movie “Batman: Mask of the Phantasm” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1993, The movie “Heaven and Earth” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1994, The Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film, “Rudyard Kiplingʹs The Jungle Book” is released in theaters.

In 1994, “Comedy Tonight” closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after eight performances.

In 1995, The movie “Four Rooms” co-starring Madonna opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1995, The movie “Nixon” opened in some theaters in the USA, just in time for Academy Award consideration as December 25 is the ending date of the so-called Sisk-Ebert effect where studios release Oscar contenders near the deadline of the current year.

In 1996, Madonnaʹs movie “Evita” scheduled to open in some theaters in the USA, just in time for Academy Award consideration.

In 1996, On Another World, Ryan Harrison's (Paul Michael Valley) ghost continued to watch over Vicky Hudson (Jensen Buchanan). Laura Moss and Lindsay Lohan, then age 10, debuted in the roles of Amanda Cory and Alli Fowler.

In 1996, The movie “Michael” starring John Travolta opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1996, The movies “Shine” and “The Evening Star” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1996, “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” starring Courtney Love, is released.

In 1996, “Tickle Me Elmo” was the hottest Christmas gift of the year.

In 1997, Comedian Jerry Seinfeld announced plans to fold his highly successful NBC sitcom “Seinfeld” at the end of the current season. At the beginning of 1997, there was a show about nothing on NBC; a year later, Datebook author David Tanny finds nothing to watch on NBC.

In 1997, The Kevin Costner movie “The Postman” opened in U.S.A. theaters.

In 1997, The movie “An American Werewolf in Paris” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1997, The movie “As Good as It Gets” starring Jack Nicholson opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1997, The movie “Deconstructing Harry” starring dozens of stars opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1997, The movie “Jackie Brown” starring Pam Grier opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1997, The movie “Mr. Magoo” starring Leslie Nielsen opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1998, The movies “The Faculty”, “Mighty Joe Young”, “Shakespeare in Love”, “Patch Adams” starring Robin Williams, and “Stepmom” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1999, Jerry Seinfeld married fiancee Jessica Sklar in a quiet ceremony after sundown — in accordance with Jewish tradition, in New York.

In 1999, “Galaxy Quest” movie opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1999, “The Cider House Rules” movie opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1999, “The Talented Mr. Ripley” movie opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1999, “Tumbleweeds” movie opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2000, The movies “Finding Forrester”, “All the Pretty Horses”, and “Malena” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2001, Days of our Lives aired a special episode celebrating the magic of Christmas.

In 2001, The movies “Ali”, “Kate and Leopold,” “A Beautiful Mind”, and “The Shipping News” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2002, on Days of Our Lives, Jay Kenneth Johnson ended his first run as Philip.

In 2002, The movies “Catch Me If You Can”, “Talk To Her,” “Rabbit-Proof Fence”, “Pinocchio”, and “Antwone Fisher” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2003, on Days of Our Lives, Roman received an ominous message warning that he wouldn't live to see his wedding to Kate.

In 2003, The movies “Big Fish”, “Cheaper By The Dozen”, “Paycheck”, “Cold Mountain”, and “Peter Pan” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2004, The movies “The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou”, “The Aviator”, “Darkness”, and “Fat Albert” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2005, The movies “Rumor Has It”, “Casanova”, “The Producers”, and “Wolf Creek” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2006, On EastEnders, Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richards) dropped dead in Albert Square gardens, but how or why she died was not immediately clear and would lead to a "Who Killed Pauline Fowler?" story. Richards had been an original cast member since the show's debut in 1985. Per the Daily Mail, this Christmas Day episode was the second most watched program of the day on British television with an estimated 10.7 million viewers.

In 2006, The movies “Dreamgirls” and “Black Xmas” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2007, The movies “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”, “The Great Debaters”, and “The Water Horse Legend of the Deep” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2008, The movies “Bedtime Stories”, “The Spirit”, “Valkyrie”, “Marley and Me”, and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2009, The movies “Itʹs Complicated”, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”, “Sherlock Holmes”, and “Nine” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2010, The movie “Gulliverʹs Travels” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2011, The movies “The Darkest Hour” and “Exteremely Loud and Incredibly Close” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2012, The movies “Django Unchained”, “Les Miserables”, and “Parental Guidance” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2013, The movies “August: Osage County” and “The Invisible Woman” opened in movie theaters in New York City and Los Angeles

In 2013, The movies “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, “Justin Bieberʹs Believe”, “The Wolf of Wall Street”, “47 Ronin” and “Grudge Match” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2014, The black comedy “The Interview” opened in 331 locations in the U.S., culminating in the truly unprecedented move by a major studio to release a film in theaters and on digital platforms simultaneously.

In 2014, The movies “Unbroken”, “Into The Woods”, and “Tha Gambler” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2015, The movies “The Hateful Eight” (limited release), “Joy”, “Point Break”, “Daddyʹs Home” and “Concussion” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2016, The movies “Live by Night”, “Hidden Figures”, “Fences”, “Gold” and “Toni Erdmann” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2017, The movies “All the Money in the World”, “Mollyʹs Game” and “Phantom Thread” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2018, The movies “Holmes and Watson,” “Vice,” “Destroyer,” and “On The Basis of Sex” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2019, The annual reenactment of George Washingtonʹs crossing of the Delaware River in 1776 was completed for the first time in three years, after being scrapped twice in a row because of bad weather.

In 2019, The movies “1917,” “Little Women,” “Spies in Disguise,” “Just Mercy,” “Ip Man 4: The Finale” and “The Song of Names” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2020, New Orleans running back Alvin Kamara equals Ernie Nevers 1929 NFL record of six touchdowns in a match in the Saintsʹ 52-33 win over the Minnesota Vikings at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome

In 2020, Pope Francis made a Christmas Day plea for authorities to make COVID-19 vaccines available to all, insisting that the first in line should be the most vulnerable and needy.

In 2020, The movies “Wonder Woman 1984,” “One Night in Miami,” “Promising Young Woman,” “News of the World” and “Pinocchio” opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 2021, NASA and the European Space Agency launched the largest, most powerful telescope ever, the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope. It returned its first full-color images some six months later after testing several calibrations.

In 2021, Pope Francis used his Christmas Day address to pray for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Movie Releases On This Date

In 1963, Walt Disney's production of "The Sword in the Stone" premiered. It is the second adaptation of T. H. White's The Once and Future King after the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical Camelot, the first cinematic adaptation of the novel, and the 13th film adaptation of the legend of King Arthur.

In 1964, "The Pleasure Seekers" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1964, "Sex and the Single Girl" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1968, "The Sergeant" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1968, "The Stalking Moon" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1969, "The Reivers" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1973, "The Sting" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1973, "Magnum Force" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1974, "Abby" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1975, "Aaron Loves Angela" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1975, "The Black Bird" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1975, "Friday Foster" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1975, "The Hindenburg" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1975, "Hustle" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1975, "Lucky Lady" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1976, "The Eagle Has Landed" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.

In 1977, "The Duellists" was released by Paramount Pictures / Enigma Productions / National Film Finance Consortium; Ridley Scott (director); Gerald Vaughan-Hughes (screenplay); Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney, Tom Conti, Edward Fox, Cristina Raines, Robert Stephens, John McEnery, Arthur Dignam, Diana Quick, Alun Armstrong, Maurice Colbourne, Gay Hamilton, Meg Wynn Owen, Jenny Runacre, Alan Webb, Matthew Guinness, Dave Hill, William Hobbs, W. Morgan Sheppard, Liz Smith, Hugh Fraser, Michael Irving, Tony Matthews, Pete Postlethwaite, Stacy Keach; Historical, Drama; Live Action

In 1977, "High Anxiety" was released by 20th Century Fox; Mel Brooks (director/screenplay); Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson (screenplay); Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Ron Carey, Howard Morris, Dick Van Patten, Jack Riley, Charlie Callas, Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson, Lee Delano, Richard Stahl, Darrell Zwerling, Murphy Dunne, Albert J. Whitlock, Eddie Ryder, Sandy Helberg, Billy Sands, Ira Miller, Beatrice Colen, Hunter von Leer, Frank Campanella, Arnold Soboloff, Bernie Kuby; Comedy; Live Action

In 1977, "Opening Night" was released by Universal Pictures / Faces Distribution; John Cassavetes (director/screenplay); Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, John Cassavetes, John Tuell, Laura Johnson, Lady Rowlands, John Finnegan, Fred Draper, Katherine Cassavetes, Louise Lewis, Carol Warren, Ray Powers; Drama; Live Action

In 1979, "Going in Style" was released by Warner Bros.; Martin Brest (director/screenplay); George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg, Charles Hallahan, Pamela Payton-Wright, Siobhan Keegan, Brian Neville; Comedy, Crime, Drama, Caper; Live Action

In 1980, "Altered States" was released by Warner Bros.; Ken Russell (director); Sidney Aaron (screenplay); William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Thaao Penghlis, Drew Barrymore, Megan Jeffers, Dori Brenner, Peter Brandon, George Gaynes, Jack Murdock, John Larroquette; Sci-Fi, Horror; Live action

In 1980, "First Family" was released by Warner Bros. / F.F. Associates; Buck Henry (director/screenplay); Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Gilda Radner, Richard Benjamin, Bob Dishy, Harvey Korman, Fred Willard, Rip Torn, Austin Pendleton, John Hancock, Julius Harris; Comedy; Live action

In 1981, "Modern Problems" was released by 20th Century Fox; Ken Shapiro (director/screenplay); Tom Sherohman, Arthur Sellers (screenplay); Chevy Chase, Patti D'Arbanville, Mary Kay Place, Brian Doyle-Murray, Nell Carter, Dabney Coleman, Mitch Kreindel; Fantasy, Comedy; Live Action

In 1985, "Murphy's Romance" was released by Columbia Pictures; Martin Ritt (director); Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch (screenplay); Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim, Dennis Burkley, Carole King, Georgann Johnson, Anna Levine, Charles Lane, Bruce French, John C. Becher, Dortha Duckworth, Michael Prokopuk, Billy Ray Sharkey, Michael Crabtree, Henry Slate; Romance, Comedy; Live Action

In 1985, "Revolution" was released by Warner Bros.; Hugh Hudson (director); Robert Dillon (screenplay); Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Dexter Fletcher, Sid Owen, Joan Plowright, Dave King, Steven Berkoff, John Wells, Annie Lennox, Richard O'Brien, Paul Brooke, Frank Windsor, Jesse Birdsall, Graham Greene, Robbie Coltrane; Historical, Drama; Live Action

In 1985, "The Trip to Bountiful" was released by Island Pictures; Peter Masterson (director); Horton Foote (screenplay); Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford, Rebecca De Mornay, Kevin Cooney, Dave Tanner, Gil Glasgow, Mary Kay Mars, Norman Bennett, Harvey Lewis, Kirk Sisco, Wezz Tildon, Peggy Ann Byers, David Romo, Tony Torn, John Torn, Alexandra Masterson, Don Wyse; Drama; Live Action

In 1986, "Brighton Beach Memoirs" was released by Universal Pictures / Rastar; Gene Saks (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Judith Ivey, Jonathan Silverman, Stacey Glick, Lisa Waltz, Brian Drillinger; Comedy; Live Action

In 1986, "The Morning After" was released by 20th Century Fox / Lorimar Film Entertainment; Sidney Lumet (director); James Hicks, David Rayfiel (screenplay); Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Raul Julia, Diane Salinger, Richard Foronjy, Bruce Vilanch, Geoffrey Scott, Kathleen Wilhoite, Corey Everson, Kathy Bates, Frances Bergen, James Haake, Don Hood; Mystery; Live Action

In 1987, "Broadcast News" was released by 20th Century Fox / Gracie Films; James L. Brooks (director/screenplay); William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack, Peter Hackes, Christian Clemenson, Jack Nicholson, Leo Burmester, Marita Geraghty, Glen Roven, Marc Shaiman, Martha Smith, John Cusack, Gennie James; Comedy, Romance, Drama; Live Action

In 1987, "Empire of the Sun" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures / Amblin Entertainment; Steven Spielberg (director); Tom Stoppard (screenplay); Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano, Leslie Phillips, Masatō Ibu, Emily Richard, Rupert Frazer, Ben Stiller, Robert Stephens, Guts Ishimatsu, Burt Kwouk, Paul McGann, Marc de Jonge, J. G. Ballard, Peter Gale, Takatarô Kataoka; Epic, War; Live Action

In 1987, "Good Morning, Vietnam" was released by Touchstone Pictures; Barry Levinson (director); Mitch Markowitz (screenplay); Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Chintara Sukapatana, Bruno Kirby, Robert Wuhl, J. T. Walsh, Noble Willingham, Richard Edson, Richard Portnow, Floyd Vivino, Tung Thanh Tran, Juney Smith, Cu Ba Nguyen; Comedy, Drama; Live Action

In 1987, "Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night" was released by New World Pictures / Filmation; Hal Sutherland (director); Robby London, Barry O'Brien, Dennis O'Flaherty (screenplay); Scott Grimes, Tom Bosley, Ed Asner, Frank Welker, Jonathan Harris, James Earl Jones, William Windom, Don Knotts, Rickie Lee Jones, Linda Gary, Lana Beeson; Animation, Fantasy, Adventure; Animation

In 1990, "Alice" was released by Orion Pictures; Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Mia Farrow, Joe Mantegna, William Hurt, Blythe Danner, June Squibb, Holland Taylor, Peggy Miley, Robin Bartlett, Keye Luke, Judy Davis, Alec Baldwin, Bernadette Peters, Cybill Shepherd, Gwen Verdon, Patrick O'Neal, Diane Salinger, Bob Balaban, Caroline Aaron, James Toback, Elle Macpherson, Lisa Marie, Rachel Miner; Romance, Fantasy; Live Action

In 1990, "The Godfather Part III" was released by Paramount Pictures; Francis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); Mario Puzo (screenplay); Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy García, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda, Sofia Coppola, Richard Bright, Raf Vallone, Franc D'Ambrosio, Donal Donnelly, Helmut Berger, Don Novello, John Savage, Mario Donatone, Vittorio Duse, Enzo Robutti, Al Martino, Franco Citti, Brett Halsey, Robert Cicchini, Michele Russo, Carlos Miranda, Rogerio Miranda, Vito Antuofermo, Mickey Knox, Jeannie Linero, Carmine Caridi, Don Costello, Al Ruscio, Rick Aviles, Michael Bowen, John Abineri, Marino Masé, Dado Ruspoli, Valeria Sabel, Remo Remotti, Anthony Guidera, Jessica DiCicco, Catherine Scorsese, Willie Brown, David Hume Kennerly, Simonetta Stefanelli, Frank Albanese, Sal Borgese, John Cazale, Anton Coppola, Carmine Coppola, Gia Coppola, Ron Jeremy; Crime, Drama; Live Action

In 1990, "Green Card" was released by Touchstone Pictures; Peter Weir (director/screenplay); Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman, Robert Prosky, Lois Smith, Ann Dowd, Larry Wright, Ethan Phillips, Mary Louise Wilson, Ronald Guttman, Stephen Pearlman, Ann Wedgeworth, Stefan Schnabel, Simon Jones, Malachy McCourt, John Spencer, Novella Nelson, Rick Aviles, Edward S. Feldman; Romance, Comedy; Live Action

In 1991, "Grand Canyon" was released by 20th Century Fox; Lawrence Kasdan (director/screenplay); Meg Kasdan (screenplay); Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell, Mary-Louise Parker, Alfre Woodard, Jeremy Sisto, Tina Lifford, Randle Mell; Drama; Live Action

In 1991, "The Prince of Tides" was released by Columbia Pictures; Barbra Streisand (director); Pat Conroy, Becky Johnston (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Jason Gould, Melinda Dillon, Kate Nelligan, Jeroen Krabbé, George Carlin, Brad Sullivan; Romance, Drama; Live Action

In 1991, "Until the End of the World" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures; Wim Wenders (director/screenplay); Peter Carey (screenplay); William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Sam Neill, Max von Sydow, Rüdiger Vogler, Ernie Dingo, Jeanne Moreau, Eddy Mitchell, Adelle Lutz, David Gulpilil, Jimmy Little, Chick Ortega, Elena Smirnova, Chishū Ryū, Allen Garfield, Lois Chiles, Kuniko Miyake; Sci-Fi, Drama; Live Action

In 1992, "Chaplin" was released by TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures; Richard Attenborough (director); William Boyd, Bryan Forbes, William Goldman (screenplay); Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin Dunn, Anthony Hopkins, Milla Jovovich, Moira Kelly, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane, Penelope Ann Miller, Paul Rhys, John Thaw, Marisa Tomei, Nancy Travis, James Woods, David Duchovny, Maria Pitillo, Matthew Cottle, Deborah Moore, Francesca Buller, Bill Paterson, Alan Ford, Andrée Bernard, David Gant, Malcolm Terris, Phil Brown, Charles Howerton, Benjamin Whitrow, Robert Stephens, Sean O'Bryan, Bradley Pierce, Norbert Weisser, Vicki Frederick, Gene Wolande, John Standing, Michael A. Goorjian, Michael Cade, Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Adolf Hitler, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Joseph McCarthy, Robert Peters, Joshua Seth; Biography, Comedy, Drama; Live Action

In 1992, "Hoffa" was released by 20th Century Fox"; Danny DeVito (director); David Mamet (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, J.T. Walsh, John C. Reilly, Kevin Anderson, Bruno Kirby, John P. Ryan, Frank Whaley, Natalia Nogulich, Nicholas Pryor, Robert Prosky, Paul Guilfoyle, Karen Young, Cliff Gorman, Don Brockett, Willy Rizzo, Louis Giambalvo, Gerry Becker, Shirley Prestia, Fred Scialla, Richard Schiff, Steve Witting, Philip Perlman, Peter Spellos, Tim Burton, Jon Favreau; Drama; Live Action

In 1992, "Trespass" was released by Universal Pictures; Walter Hill (director); Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis (screenplay); Bill Paxton, Ice-T, William Sadler, Ice Cube, Art Evans, De'voreaux White, Bruce A. Young, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr., Stoney Jackson; Action, Crime, Thriller; Live Action

In 1993, "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures / Warner Bros. Animation; Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm (director); Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, Martin Pasko, Michael Reaves (screenplay); Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach, Abe Vigoda, Mark Hamill, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Robert Costanzo, Dick Miller, John P. Ryan, Bob Hastings, Jane Downs, Pat Musick, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Ed Gilbert, Peter Renaday, Jeff Bennett, Charles Howerton, Thom Pinto, Marilu Henner, Neil Ross, Judi M. Durand, Arleen Sorkin; Action, Mystery; Animation

In 1993, "Grumpy Old Men" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures; Donald Petrie (director); Mark Steven Johnson (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Ossie Davis, Buck Henry, Christopher McDonald, Steve Cochran, Joe Howard; Comedy; Live action

In 1993, "Heaven & Earth" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures; Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Tommy Lee Jones, Joan Chen, Haing S. Ngor, Hiep Thi Le, Thuan K. Nguyen, Dustin Nguyen, Vinh Dang, Mai Le Ho, Dale Dye, Debbie Reynolds, Conchata Ferrell, Michael Paul Chan, Robert John Burke, Tim Guinee, Timothy Carhart, Annie McEnroe, Marianne Muellerleile, Marshall Bell, Jeffrey Jones, Donal Logue; Biography, War, Drama; Live action

In 1993, "Shadowlands" was released by Savoy Pictures; Richard Attenborough (director); William Nicholson (screenplay); Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Edward Hardwicke, Joseph Mazzello, James Frain, Julian Fellowes, Michael Denison, John Wood, Peter Firth; Biography, Drama; Live action

In 1993, "Tombstone" was released by Hollywood Pictures / Cinergi Pictures; George P. Cosmatos (director); Kevin Jarre (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Dana Delany, Michael Biehn, Charlton Heston, Jason Priestley, Jon Tenney, Stephen Lang, Thomas Haden Church, Paula Malcomson, Lisa Collins, John Philbin, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Joanna Pacula, Michael Rooker, Harry Carey, Jr., Billy Bob Thornton, Tomas Arana, Paul Ben-Victor, Robert John Burke, Billy Zane, John Corbett, Terry O'Quinn, Robert Mitchum; Action, Western, Drama; Live action

In 1994, "I.Q." was released by Paramount Pictures; Fred Schepisi (director); Andy Breckman (screenplay); Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau, Stephen Fry, Tony Shalhoub, Lou Jacobi, Joseph Maher, Gene Saks, Daniel von Bargen, Frank Whaley, Charles Durning, Keene Curtis, Alice Playten, Greg Germann; Romance, Comedy; Live Action

In 1994, "The Jungle Book" was released by Walt Disney Pictures; Stephen Sommers (director/screenplay); Ronald Yanover, Mark Geldman (screenplay); Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, John Cleese, Jason Flemyng, Ron Donachie, Stefan Kalipha, Anirudh Agarwal, Faran Tahir; Adventure; Live Action

In 1995, "Four Rooms" was released by Miramax Films; Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino (directors/screenplay); Tim Roth, Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Beals, Paul Calderon, Sammi Davis, Valeria Golino, Madonna, David Proval, Ione Skye, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Tamlyn Tomita, Bruce Willis, Alicia Witt, Amanda de Cadenet, Lawrence Bender, Lana McKissack, Danny Verduzco, Patricia Vonne, Salma Hayek, Kathy Griffin, Quentin Tarantino; Comedy; Live Action

In 1995, "Richard III" was released by United Artists; Richard Loncraine (director/screenplay); Ian McKellen (screenplay); Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Adrian Dunbar, Dominic West, John Wood, Nigel Hawthorne, Edward Hardwicke, Tim McInnerny, Jim Carter, Tres Hanley, Roger Hammond, Donald Sumpter, Bill Paterson, Kate Steavenson-Payne, Christopher Bowen, Matthew Groom, Marco Williamson, Edward Jewesbury, Michael Elphick, Stacey Kent; Drama; Live Action

In 1996, "The Evening Star" was released by Paramount Pictures / Rysher Entertainment; Robert Harling (director/screenplay); Larry McMurtry (screenplay); Shirley MacLaine, Bill Paxton, Juliette Lewis, Miranda Richardson, Ben Johnson, Scott Wolf, George Newbern, Marion Ross, Mackenzie Astin, Donald Moffat, Jack Nicholson, China Kantner, Jennifer Grant, Jake Langerud; Drama; Live Action

In 1996, "Evita" was released by Hollywood Pictures / Cinergi Pictures; Alan Parker (director/screenplay); Oliver Stone (screenplay); Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail, Victoria Sus, Julian Littman, Olga Merediz, Laura Pallas, Julia Worsley, Peter Polycarpou, Gary Brooker, Andrea Corr, Alan Parker, Peter Hughes; Musical, Drama; Live Action

In 1996, "Hamlet" was released by Columbia Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment; Kenneth Branagh (director/screenplay); Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Billy Crystal, Gerard Depardieu, Charlton Heston, Derek Jacobi, Jack Lemmon, Rufus Sewell, Robin Williams, Kate Winslet, Timothy Spall, Rosemary Harris, Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud, Judi Dench, Reece Dinsdale, Richard Briers, Nicholas Farrell, Michael Maloney, Ian McElhinney, Ray Fearon, Brian Blessed, Simon Russell Beale, Don Warrington, Ravil Isyanov, John Mills, Ken Dodd, John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough; Drama; Live Action

In 1996, "I'm Not Rappaport" was released by Universal Pictures / Gramercy Pictures; Herb Gardner (director/screenplay); Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Craig T. Nelson, Martha Plimpton, Boyd Gaines, Guillermo Díaz, Elina Löwensohn, Ron Rifkin, Marin Hinkle, Nancy Giles, Ranjit Chowdhry, Irwin Corey, Mina Bern, Steve Ryan, William Preston, Becky Ann Baker, Arthur Anderson, Michael Angarano, Adam Lamberg, Josh Pais, Vincent Laresca, Elvis Nolasco, Bobby Cannavale, Peter Friedman, Heather Goldenhersh, Edoardo Ballerini; Comedy; Live Action

In 1996, "Michael" was released by New Line Cinema; Nora Ephron (director/screenplay); Delia Ephron, Peter Dexter (screenplay); John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli, Jean Stapleton, Teri Garr, Wallace Langham, Joey Lauren Adams, Richard Schiff, Carla Gugino, Tom Hodges, Sparky; Fantasy; Live Action

In 1996, "Mother" was released by Paramount Pictures; Albert Brooks (director/screenplay); Monica Johnson (screenplay); Albert Brooks, Debbie Reynolds, Rob Morrow, Isabel Glasser, Paul Collins, John C. McGinley, Vanessa A. Williams, Lisa Kudrow, Anne Haney, Peter White, Matt Nolan, Kimiko Gelman, Rosalind Allen, Spencer Klein, Harry Hutchinson, Laura Weeks, Danielle Quinn, Billye Ree Wallace, James Gleason, Ernie Brown, Richard Assad, Joey Naber; Comedy, Drama; Live Action

In 1996, "The People vs. Larry Flynt" was released by Columbia Pictures / Phoenix Pictures; Miloš Forman (director); Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski (screenplay); Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, Richard Paul, James Cromwell, Donna Hanover, Crispin Glover, Vincent Schiavelli, Brett Harrelson, Miles Chapin, James Carville, Burt Neuborne, Jan Triska, Norm Macdonald, Larry Flynt; Biography, Drama; Live Action

In 1996, "Some Mother's Son" was released by Columbia Pictures; Terry George (director/screenplay); Jim Sheridan (screenplay); Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O'Hara, John Lynch, Tom Hollander, Tim Woodward, Ciaran Hinds, Geraldine O'Rawe, Gerard McSorley, Dan Gordon, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Robert Lang, Grainne Delany, Stephen Hogan; Drama; Live Action

In 1997, "An American Werewolf in Paris" was released by Hollywood Pictures; Anthony Waller (director/screenplay); Tim Burns, Tom Stern (screenplay); Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf, Phil Buckman, Julie Bowen, Thierry Lhermitte, Pierre Cosso, Tom Novembre, Anthony Waller, Isabelle Constantini; Horror; Live Action

In 1997, "The Education of Little Tree" was released by Paramount Pictures; Richard Friedenberg (director/screenplay); Earl Hamner Jr., Don Sipes (screenplay); James Cromwell, Tantoo Cardinal, Joseph Ashton, Graham Greene, Mika Boorem, Christopher Heyerdahl, Chris Fennell, Leni Parker, Rebecca Dewey, Bill Rowat, Robert Daviau, Norris Domingue; Drama; Live Action

In 1997, "Jackie Brown" was released by Miramax Films / A Band Apart; Quentin Tarantino (director/screenplay); Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, Michael Bowen, Chris Tucker, LisaGay Hamilton, Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., Hattie Winston, Sid Haig, Aimee Graham, Diana Uribe, Gillian Iliana Waters, Quentin Tarantino, Ellis E. Williams, Tangie Ambrose, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, Denise Crosby, Tony Curtis; Crime, Thriller, Comedy; Live Action

In 1997, "Kundun" was released by Touchstone Pictures; Martin Scorsese (director); Melissa Mathison (screenplay); Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang, Tencho Gyalpo, Tsewang Migyur Khangsar, Tenzin Lodoe, Tsering Lhamo, Geshi Yeshi Gyatso, Lobsang Gyatso, Sonam Phuntsok, Gyatso Lukhang, Lobsang Samten, Tsewang Jigme Tsarong, Tenzin Trinley, Robert Lin, Jurme Wangda; Epic, Biography; Live Action

In 1997, "Mr. Magoo" was released by Walt Disney Pictures; Stanley Tong (director); Pat Proft, Tom Sherohman (screenplay); Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Malcolm McDowell, Miguel Ferrer, Matt Keeslar, Nick Chinlund, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ernie Hudson, Jennifer Garner, Frank Welker, Terence Kelly, Jerry Wasserman, Bill Dow, Frank C. Turner, Greg Burson; Comedy; Live Action

In 1997, "The Postman" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures / Tig Productions; Kevin Costner (director); Eric Roth, Brian Helgeland (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams, James Russo, Tom Petty, Daniel von Bargen, Scott Bairstow, Giovanni Ribisi, Roberta Maxwell, Joe Santos, Ron McLarty, Brian Anthony Wilson, Peggy Lipton, Rex Linn, Shawn Hatosy, Ryan Hurst, Charles Esten, Ty O'Neal, Tom Bower; Drama, Adventure; Live Action

In 1997, "Wag the Dog (limited release)" was released by New Line Cinema; Barry Levinson (director); Hilary Henkin, David Mamet (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, William H. Macy, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin, Kirsten Dunst, Craig T. Nelson, John Michael Higgins, Suzie Plakson, Woody Harrelson, Suzanne Cryer, David Koechner, Jay Leno, James Belushi, Michael Belson; Comedy; Live Action

In 1998, "A Civil Action" was released by Touchstone Pictures / Paramount Pictures; Steve Zaillian (director/screenplay); John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, James Gandolfini, John Lithgow, Kathleen Quinlan, Željko Ivanek, Stephen Fry, Dan Hedaya, Sydney Pollack, Kathy Bates, Mary Mara, Bruce Norris, Peter Jacobson, Howie Carr, Daniel von Bargen, Robert Cicchini, Denise Dowse; Drama; Live Action

In 1998, "Down in the Delta" was released by Miramax Films; Maya Angelou (director); Myron Goble (screenplay); Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr., Esther Rolle, Mary Alice, Loretta Devine, Wesley Snipes, Anne-Marie Johnson, Mpho Koaho, Richard Yearwood; Drama; Live Action

In 1998, "The Faculty" was released by Dimension Films / Los Hooligans Productions; Robert Rodriguez (director); Kevin Williamson (screenplay); Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Shawn Hatosy, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Robert Patrick, Bebe Neuwirth, Piper Laurie, Famke Janssen, Usher Raymond, Salma Hayek, Jon Stewart, Daniel von Bargen, Susan Willis, Christopher McDonald, Libby Villari, Danny Masterson, Wiley Wiggins, Jon Abrahams, Summer Phoenix, Harry Knowles, Louis Black, Duane Martin, Katherine Willis, Eric Jungmann; Sci-Fi, Horror; Live Action

In 1998, "Hurlyburly" was released by Fine Line Features; Anthony Drazan (director); David Rabe (screenplay); Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright Penn, Chazz Palminteri, Garry Shandling, Anna Paquin, Meg Ryan; Drama; Live Action

In 1998, "Mighty Joe Young" was released by Walt Disney Pictures / RKO Pictures; Ron Underwood (director); Merian C. Cooper, Ruth Rose, Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner (screenplay); Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, Rade Šerbedžija, Peter Firth, Regina King, David Paymer, Naveen Andrews, Robert Ray Wisdom, Christian Clemenson, Scarlett Pomers, Geoffrey Blake, Lawrence Pressman, Linda Purl, Mika Boorem, Cory Buck, Reno Wilson, Judson Mills, Verne Troyer; Adventure, Family; Live Action

In 1998, "Patch Adams" was released by Universal Pictures / Blue Wolf Productions; Tom Shadyac (director); Steve Oedekerk (screenplay); Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Daniel London, Peter Coyote, Frances Lee McCain, Irma P. Hall, Josef Sommer, Harold Gould, Harve Presnell, Michael Jeter, Barry Shabaka Henley, Harry Groener, Richard Kiley, Ryan Hurst, Ellen Albertini Dow, Alan Tudyk, Dot Jones, Douglas Roberts, Norman Alden, James Greene, Greg Sestero, Ralph Peduto; Biography, Comedy, Drama; Live Action

In 1998, "Stepmom" was released by Columbia Pictures / 1492 Pictures; Chris Columbus (director); Gigi Levangie Grazer, Jessie Nelson, Steven Rogers, Ronald Bass, Karen Leigh Hopkins (screenplay); Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Liam Aiken, Lynn Whitfield, Darrell Larson, Mary Louise Wilson; Comedy, Drama; Live Action

In 1998, "The Thin Red Line" was released by 20th Century Fox / Fox 2000 Pictures / Phoenix Pictures; Terrence Malick (director/screenplay); Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte, Elias Koteas, Ben Chaplin, Adrien Brody, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Jared Leto, John C. Reilly, John Travolta; Epic, War, Live Action

In 1999, "Angela's Ashes" was released by Paramount Pictures / Universal Pictures; Alan Parker (director/screenplay); Laura Jones (screenplay); Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Michael Legge, Kerry Condon, Ronnie Masterson, Pauline McLynn, Devon Murray, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, Liam Carney, Eanna MacLiam, Andrew Bennett, Shane Murray Corcoran, Peter Halpin; Drama; Live Action

In 1999, "The Big Tease" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures; Kevin Allen (director); Sacha Gervasi, Craig Ferguson (screenplay); Craig Ferguson, Frances Fisher, Mary McCormack, David Rasche, Sara Gilbert, Chris Langham, Donal Logue, Isabella Aitken, Kevin Allen, Angela McCluskey, Francine York, Nina Siemaszko, Charles Napier, Melissa Rivers, David Hasselhoff, Drew Carey, Cathy Lee Crosby; Comedy; Live Action

In 1999, "Galaxy Quest" was released by DreamWorks; Dean Parisot (director); Robert Gordon, David Howard (screenplay); Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, Enrico Colantoni, Robin Sachs, Patrick Breen, Missi Pyle, Jed Rees, Justin Long, Jeremy Howard, Corbin Bleu, Wayne Pere, Samuel Lloyd, Bill Chott, Gregg Binkley, J. P. Manoux, Matt Winston, Brandon Keener, Dian Bachar, Rainn Wilson, Heidi Swedberg, Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Jerry Penacoli, Joel McKinnon Miller, Kevin Hamilton McDonald, David Dorfman; Comedy, Sci-Fi; Live Action

In 1999, "Magnolia" was released by New Line Cinema; Paul Thomas Anderson (director/screenplay); Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Jason Robards, Melora Walters, April Grace, Luis Guzmán, Thomas Jane, Emmanuel Johnson, Michael Murphy, Michael Bowen, Henry Gibson, Felicity Huffman, Eileen Ryan, Danny Wells, Pat Healy, Mark Flanagan, Neil Flynn, Allan Graf, Patton Oswalt, Brad Hunt, Jim Meskimen, Cleo King, Don McManus, Michael Shamus Wiles, John S. Davies, Miguel Perez, Meagen Fay, Patrick Warren, Orlando Jones, Clark Gregg, Matt Gerald, Paul F. Tompkins, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jim Beaver, Ezra Buzzington, Robert Downey Sr., William Mapother, Lillian Adams, Paul Thomas Anderson, Aimee Mann, Miriam Margoyles; Drama; Live Action

In 1999, "The Talented Mr. Ripley" was released by Paramount Pictures / Miramax Films; Anthony Minghella (director/screenplay); Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport, James Rebhorn, Philip Baker Hall, Sergio Rubini, Celia Weston, Rosario Fiorello, Stefania Rocca, Ivano Marescotti, Anna Longhi, Alessandro Fabrizi; Thriller, Drama; Live Action

In 1999, "Titus" was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures; Julie Taymor (director/screenplay); Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming, Colm Feore, James Frain, Laura Fraser, Harry Lennix, Angus Macfadyen, Matthew Rhys, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kenny Doughty, Colin Wells, Blake Ritson, Raz Degan, Geraldine McEwan; Drama; Live Action

In 2000, "All the Pretty Horses" was released by Miramax Films / Columbia Pictures; Billy Bob Thornton (director); Ted Tally (screenplay); Matt Damon, Penélope Cruz, Henry Thomas, Lucas Black, Bruce Dern, Rubén Blades, Robert Patrick, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Míriam Colón, Sam Shepard, Raul Malo, Jo Harvey Allen, Julio C. Cedillo, Angelina C. Torres, Lonnie Rodriguez, J.D. Garfield, Marc Miles, J.D. Young; Romance, Western; Live Action

In 2000, "An Everlasting Piece" was released by DreamWorks / Columbia Pictures / Baltimore/Spring Creek Pictures; Barry Levinson (director); Barry McEvoy (screenplay); Barry McEvoy, Brían F. O'Byrne, Anna Friel, Billy Connolly, Pauline McLynn, Laurence Kinlan, Enda Oates; Comedy; Live Action

In 2000, "Vatel" was released by Miramax Films; Roland Joffé (director); Jeanne Labrune, Tom Stoppard (screenplay); Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Timothy Spall, Julian Glover, Julian Sands, Murray Lachlan Young, Hywel Bennett, Richard Griffiths, Arielle Dombasle, Marine Delterme, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Jérôme Pradon, Féodor Atkine, Nathalie Cerda, Emilie Ohana, Sebastien Davis, Louis Bustin, Vincent Grass; Historical, Drama; Live Action

In 2001, "Ali" was released by Columbia Pictures / Peters Entertainment; Michael Mann (director/screenplay); Eric Roth, Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson (screenplay); Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Mykelti Williamson, James Toney, Jada Pinkett Smith, Nona Gaye, Michael Michele, Joe Morton, Paul Rodriguez, Bruce McGill, Barry Shabaka Henley, Giancarlo Esposito, Laurence Mason, LeVar Burton, Albert Hall, David Cubitt, Michael Bentt, Charles Shufford, Leon Robinson, Ted Levine, Shari Watson, Victoria Dillard, Brad Greenquist; Biography; Live Action

In 2001, "Kate & Leopold" was released by Miramax Films; James Mangold (director/screenplay); Steven Rogers (screenplay); Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, Natasha Lyonne, Bradley Whitford, Paxton Whitehead, Spalding Gray, Josh Stamberg, Matthew Sussman, Charlotte Ayanna, Philip Bosco, Cole Hawkins, Kristen Schaal, Viola Davis; Romance, Comedy; Live Action

In 2002, "Catch Me If You Can" was released by DreamWorks / Amblin Entertainment; Steven Spielberg (director); Jeff Nathanson (screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams, James Brolin, Nancy Lenehan, Candice Azzara, Malachi Throne, Alfred Dennis, Amy Acker, Guy Thauvette, Thomas Kopache, James Morrison, Robert Symonds, Brian Howe, Frank John Hughes, Chris Ellis, John Finn, Jennifer Garner, Ellen Pompeo, Elizabeth Banks, Kaitlin Doubleday, Steve Eastin, Margaret Travolta, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Alex Hyde-White, Lilyan Chauvin, Robert Curtis Brown, Steve Witting, Sarah Lancaster, Kyle Davis, Patrick Thomas O'Brien, Jaime Ray Newman, Stephen Dunham, Brandon Keener, Kam Heskin, Gerald Molen, Jessica Collins, Joe Garagiola, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Nick Zano, Frank Abagnale; Crime, Drama; Live Action

In 2002, "Pinocchio" was released by Miramax Films; Roberto Benigni (director/screenplay); Vincenzo Cerami (screenplay); Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Carlo Giuffré, Fichi d'India, Kim Rossi Stuart, Giorgio Ariani; Comedy, Live Action

In 2002, "The Hours" was released by Paramount Pictures / Miramax Films; Stephen Daldry (director); David Hare (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Dillane, Allison Janney, John C. Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Lyndsey Marshal, Linda Bassett, Jack Rovello, Margo Martindale, Eileen Atkins; Drama; Live Action

In 2002, "The Lion King (re-release)" was released by Walt Disney Pictures; Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff (directors); Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton (screenplay); Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Rowan Atkinson, Robert Guillaume, Madge Sinclair, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings; Adventure, Drama, Musical; Animation

In 2002, "The Pianist" was released by Focus Features; Roman Polanski (director); Ronald Harwood (screenplay); Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer, Ronan Vibert, Ruth Platt, Andrew Tiernan, Michał Żebrowski, Roy Smiles, Richard Ridings, Daniel Caltagirone, Valentine Pelka, Zbigniew Zamachowski; Drama; Live Action

In 2002, "Talk to Her" was released by Sony Pictures Classics; Pedro Almodóvar (director/screenplay); Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin, Rosario Flores, Mariola Fuentes, Pina Bausch, Caetano Veloso, Elena Anaya, Lola Dueñas, Adolfo Fernández, Ana Fernández, Chus Lampreave, Paz Vega; Drama; Live Action

In 2003, "Big Fish" was released by Columbia Pictures; Tim Burton (director); John August (screenplay); Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito, Missi Pyle, Matthew McGrory, David Denman, Loudon Wainwright III, Deep Roy, Miley Cyrus, Billy Redden, Russell Hodgkinson, Daniel Wallace, Ada Tai, Arlene Tai, Perry Walston, Hailey Anne Nelson, Grayson Stone, R. Keith Harris, Karla Droege, Zachary Gardner, John Lowell, Darrell Vanterpool, Joseph Humphrey, George McArthur, Bevin Kaye; Fantasy, Drama; ; Live Action

In 2003, "Cheaper by the Dozen" was released by 20th Century Fox; Shawn Levy (director); Sam Harper, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow (screenplay); Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Alyson Stoner, Kevin G. Schmidt, Jacob Smith, Forrest Landis, Liliana Mumy, Morgan York, Blake Woodruff, Brent Kinsman, Shane Kinsman, Paula Marshall, Alan Ruck, Steven Anthony Lawrence, Richard Jenkins, Ashton Kutcher, Tiffany Dupont, Cody Linley, Jared Padalecki, Joel McCrary, Dax Shepard, Regis Philbin, Kelly Ripa, Frank Welker, Wayne Knight, Amy Hill, Shawn Levy; Comedy, Family; ; Live Action

In 2003, "Cold Mountain" was released by Miramax Films / Mirage Enterprises; Anthony Minghella (director/screenplay); Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins, Kathy Baker, James Gammon, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Lucas Black, Donald Sutherland, Cillian Murphy, Ethan Suplee, Jay Tavare, Jack White, Ray Winstone, Melora Walters, Taryn Manning, Emily Deschanel, Charlie Hunnam, Tom Aldredge, James Rebhorn, Jena Malone, Richard Brake; Drama; ; Live Action

In 2003, "The Company" was released by Sony Pictures Classics; Robert Altman (director); Barbara Turner (screenplay); Neve Campbell, Malcolm McDowell, James Franco; Drama; ; Live Action

In 2003, "Paycheck" was released by Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks; John Woo (director); Dean Georgaris (screenplay); Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe Morton, Michael C. Hall, Peter Friedman, Ivana Milicevic, Kathryn Morris, Krista Allen; Action, Sci-Fi; ; Live Action

In 2003, "Peter Pan" was released by Universal Pictures / Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios; P. J. Hogan (director/screenplay); Michael Goldenberg (screenplay); Jeremy Sumpter, Ludivine Sagnier, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Jason Isaacs, Olivia Williams, Saffron Burrows, Lynn Redgrave, Richard Briers, Geoffrey Palmer, Harry Newell, Rupert Simonian, George MacKay, Harry Eden, Freddie Popplewell, Theodore Chester, Patrick Gooch, Lachlan Gooch; Fantasy, Drama, Family; ; Live Action

In 2004, "The Aviator" was released by Miramax Films / Warner Bros. Pictures; Martin Scorsese (director); John Logan (screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda, Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Gwen Stefani, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Adam Scott, Matt Ross, Kevin O'Rourke, Kelli Garner, Frances Conroy, Brent Spiner, Stanley DeSantis, Edward Herrmann, J.C. MacKenzie, Josie Maran, Kenneth Welsh, Rufus Wainwright; Biographical, Drama;

In 2004, "Darkness" was released by Dimension Films; Jaume Balagueró (director/screenplay); Fernando de Felipe (screenplay); Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini, Fele Martínez, Fermin Reixach, Stephan Enquist; Horror;

In 2004, "Fat Albert" was released by 20th Century Fox / Davis Entertainment; Joel Zwick (director); Bill Cosby, Charles Kipps (screenplay); Kenan Thompson, Kyla Pratt, Marques Houston, Omarion Grandberry, Dania Ramirez, Shedrack Anderson III, Keith Robinson, Jermaine Williams, Aaron Frazier, Alphonso McAuley, J. Mack Slaughter Jr., Alice Greczyn, Rick Overton, Keri Lynn Pratt, Dylan Cash, Bill Cosby, Aaron Carter, Fonzworth Bentley, Jeff Garlin, Joel Madden, Mase, Nick Zano, Denise Richards, Jeremy Suarez, Earl Billings, Raven-Symoné, Catero Colbert, Charles Duckworth, Ben Diskin, Josh Uhler, Bill Ratner; Comedy, Family;

In 2004, "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" was released by Touchstone Pictures; Wes Anderson (director/screenplay); Noah Baumbach (screenplay); Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Bud Cort, Noah Taylor, Seu Jorge, Robyn Cohen, Waris Ahluwalia, Matthew Gray Gubler, Antonio Monda, Isabella Blow, Seymour Cassel, Niels Koizumi, Pawel Wdowczak; Comedy, Drama;

In 2004, "The Assassination of Richard Nixon" was released by ThinkFilm; Niels Mueller (director/screenplay); Kevin Kennedy (screenplay); Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson, Naomi Watts, Mykelti Williamson, Michael Wincott, Nick Searcy, Brad William Henke, Joe Marinelli, April Grace, Eileen Ryan, Tracy Middendorf, J.C. MacKenzie, Russell Means, Richard Nixon, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Augusto Pinochet; Drama

In 2005, "Casanova" was released by Touchstone Pictures; Lasse Hallström (director); Jeffrey Hatcher, Kimberly Simi (screenplay); Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin, Omid Djalili, Stephen Greif, Ken Stott, Tim McInnerny, Helen McCrory, Charlie Cox, Natalie Dormer, Philip Davis, Lauren Cohan, Eugene Simon; Romance, Comedy;

In 2005, "Mrs Henderson Presents" was released by The Weinstein Company; Stephen Frears (director); Martin Sherman (screenplay); Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Kelly Reilly, Will Young, Christopher Guest, Toby Jones, Thelma Barlow, Anna Brewster, Rosalind Halstead, Sarah Solemani, Natalia Tena, Thomas Allen, Richard Syms, Samuel Barnett; Biography;

In 2005, "The New World" was released by New Line Cinema; Terrence Malick (director/screenplay); Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, August Schellenberg, Wes Studi, Q'orianka Kilcher, David Thewlis, Yorick van Wageningen, Ben Mendelsohn, Raoul Trujillo, Brían F. O'Byrne, Irene Bedard, John Savage, Alex Rice, Jamie Harris, Janine Duvitski, Thomas Clair, Michael Greyeyes, Kalani Queypo, Noah Taylor, Ben Chaplin, Eddie Marsan, Billy Merasty, Jonathan Pryce, Alexandra W. B. Malick; Drama;

In 2005, "The Producers" was released by Universal Pictures / Columbia Pictures; Susan Stroman (director); Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan (screenplay); Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach, Roger Bart, Jon Lovitz, Michael McKean, David Huddleston, Richard Kind, Eileen Essell, Debra Monk, Andrea Martin, John Barrowman, Brent Barrett, Peter Bartlett, Jason Antoon, Marilyn Sokol, Danny Mastrogiorgio, Mel Brooks, Ernie Sabella, Jonathan Freeman, Jim Borstelmann, Kathy Fitzgerald, Ronald Rusinek, Fran Brill, Tyler Bunch, James Kroupa, Tim Lagasse, Peter Linz, Drew Massey, Joey Mazzarino, Martin P. Robinson, Matt Vogel, Victor Yerrid; Comedy, Musical; Remake of 1967 film

In 2005, "Rumor Has It" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures; Rob Reiner (director); Ted Griffin (screenplay); Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Ruffalo, Richard Jenkins, Christopher McDonald, Mena Suvari, Steve Sandvoss, Mike Vogel, Kathy Bates, George Hamilton; Romance, Comedy;

In 2006, "Black Christmas" was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Dimension Films / 2929 Entertainment / Hard Eight Pictures; Glen Morgan (director/screenplay); Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson, Lacey Chabert, Kristen Cloke, Andrea Martin, Crystal Lowe, Karin Konoval; Christmas, Slasher;

In 2006, "Children of Men" was released by Universal Pictures / Strike Entertainment; Alfonso Cuarón (director/screenplay); Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata (screenplay); Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam, Pam Ferris, Peter Mullan, Danny Huston; Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller

In 2006, "Notes on a Scandal" was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures; Richard Eyre (director); Patrick Marber (screenplay); Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Tom Georgeson, Michael Maloney, Joanna Scanlan; Psychological Thriller, Drama

In 2007, "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem" was released by 20th Century Fox; The Brothers Strause (director); Shane Salerno (screenplay); Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, Johnny Lewis, John Ortiz, Sam Trammell, Ariel Gade, Robert Joy, Kristen Hager, David Paetkau, Matt Ward, Michal Suchanek, David Hornsby, Gina Holden, Chris William Martin, Chelah Horsdal, Liam James, Tom McBeath, Ty Olsson, Rainbow Sun Francks, Françoise Yip, Kurt Max Runte, James Chutter, Tim Henry, Juan Riedinger, Dalias Blake, Curtis Caravaggio, Tom Woodruff Jr., Ian Whyte; Sci-Fi, Action

In 2007, "The Bucket List" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures; Rob Reiner (director); Justin Zackham (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Rob Morrow, Beverly Todd, Alfonso Freeman, Rowena King, Jennifer DeFrancisco, Serena Reeder, Annton Berry Jr., Verda Bridges, Destiny Brownridge, Brian Copeland, Ian Anthony Dale, Noel Guglielmi, Jonathan Hernandez, Andrea J. Johnson, Jordan Lund, Jonathan Mangum, Christopher Stapleton, Taylor Ann Thompson, Karen Maruyama, Alex Trebek; Comedy, Drama

In 2007, "The Great Debaters" was released by The Weinstein Company; Denzel Washington (director); Robert Eisele (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, Jermaine Williams, Gina Ravera, John Heard, Kimberly Elise, Devyn A. Tyler, Trenton McClain Boyd, Jackson Walker, Tim Parati, Justice Leak, Robert X. Golphin, Damien Leake, Frank L. Ridley; Biography, Drama

In 2007, "St Trinian's" was released by Ealing Studios; Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson (directors); Piers Ashworth, Nick Moorcroft (screenplay); Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, Talulah Riley, Lily Cole, Juno Temple, Russell Brand, Tamsin Egerton, Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie, Zöe Salmon, Lena Headey, Mischa Barton, Nicola Roberts, Sarah Harding, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl Cole (Girls Aloud); Comedy

In 2007, "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" was released by Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios / Walden Media / Beacon Pictures; Jay Russell (director); Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay); Alexander Nathan Etel, Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin, David Morrissey, Brian Cox, Priyanka Xi, Marshall Napier, Joel Tobeck, Erroll Shand, Craig Hall, Geraldine Brophy; Family, Fantasy

In 2008, "Bedtime Stories" was released by Walt Disney Pictures; Adam Shankman (director); Matt Lopez, Tim Herlihy (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Lucy Lawless, Courteney Cox, Aisha Tyler, Jonathan Pryce, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Laura Ann Kesling, Nick Swardson, Kathryn Joosten, Allen Covert, Carmen Electra, Sarah Buxton, Blake Clark, Paul Dooley, Mikey Post, Debbie Lee Carrington, Annalise Basso, Jonathan Loughran, Rob Schneider, Heather Morris, Arne Starr; Fantasy, Comedy; W

In 2008, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was released by Paramount Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures; David Fincher (director); Eric Roth (screenplay); Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton, Jared Harris, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Jared Harris, Faune A. Chambers, Ed Metzger, Patrick Thomas O'Brien, Lance E. Nichols, Phyllis Somerville, Don Creech, Josh Stewart, Ilia Volok, Louis Herthum, Joel Bissonnette, Bianca Chiminello, Robert Towers, Tom Everett, Spencer Daniels, Chandler Canterbury, Elle Fanning, Madisen Beaty; Fantasy, Romance, Drama; W

In 2008, "Last Chance Harvey" was released by Overture Films; Joel Hopkins (director/screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Kathy Baker, James Brolin, Liane Balaban, Richard Schiff, Timothy Howar, Wendy Mae Brown, Bronagh Gallagher, Jeremy Sheffield, Daniel Lapaine, Patrick Baladi, Adam James, Michael Landes, Jamie Sives, Kate Harper, Angela Griffin, Alex Avery, Tim Ahern, Charlotte Lucas; Romance, Drama; L

In 2008, "Marley & Me" was released by 20th Century Fox / Fox 2000 Pictures / Regency Enterprises; David Frankel (director); Scott Frank, Don Roos (screenplay); Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, Kathleen Turner, Alan Arkin, Nathan Gamble, Finley Jacobsen, Haley Bennett, Ann Dowd, Clarke Peters, Haley Hudson, Tom Irwin, Alec Mapa, Sandy Martin, Joyce Van Patten, Zabryna Guevara, Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan, Bryce Robinson, Dylan Henry, Ben Hyland, Lucy Merriam; Comedy, Drama; W

In 2008, "The Spirit" was released by Lionsgate; Frank Miller (director/screenplay); Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Sarah Paulson, Dan Lauria, Stana Katic, Louis Lombardi, Jaime King, Paz Vega, Frank Miller, Eric Balfour, Michael Milhoan, Richard Portnow, Paul Levitz, Johnny Simmons, Seychelle Gabriel; Neo-Noir, Superhero; W

In 2008, "Valkyrie" was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United Artists; Bryan Singer (director); Christopher McQuarrie, Nathan Alexander (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann, Terence Stamp, Eddie Izzard, Kevin McNally, Christian Berkel, Jamie Parker, David Bamber, Tom Hollander, David Schofield, Kenneth Cranham, Halina Reijn, Werner Daehn, Harvey Friedman, Matthias Freihof, Waldemar Kobus, Ian McNeice, Danny Webb, Chris Larkin, Christian Oliver, Bernard Hill, Julian Morris, Matthew Burton, Philipp von Schulthess, Helmut Stauss, Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg, Anton Algrang; Thriller; W

In 2008, "Waltz with Bashir" was released by Sony Pictures Classics; Ari Folman (director/screenplay); Ari Folman, Miki Leon, Ori Sivan, Yehezkel Lazarov, Ronny Dayag, Shmuel Frenkel, Zahava Solomon, Ron Ben-Yishai, Dror Harazi; War, Documentary, Drama; L

In 2009, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" was released by Sony Pictures Classics; Terry Gilliam (director/screenplay); Charles McKeown (screenplay); Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Verne Troyer, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Tom Waits, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law, Paloma Faith, Gwendoline Christie, Peter Stormare, Charles McKeown, Maggie Steed, Mark Benton, Simon Day, Montserrat Lombard, Richard Riddell; L

In 2009, "It's Complicated" was released by Universal Pictures / Relativity Media; Nancy Meyers (director/screenplay); Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell, Mary Kay Place, Rita Wilson, Alexandra Wentworth, Hunter Parrish, Zoe Kazan, Caitlin FitzGerald, Emjay Anthony, Nora Dunn, Bruce Altman, Robert Curtis Brown, James Patrick Stuart, Peter Mackenzie, Pat Finn, Valente Rodriguez, Emily Kinney, Lisa Lynn Masters, Andrew Stewart-Jones, Blanchard Ryan, Geneva Carr, Deidre Goodwin, Jessica St. Clair, Marina Squerciati, Robert Adamson, Heitor Pereira, Ramin Djawadi, Jimmy Clabots, Alan Cumming, Anne Lockhart, Oprah Winfrey; W

In 2009, "Sherlock Holmes" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / Silver Pictures; Guy Ritchie (director); Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Geraldine James, James Fox, Kelly Reilly, Robert Mallet; W

In 2010, "Gulliver's Travels" was released by 20th Century Fox / Dune Entertainment / Davis Entertainment; Rob Letterman (director); Joe Stillman, Nicholas Stoller (screenplay); Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Catherine Tate, James Corden, Amanda Peet, Chris O'Dowd, Billy Connolly, T.J. Miller, Olly Alexander

In 2010, "The Illusionist" was released by Sony Pictures Classics; Sylvain Chomet (director); Jacques Tati, Sylvain Chomet (screenplay)

In 2011, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures; Stephen Daldry (director); Eric Roth (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis, John Goodman, Jeffrey Wright; Drama

In 2011, "War Horse" was released by Touchstone Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures / Reliance Entertainment / Amblin Entertainment / The Kennedy/Marshall Company; Steven Spielberg (director); Lee Hall, Richard Curtis (screenplay); Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Niels Arestrup, Tom Hiddleston, Toby Kebbell, Peter Mullan, Patrick Kennedy; War

In 2012, "Django Unchained" was released by Columbia Pictures / The Weinstein Company; Quentin Tarantino (director/screenplay); Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Dern, Russ Tamblyn, James Remar, Dennis Christopher, James Russo, Don Stroud, Tom Wopat, M. C. Gainey, Robert Carradine, Ted Neeley, Tom Savini, Michael Parks, Quentin Tarantino, Don Johnson, Jonah Hill;

In 2012, "Les Misérables" was released by Universal Pictures / Relativity Media / Camack International / Working Title Films; Tom Hooper (director); William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Colm Wilkinson, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Samantha Barks, Isabelle Allen, Aaron Tveit, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen;

In 2012, "Parental Guidance" was released by 20th Century Fox / Walden Media / Chernin Entertainment; Andy Fickman (director); Joe Syracuse, Lisa Addario, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel (screenplay); Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison, Joshua Rush, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf;

In 2012, "West of Memphis" was released by Sony Pictures Classics; Amy J. Berg (director); West Memphis Three;

In 2013, "47 Ronin" was released by Universal Pictures / Relativity Media; Carl Rinsch (director); Chris Morgan, Hossein Amini (screenplay); Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kou Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi

In 2013, "Grudge Match" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures; Peter Segal (director); Tim Kelleher, Rodney Rothman (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Alan Arkin, Kevin Hart, Kim Basinger, Jon Bernthal

In 2013, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" was released by 20th Century Fox / TSG Entertainment / Samuel Goldwyn Films; Ben Stiller (director); Steve Conrad (screenplay); Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Sean Penn, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn

In 2013, "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" was released by Paramount Pictures / Skydance Productions; Kenneth Branagh (director); David Koepp, Adam Cozad, Anthony Peckham, Steve Zaillian (screenplay); Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh

In 2014, "American Sniper" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / RatPac Entertainment; Clint Eastwood (director); Jason Dean Hall (screenplay); Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Max Charles, Luke Grimes

In 2014, "Big Eyes" was released by The Weinstein Company; Tim Burton (director); Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski (screenplay); Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Jon Polito, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman, Terence Stamp

In 2014, "The Gambler" was released by Paramount Pictures; Rupert Wyatt (director); William Monahan (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson, Jessica Lange, Michael K. Williams, John Goodman

In 2014, "The Interview" was released by Columbia Pictures; Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg (director); Dan Sterling (screenplay); James Franco, Seth Rogen, Lizzy Caplan, Randall Park

In 2014, "Into the Woods" was released by Walt Disney Pictures; Rob Marshall (director); James Lapine (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, Johnny Depp

In 2014, "Selma" was released by Paramount Pictures / Plan B Entertainment; Ava DuVernay (director/screenplay); Paul Webb (screenplay); David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Common, Carmen Ejogo

In 2014, "Unbroken" was released by Universal Pictures / Legendary Pictures; Angelina Jolie (director); Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson (screenplay); Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund, Finn Wittrock

In 2015, "Concussion" was released by Columbia Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / Scott Free Productions; Peter Landesman (director/screenplay); Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Arliss Howard, Paul Reiser, Luke Wilson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, David Morse, Albert Brooks

In 2015, "Daddy's Home" was released by Paramount Pictures / Red Granite Pictures / Gary Sanchez Productions; Sean Anders (director/screenplay); Brian Burns, John Morris (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini

In 2015, "Joy" was released by 20th Century Fox / Annapurna Pictures / Davis Entertainment; David O. Russell (director/screenplay); Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Édgar Ramírez, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini, Bradley Cooper

In 2015, "Point Break" was released by Warner Bros. / Alcon Entertainment; Ericson Core (director); Kurt Wimmer (screenplay); Édgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Delroy Lindo, Ray Winstone

In 2015, "The Hateful Eight" was released by The Weinstein Company; Quentin Tarantino (director/screenplay); Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, James Parks, Channing Tatum

In 2015, "The Revenant" was released by 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises / RatPac Entertainment; Alejandro G. Iñárritu (director/screenplay); Mark L. Smith (screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy

In 2016, "Hidden Figures" was released by 20th Century Fox / Chernin Entertainment; Theodore Melfi (director); Allison Schroeder (screenplay); Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Costner, Jim Parsons, Janelle Monáe, Kirsten Dunst, Glen Powell, Mahershala Ali, Jim Parsons

In 2016, "Live by Night" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures / RatPac Entertainment; Ben Affleck (director/screenplay); Ben Affleck, Sienna Miller, Chris Messina, Zoe Saldana, Elle Fanning, Scott Eastwood, Brendan Gleeson, Anthony Michael Hall, Chris Cooper

In 2017, "All the Money in the World" was released by TriStar Pictures; Ridley Scott (director); David Scarpa (screenplay); Michelle Williams, Mark Wahlberg, Christopher Plummer, Romain Duris

In 2017, "Molly's Game" was released by STX Entertainment; Aaron Sorkin (director/screenplay); Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Chris O'Dowd, Bill Camp, Jeremy Strong

In 2017, "Phantom Thread" was released by Focus Features / Annapurna Pictures; Paul Thomas Anderson (director/screenplay); Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Vicky Krieps

In 2018, "Holmes & Watson" was released by Columbia Pictures / Gary Sanchez Productions; Etan Cohen (director/screenplay); Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Rebecca Hall, Ralph Fiennes, Rob Brydon, Kelly Macdonald, Steve Coogan, Lauren Lapkus, Pam Ferris, Hugh Laurie

In 2018, "Vice" was released by Annapurna Pictures / Plan B Entertainment; Adam McKay (director/screenplay); Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Tyler Perry, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Jesse Plemons

In 2018, "On the Basis of Sex" was released by Focus Features; Mimi Leder (director); Daniel Stiepleman (screenplay); Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux, Jack Reynor, Cailee Spaeny, Sam Waterston, Kathy Bates

In 2018, "Destroyer" was released by Annapurna Pictures; Karyn Kusama (director); Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi (screenplay); Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Bradley Whitford, Jade Pettyjohn, Scoot McNairy

In 2019, "Spies in Disguise" was released by 20th Century Fox / Blue Sky Studios / Chernin Entertainment; Nick Bruno, Troy Quane (directors); Brad Copeland (screenplay); Will Smith, Tom Holland, Rashida Jones, Ben Mendelsohn, Reba McEntire, Rachel Brosnahan, Karen Gillan, DJ Khaled, Masi Oka

In 2019, "Little Women" was released by Columbia Pictures / Regency Enterprises; Greta Gerwig (director/screenplay); Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Chris Cooper

In 2019, "1917" was released by Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures; Sam Mendes (director/screenplay); Krysty Wilson-Cairns (screenplay); George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch

In 2019, "Just Mercy" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures / Participant Media; Destin Daniel Cretton (director/screenplay), Andrew Lanham (screenplay); Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, O'Shea Jackson Jr., C.J. LeBlanc

In 2020, "Wonder Woman 1984" was released by HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / DC Films / Atlas Entertainment / The Stone Quarry; Patty Jenkins (director/screenplay); Geoff Johns, David Callaham (screenplay); Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen

In 2020, "Soul" was released by Disney+ / Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios; Pete Docter (director/screenplay); Mike Jones, Kemp Powers (screenplay); Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad, Donnell Rawlings, Questlove, Angela Bassett, Daveed Diggs, Wes Studi, Fortune Feimster, Zenobia Shroff

In 2020, "We Can Be Heroes" was released by Netflix / Troublemaker Studios / Double R Productions; Robert Rodriguez (director/screenplay); Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Pedro Pascal, YaYa Gosselin, Boyd Holbrook, Adriana Barraza, Haley Reinhart, Sung Kang, Taylor Dooley, Christian Slater

In 2020, "News of the World" was released by Universal Pictures / Perfect World Pictures; Paul Greengrass (director/screenplay); Luke Davies (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel

In 2020, "One Night in Miami..." was released by Amazon Studios; Regina King (director); Kemp Powers (screenplay); Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., Lance Reddick, Joaquina Kalukango, Nicolette Robinson, Beau Bridges, Lance Reddick

In 2020, "Promising Young Woman" was released by Focus Features / FilmNation Entertainment; Emerald Fennell (director/screenplay); Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Connie Britton

In 2021, "The Tragedy of Macbeth" was released by Apple TV+ / A24 / IAC Films; Joel Coen (director/screenplay); Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Bertie Carvel, Alex Hassell, Corey Hawkins, Harry Melling, Kathryn Hunter, Brendan Gleeson

In 2021, "A Journal for Jordan" was released by Columbia Pictures / Escape Artists / Bron Studios; Denzel Washington (director); Virgil Williams (screenplay); Michael B. Jordan, Chanté Adams, Jalon Christian, Robert Wisdom, Tamara Tunie

In 2021, "American Underdog" was released by Lionsgate; Erwin brothers (directors); Jon Erwin, David Aaron Cohen, Jon Gunn (screenplay); Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin, Dennis Quaid

The Holiday Almanacs December 25, 2023

What's Today?

Today is Mon Dec the 25 in the year 2023
Jan 1 began on a Sun
This is day 359 of the year
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Julian date = 2460292 O.S.= 12 - 12 - 2023

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Christmas Day (First Day of Christmas)
[England] New Year's Day observed before 1068
[Phillipines] Christmas Observance, Holiday, world's longest Xmas season thru Jan 6
[Taiwan] Constitution Day (1946)
[USA] Gravity Day
[USA] Holidays Are Pickle Days (thru 12-31)
[USA] Play It Again Sam Day

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Astrological sign: Sagittarius: The Archer (thru 11-22 thru 12-21); Ruling Planet: Jupiter. Element: Fire. Traits: Bountiful, frank, versatile, philosophical. Body part associated with this sign: The thighs. Occupations: Travel, politics, meteorology, philosophy, religion.
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