By Annabella Ramirez
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Anna Popplewell (born 16 December 1988) is an English actress. She began acting with minor roles in television films and, notably, the drama films Mansfield Park (1999) and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003). Her breakthrough role was Susan Pevensie in the fantasy film series The Chronicles of Narnia (2005–2010), which grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide and earned her a number of awards.
Popplewell went on to play Chyler Silva in the web series Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012) and Lady Lola in the historical drama series Reign (2013–2016). After a series of independent film roles, she played Kate in the horror film The Nun II (2023). Also in 2023, she made her stage debut as the title character in Hedda Gabler.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
How do you care for a mistletoe cactus?
The mistletoe cactus (Rhipsalis baccifera), unlike its other cactus relatives, needs an indoor environment that is very humid—60 percent humidity is best. It also requires bright, filtered light.
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Jane Austen (author) –
- Philip K. Dick (author) –
- Steven Bochco (producer) –
- William “Refrigerator” Perry (football player) –
- Benjamin Bratt (actor) –
- Hallee Hirsh (actress) –
- Anna Popplewell (actress) –
Died
- Lillian Disney (wife of Walt Disney; came up with the name Mickey Mouse) –
- John Spencer (actor) –
- Michiaki Takahashi (virologist best know for inventing first chickenpox vaccine ) –
Events
- On December 16, 1620, the British ship Mayflower arrived at modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. Soon after, the Pilgrims began building their settlement, Plymouth Colony. –
- A group of American patriots dressed as Indians dumped British tea overboard in Boston Harbor, protesting taxes by the British government; the event is referred to as the Boston Tea Party –
- Earthquake in Mississippi River Valley near Madrid, Missouri –
- Magnitude-8.1 earthquake in northeast Arkansas –
- Hiram W. Hayden patented a machine to make brass kettles –
- Second (and current) Cape Hatteras, N.C., lighthouse likely first lit –
- Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit was first published –
- 7.1 earthquake, Fairview Peak, Nevada –
- Students’ satellite STARSHINE-2 deployed –
- 9,000th episode of All My Children aired –
Weather
- The temperature in Hanover, New Hampshire, was -17 degrees F in a bitter cold snap that hit New England –
- Ice jam closed Ohio River from Warsaw, Kentucky, to Rising Sun, Indiana –
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