By Annabella Ramirez FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Eugene Levy CC (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian actor and comedian. Known for portraying flustered and unconventional figures, Levy has won multiple accolades throughout his career including four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He was […]

By Annabella Ramirez   Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first recorded flight in history of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the biplane, which flew for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. Orville was born in Dayton, Ohio, while […]

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 […]

By Annabella Ramirez FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Stuart Townsend (born 15 December 1972) is an Irish actor. He portrayed Lestat de Lioncourt in the film adaptation of Anne Rice‘s Queen of the Damned (2002), and Dorian Gray in Alan Moore‘s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003). In 2007, he directed the film Battle in Seattle. Townsend was born in Howth, County Dublin, […]

By Annabella Ramirez FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Katherine Dee Strickland (born December 14, 1975) is an American actress. From 2007 to 2013, she played Dr. Charlotte King on the ABC drama Private Practice. Strickland began acting during high school. She studied acting in Philadelphia and New York City, where she obtained mostly […]

By Annabella Ramirez FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, entertainer and comedian. His work spans screen and stage, and his awards include six Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995 […]

By Annabella Ramirez FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Katrina Ruth Elam (born December 12, 1983) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Universal South Records in 2004, she released her self-titled debut album that year, charting in the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) with the No. 29 “No End in […]

By Cynthia Charlene Greason FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Michael Cole (July 3, 1940 – December 10, 2024) was an American actor best known for his role as Pete Cochran on the television crime drama The Mod Squad (1968–1973). Cole appeared in numerous films and television shows, beginning in 1961 […]

By Annabella Ramirez FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Rider King Strong (born December 11, 1979) is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for starring as Shawn Hunter on the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World (1993–2000), which he reprised in its sequel series Girl Meets World (2014–2017). He also headlined the cult classic Cabin […]

By Annabella Ramirez FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Susan Hallock Dey (born December 10, 1952) is an American retired actress, known for her television roles as Laurie Partridge on the sitcom The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1974, and as Grace Van Owen on the drama series L.A. Law from 1986 to 1992. A three-time Emmy Award nominee and […]

By Cynthia Charlene Greason FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Mark Fred Withers (June 25, 1947 – November 22, 2024) was an American actor, best known for his roles on television. Withers died of pancreatic cancer on November 22, 2024, in Glendora, California, at the age of 77. Withers portrayed Ted […]

By Cynthia Charlene Greason FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Thom Christopher (October 5, 1940 – December 5, 2024) was an American actor. Christopher attended Ithaca College and studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He was best known for his portrayal of villianous upstate Pennsylvania mob boss Carlo Hesser (1990–1992, 1996–1997, 2005, 2006, 2008) […]

By Annabella Ramirez FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Lloyd Vernet “Beau” Bridges III (born December 9, 1941) is an American actor. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. Bridges also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to […]

By Annabella Ramirez FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Kimila Ann Basinger (/ˈbeɪsɪŋər/ BAY-sing-ər; born December 8, 1953) is an American actress. She has garnered acclaim for her work in film, for which she has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of […]

By Annabella Ramirez FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Victoria “Torri” Huske (/ˈtɔːriː ˈhʌsk/ TOR-ee HUSK; Chinese given name: 简爱, pinyin: Jiǎn’ài, born December 7, 2002) is an American competitive swimmer and the reigning Olympic champion in the 100-meter butterfly. She holds world records in two relays: the 4×100-meter medley and 4×100-meter mixed medley. She is the former American record holder in the […]

By Annabella Ramirez At dawn on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in an attempt to cripple the fleet and hinder U.S. intervention in other Japanese targets in the South Pacific. The Japanese military expected that Germany would defeat Great […]

By Annabella Ramirez FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Sabrina Elaine Ionescu (/jəˈnɛskjuː/ yə-NESS-kew; born December 6, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks and is considered one of the greatest collegiate players of all time. Ionescu attended Miramonte High School in Orinda, California, […]

By Annabella Ramirez FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Mary Celeste (/səˈlɛst/; often erroneously referred to as Marie Celeste) was a Canadian-built, American-registered merchant brigantine that was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azorean islands on December 4, 1872. The Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia found her in a dishevelled but seaworthy condition […]

By Cynthia Charlene Greason FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Henry Earl Holliman (September 11, 1928 – November 25, 2024) was an American actor, animal rights activist, and singer known for his many character roles in films, mostly Westerns and dramas, in the 1950s and 1960s. He won a Golden Globe Award for […]

By Annabella Ramirez FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is a former world No. 1 tennis player who represented Yugoslavia and the United States. She won nine major singles titles, eight of them as a teenager while representing Yugoslavia, and the final one while representing the United States. […]