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What happened in history on this day: December 8?
On December 8 in ...
- 1952 - First TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy).
- 1980 - The Bravo network debuts on cable TV in the US.
- 1986 - CBS airs the 100th episode of TV show Newhart.
- 1990 - CBS airs the last episode of the Wiseguy TV show.
Births on December 8
- 1861 - Birth of Georges Méliès in Paris, France; magician, first to film a fictional story.
- 1888 - Birth of Paul Cavanagh in Chislehurst, England; actor (Tarzan and his Mate).
- 1899 - Birth of John Qualen in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; character actor (Grapes of Wrath, The Searchers, The Odd Couple, Mister Ed, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Yancy Derringer).
- 1905 - Birth of Frank Faylen in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; character actor (Lost Weekend film, It's a Wonderful Life film, Herbert Gillis - Life and Loves of Dobie Gillis TV show, That Girl TV show).
- 1907 - Birth of Frank Faylen in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (Dobie Gillis).
- 1911 - Birth of Leo Jacoby AKA Lee J. Cobb in New York City, New York, USA; character actor (The Virginian TV show, The Young Lawyers TV show, Death of a Salesman TV movie, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront).
- 1921 - Birth of Terence Morgan in London, England; actor (Adventures of Sir Francis Drake).
- 1922 - Birth of Lucian Freud in Berlin, German; artist (Boy With a Rat).
- 1925 - Birth of Sammy Davis Junior in New York City, New York, USA; dancer, actor (Ocean's 11), singer ("Candy Man", "What Kind of Fool Am I", "Hey There", "Something's Gotta Give", "That Old Black Magic", "Mr. Wonderful", "Too Close for Comfort").
- 1930 - Birth of Maximilian Schell in Austria; actor/director (The Odessa File, Julia, Wiseguy TV show, The Thorn Birds TV mini-series, Playhouse 90 TV show, Alcoa Theatre TV show).
- 1932 - Birth of Michael Levin; actor (Ryan's Hope, All My Children, As The World Turns).
- 1933 - Birth of Clerow Wilson AKA Flip Wilson in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actor/comedian (Flip Wilson Show TV show (Emmy award), Laugh In TV show, Tonight Show TV show, Charlie and Company TV show, host - People Are Funny (1984)).
- 1936 - Birth of David Carradine in Hollywood, California, USA; actor (Kung Fu, Mean Streets, Boxcar Bertha, Young Guns).
- 1937 - Birth of James MacArthur in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Danny Williams - Hawaii Five-0).
- 1940 - Birth of Jenny Linden; English actress (Hedda, Dr Who and the Daleks).
- 1943 - Birth of Mary Woronov in Brooklyn Heights, New York, USA; actress (Eating Raoul, Terror Vision).
- 1946 - Birth of John Rubinstein in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/composer (Family, The Boys from Brazil, Day Break, Crazy Like a Fox, Family).
- 1947 - Birth of Belinda Balaski in Inglewood, California, USA; actor (Cannonball, Proud Men, Howling).
- 1950 - Birth of Rick Baker in Binghamton, New York, USA; special effects makeup artist (The Exorcist).
- 1952 - Birth of Sam Kinison in Yakima, Washington, USA; screaming comedian/actor (Back to School, Charlie Hoover).
- 1953 - Birth of Kim Basinger in Athens, Georgia, USA; actress (9 1/2 Weeks, Batman, From Here to Eternity, Dog and Cat).
- 1953 - Birth of Roy Firestone; sportscaster (Life's Most Embarrassing Moments).
- 1958 - Birth of Billy Hufsey; actor (Christopher - Fame, Days of Our Lives).
- 1963 - Birth of Wendell Pierce; actor (The Wire, Brian Benben Show, Gregory Hines Show).
- 1964 - Birth of Teri Hatcher in Sunnyvale, California, USA; actress (Desperate Housewives, Lois Lane - Lois and Clark).
- 1966 - Birth of Matthew Laborteaux in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Albert - Little House on the Prairie).
- 1976 - Birth of Dominic Monaghan; actor (Lost).
- 1978 - Birth of Ian Somerhalder; American actor (Lost, Young Americans).
- 1993 - Birth of Anna Sophia Robb; actress (Samantha: An American Girl Holiday).
Deaths on December 8
- 1954 - Gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at age 50.
- 1957 - Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at age 55.
- 1983 - Slim Pickins, American western actor (Blazing Saddles, The Wide Country, Nashville Palace, Filthy Rich, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Disneyland), dies after brain surgery at age 64 (born 1919).
- 1984 - Death of Luther Adler at 81; actor/director (Dr Bernard Altman - The Psychiatrist, Playhouse 90 TV show, Hawaii 5-0 TV show, 77 Sunset Strip TV show, The Untouchables TV show).
- 1988 - Death of Anne Seymour at age 79; actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show, Robert Montgomery Presents TV show, Studio One TV show, Follow Your Heart TV show, Empire TV show, Tim Conway Show TV show, Another World TV show, General Hospital TV show).
- 1990 - Martin Ritt, American director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at age 70.
- 1993 - André Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at age 93.
- 1996 - Death of Howard E Rollins Junior at age 46 of lymphoma; actor (In the Heat of the Night TV show, Wildside TV show, Ed Harding - Another World TV show, All My Children TV show, King TV show, Roots: The Next Generations TV show).
- 2019 - Death of Carroll Spinney (born 1933); American puppeteer (Big Bird - Sesame Street TV show).
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