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What happened in history on this day: December 12?
On December 12 in ...
- 1968 - Rock group The Rolling Stones are filmed for TV show Rock 'n Roll Circus - it never airs.
- 1969 - The ABC TV network resumes airing the The Dick Cavett Show as a 90-minute discussion/variety TV show in the USA.
- 1980 - Columbia releases the film Stir Crazy to theaters.
- 1980 - The first episode of US TV show Magnum, P.I. airs.
Births on December 12
- 1879 - Birth of Laura Hope Crews; US actress (Camille, Gone With the Wind).
- 1886 - Birth of Owen Moore in County Meath, Ireland; actor (She Done Him Wrong).
- 1893 - Birth of Edward G Robinson [Goldenberg] in Romania; actor (The Ten Commandments).
- 1913 - Birth of Eve Lister; actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park).
- 1915 - Birth of Francis Albert Sinatra AKA Frank Sinatra in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; singer/actor (old blue eyes/chairman of board, actor (From Here to Eternity), singer ("Strangers in the Night", "My Way").
- 1923 - Birth of Bob Barker in Darrington, Washington, USA; game show emcee (The Price is Right).
- 1931 - Birth of Lionel Blair in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; choreographer, tap dancer, headmaster, TV presenter (Spotlight).
- 1935 - Birth of Al Harrington in Pago Pago, American Samoa; actor (Ben Kokua - Hawaii Five-0).
- 1941 - Birth of Liesbeth List; Dutch actress/vocalist (Theodorakis).
- 1946 - Birth of Marlous Fluitsma; actress (De Prooi, Apart, Alle Dagen Feest).
- 1951 - Birth of Caren Kaye in New York City, New York, USA; actress (My Tutor, Blansky's Beauties).
- 1952 - Birth of Sarah Douglas in England; actress (Conan, Superman II, Falcon Crest).
- 1956 - Birth of Ana Alicia Ortiz in México City, Mexico; actress (Melissa - Falcon Crest).
- 1958 - Birth of Sheree J Wilson in Rochester, Minnesota, USA; actress (Our Family Honor, Dallas).
- 1962 - Birth of Holly Gagnier in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (One Life to Live).
- 1963 - Birth of Teresa Blake in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; actress (Gloria Marsh - All My Children).
- 1970 - Birth of Jennifer Connelly in Brooklyn Heights, New York, USA; actress (Labyrinth, Rocketeer).
- 1970 - Birth of Madchen Amick in Reno, Nevada, USA; actress (Shelly Johnson - Twin Peaks).
- 1972 - Birth of Missy Francis in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Little House on the Prairie).
- 1975 - Birth of Mayim Winkelman Bialik in San Diego, California; actress (Blossom, Beaches).
Deaths on December 12
- 1937 - Alfred Abel, actor (Dr Mabuse, Metropolis), dies at age 57.
- 1939 - Douglas Fairbanks, actor (Zorro, Three Musketeers, Robin Hood), dies at age 56.
- 1959 - Russell Simpson, actor (Abraham Lincoln), dies at age 79.
- 1962 - Sid Saylor, actor (Wally - Waterfront), dies at age 67.
- 1965 - Death of Johnny Lee at age 67 of a heart attack; actor (Algonguin J. Calhoun (Amos 'n' Andy radio and TV series).
- 1968 - Death of Tallulah Bankhead at age 66 of pneumonia; hostess (The Big Show radio show), actress (Black Widow - Batman TV show (1966)).
- 1971 - Frank Wolff, actor (Erotic Illusion, Last Gun), suicide at age 43.
- 1976 - Jack [John Joseph Edward] Cassidy, actor (Oscar - He and She, Eiger Sanction), dies in fire at age 49.
- 1978 - Death of Fay Compton at age 74, English actress (Othello) (born 1894).
- 1985 - Death of Anne Baxter at age 62 of a brain aneurism; actress (All About Eve movie, Olga, Queen of the Cossacks - Batman TV show, Myra - Marcus Welby TV show, Victoria - Hotel TV show, Love Boat TV show, Name of the Game TV show).
- 1991 - Eleanor Boardman, actor (Crowd), dies in at age 93.
- 1993 - Jeremiah Sullivan, actor (Soldier, Double-Stop), dies of AIDS at age 58.
- 2022 - Death of Stuart Margolin at age 82 of complications from pancreatic cancer in Staunton, Virginia, USA; actor (Evelyn "Angel" Martin - The Rockford Files TV show, Emmy award winner).
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