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What happened in history on this day: December 16?
On December 16 in ...
- 1951 - NBC-TV airs a special preview of Dragnet on Chesterfield Sound Off Time.
- 1975 - CBS TV debuts the sitcom One Day at a Time.
- 1988 - MGM releases the film Rain Man to theaters.
- 1994 - New Line releases the film Dumb and Dumber to theaters.
- 2011 - Paramount releases the film Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol to theaters.
- 2016 - Buena Vista releases the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to theaters.
Births on December 16
- 1879 - Birth of William Duncan in Scotland; actor (Thunder Trail).
- 1883 - Birth of Max Linder in Caverne, France; actor/comic/director (Max Prend un Bain).
- 1892 - Birth of Cameron Prud'Homme in Auburn, California, USA; actor (Rainmaker).
- 1903 - Birth of Hardie Albright in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter).
- 1920 - Birth of George Schaefer in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA; director (almost 100 television productions).
- 1937 - Birth of Joyce Bulifant in Newport News, Virginia, USA; actress (Marie - Mary Tyler Moore Show, Match Game).
- 1938 - Birth of Michael Greer in Durham, North Carolina, USA; actor (Bobby Gentry Show).
- 1939 - Birth of Liv Ullman in Tokyo, Japan; actress (Cries and Whispers, 40 Carats).
- 1941 - Birth of Vittoria Mezzogiorno; Italian actor (L'homme blessé, Tre fratelli).
- 1943 - Birth of Steven Bochco; producer (Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, St. Elsewhere, NYPD Blue).
- 1945 - Birth of Patti Deutsch; comedienne (Ace Trucking Co, Laugh-in, Match Game).
- 1946 - Birth of Adriaan van Dis; Dutch TV host/writer (Promised Country).
- 1947 - Birth of Ben Cross in England; actor (Chariots of Fire, Far Pavillions, Dark Shadows, The Citadel).
- 1950 - Birth of Caroline Munro Windsor; actress (Golden Voyage of Sinbad).
- 1952 - Birth of Elayne Boosler; comedienne (Night Court, Balderdash, Comic Relief).
- 1953 - Birth of Filip Bolluyt; Dutch actor (Daybreak).
- 1959 - Birth of Alison La Placa in New Jersey, USA; actress (Duet, Catherine - John Larroquette Show, Tom, Jackie Thomas Show).
- 1961 - Birth of Sam Robards; actor (The West Wing, Spin City, TV 101).
- 1961 - Birth of Jon Tenney; actor (The Closer, The Division, Brooklyn South).
- 1962 - Birth of Maruschka Detmers in Schoonebeek, Holland; actress (Devil in the Flesh).
- 1962 - Birth of Melanie Smith in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Emily - As the World Turns, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
- 1963 - Birth of Benjamin Bratt in California, USA; actor (Detective Reynaldo Curtis - Law and Order, The Cleaner, E-Ring).
- 1964 - Birth of Gail Harris in Dewsbury, England; actress (Virtual Desire).
- 1968 - Birth of Paul Scherrer; actor (Children of the Corn II, Free Spirit).
- 1987 - Birth of Hallee Hirsh; actress (ER, JAG).
- 1988 - Birth of Anna Popplewell; actress (Love in a Cold Climate, Daniel Deronda).
Deaths on December 16
- 1935 - Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies at age 30.
- 1960 - Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at age 63.
- 1989 - Death of Lee Van Cleef at age 64 after a heart attack; actor (The Adventures of Kit Carson, Schlitz Playhouse, Lawman, The Rifleman, Laramie, The Lone Ranger, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Sabata).
- 1989 - Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies.
- 1989 - Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice), dies at age 59 (born 1930).
- 1991 - Fred D Scott, actor (Two Gun Troubador), dies.
- 1993 - Death of Moses Gunn at age 64 of asthma; actor (Roots, Good Times, The Cowboys, Little House on the Prairie, Father Murphy).
- 1997 - Richard Warwick, actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If), dies at age 52.
- 2000 - Death of David Lewis at age 84; actor (Edward Quartermaine - General Hospital).
- 2003 - Death of Madlyn Rhue at age 68 from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis; character actress (Murder She Wrote).
- 2005 - Death of John Spencer at age 58 in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (The West Wing TV show).
- 2007 - Death of Dan Fogelberg at age 56 of prostate cancer at his home in Maine, USA; singer, songwriter ("Leader of the Band", "Same Old Lang Syne").
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