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What happened in history on this day: December 22?
On December 22 in ...
- 2000 - Fox releases the film Cast Away to theaters.
- 2004 - Universal releases the film Meet the Fockers to theaters.
- 2006 - Fox releases the film Night at the Museum to theaters.
Births on December 22
- 1875 - Birth of John P "Jan" Musch; Dutch actor (Dead Water).
- 1889 - Birth of Minor Watson in Marianna, Arkansas; actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid).
- 1899 - Birth of Gustaf Gruendgens in Duesseldorf, Germany; actor/director (M).
- 1905 - Birth of Pierre Brasseur [Espinasse]; French actor (Enfants du Paradis).
- 1909 - Birth of Alan Carney [David Boughal] in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Zombies on Broadway).
- 1910 - Birth of Richard Ainley in Middlesex, England; actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion).
- 1918 - Birth of Frankie Darro in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men).
- 1922 - Birth of Barbara Billingsley in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (June - Leave it to Beaver).
- 1924 - Birth of Geraldine Page in Kirksville, Missouri, USA; actress (Interiors, Beguiled).
- 1926 - Birth of Peggy Castle in Appalachia, Virginia, USA; actress (Lily Merrill - Lawman).
- 1936 - Birth of Hector Elizondo in New York City, New York, USA; actor (American Gigolo, Young Doctors in Love).
- 1948 - Birth of Lynne Thigpen in Joliet, Illinois, USA; actress (Nancy - Love Sidney).
- 1953 - Birth of Bernnadette Stanis in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Thelma - Good Times).
- 1955 - Birth of Lynne Thigpen; actress (Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?).
- 1957 - Birth of Lynne Thigpen in Joliet, Illinois, USA; actress (Nancy - Love Sidney).
- 1958 - Birth of Lenny Von Dohlen in Augusta, Georgia, USA; actor (Love Kills, Electric Dreams).
- 1961 - Birth of Catherine Oxenberg in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Amanda - Dynasty).
- 1962 - Birth of Ralph Nathaniel Fiennes in Suffolk, England; actor (English Patient).
- 1968 - Birth of Lauralee "Bug" Bell in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Cricket - The Young and the Restless).
- 1972 - Birth of Vanessa Paradis in France; model (Channel)/actress (White Wedding).
- 1986 - Birth of Jeffery Wood; actor (Austin Warren - In The House).
Deaths on December 22
- 1959 - Gilda Gray, actress (Piccadilly), dies of heart attack at age 60.
- 1965 - Al Ritz, actor (Gorilla, Hi Ya Chum), dies at age 62.
- 1967 - Lee Krieger, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), dies at age 48.
- 1969 - Donald Foster, actor (Herbert Johnson - Hazel), dies at age 80.
- 1969 - Ilse Steppat, actress (Invisible Terror), dies at age 52.
- 1973 - Irna Phillips, creator of five TV soap operas, dies at age 72.
- 1979 - Death of Darryl F. Zanuck at age 77, American film producer (20th Century Fox) (born 1902).
- 1980 - Dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn - Hank), murdered at age 47.
- 1987 - Alice Terry [Taaffe], actress (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse), dies.
- 1990 - Helene Stanley, actress (Carnival Story, Roar of the Crowd), dies.
- 1993 - Don DeFore, actor (George Baxter - Hazel), dies of cardiac arrest at age 76.
- 1995 - Butterfly McQueen, actress (Gone With the Wind), dies in a fire at age 84.
- 1995 - Death of Bill Cottrell in Los Angeles, California, USA; cameraman at Walt Disney Company on animation films, first recognized for 50 years service, helped plan and build Disneyland, named a Disney Legend in 1994.
- 1998 - Death of Virginia Graham at age 85 following a heart attack; radio and TV hostess (Weekday radio show, Girl Talk TV show (1963-1969), The Virginia Graham Show (1970-1972), guest on The Tonight Show).
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