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What happened in history on this day: December 23?
On December 23 in ...
- 1951 - First coast-to-coast televised football game (Dumont paid $75,000); Los Angeles Rams beat Cleveland Browns 24-17 in NFL championship game.
- 1966 - Britain's rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, airs its last program.
- 1966 - CBS first airs How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
- 1973 - CBS debuts the daytime TV soap The Young and The Restless.
- 1997 - Sony releases the film As Good as It Gets to theaters.
Births on December 23
- 1887 - Birth of John Cromwell in Toledo, Ohio, USA; actor/director (Spitfire, Of Human Bondage).
- 1893 - Birth of Ann O'Neal in Missouri, USA; actress (Nana - Professional Father).
- 1897 - Birth of Julien Carette in Paris, France; actor (Sylvia and the Phantom).
- 1909 - Birth of Maurice Denham in Beckenham, England; actor (Mr Love, Damn the Defiant).
- 1911 - Birth of James Gregory in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller).
- 1920 - Birth of Alan North in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Captain Ed Hocken - The Naked Gun).
- 1921 - Birth of Gerald S O'Loughlin in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Storefront Lawyer, Rookies, Wheels).
- 1923 - Birth of Ruth Roman in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Sylvia - Knots Landing, Dallas).
- 1925 - Birth of Harry Guardino in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Monty Nash, Perry Mason, Hill Street Blues).
- 1930 - Birth of Barbara Ruick in Pasadena, California, USA; actress (Apache War Smoke, Tú Para Mi).
- 1931 - Birth of Ronnie Schell in Richmond, California, USA; American actor and comedian (Gomer Pyle, Good Morning World).
- 1936 - Birth of Frederic Forrest in Waxahachie, Texas, USA; actor (Music Box, Lonesone Dove).
- 1936 - Birth of James Stacy in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Fred - Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet).
- 1941 - Birth of Elizabeth Hartman in Youngstown, Ohio, USA; actress (Walking Tall, Beguiled).
- 1943 - Birth of Harry Shearer in Los Angeles, California, USA; comedian/actor (Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, Pure Luck).
- 1943 - Birth of Roelof den Ambtman; Dutch actor/director (One Evening at Eva).
- 1946 - Birth of Tony Craig [Kulasa] in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (That Boy Next Door).
- 1949 - Birth of Susan Lucci in Scarsdale, New York, USA; actress (All My Children, Mafia Princess).
- 1953 - Birth of John Callahan in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Craig - Santa Barbara, Falcon Crest).
- 1958 - Birth of Joan Severance in Houston, Texas, USA; actress (Hear No Evil, See No Evil).
- 1970 - Birth of Martha Byrne; actress (Lily Snyder - As the World Turns).
- 1971 - Birth of Corey Haim in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Silver Bullet, Lucas, License to Drive).
Deaths on December 23
- 1931 - Tyrone Power Sr, American actor (Big Trial, Test of Donald Norton), dies at age 62.
- 1959 - Lester Lonergan Junior, actor (Growing Paynes), dies at age 65.
- 1962 - Luis Alberni, actor (Topaze), dies at age 76.
- 1966 - Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at age 68.
- 1967 - Karen Verne, actress (Ships of Fools, Underground), dies at age 49.
- 1969 - Donald Foster, actor (Scaramouche), dies after long illness at age 80.
- 1970 - Charlie Ruggles, actor (Ruggles, Aesop - Bullwinkle Show), dies at age 84.
- 1976 - Paul M Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies at age 80.
- 1982 - Death of Jack Webb at age 62 of a heart attack; actor (Pat Novak for Hire radio show, Johnny Madero Pier 23, Joe Friday - Dragnet radio and TV show, Pete Kelly's Blues radio and TV show), producer (Emergency TV show (1972-77)).
- 1994 - Nora Dunfree, US actress (Grass Harp), dies at age 78.
- 1994 - Sebastian Lewis Shaw, British actor (High Season, Ace of Spades), dies at age 89 (born 1905).
- 1995 - Patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, English actor (Chisum, Mutiny), dies at age 84 (born 1911).
- 2000 - Death of Victor Borge AKA Borge Rosenbaum at age 91 of heart failure; pianist & comedian (Bing Crosby's Kraft Music Hall on radio, Ed Sullivan Show, Hollywood Palace, The Tonight Show).
- 2000 - Death of Billy Barty at age 76 of heart failure; dwarf/comedian (75 years on TV, Spike Jones Show, Peter Gunn).
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