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What happened in history on this day: December 24?
On December 24 in ...
- 1951 - NBC premieres The Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology TV show.
- 1970 - Buena Vista releases the animated feature film The Aristocats to theatres. It cost US$4 million to make. It is Disney's first animated feature film completed without Walt Disney.
Births on December 24
- 1887 - Birth of Louis Jouvet in Crozon, France; actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise).
- 1889 - Birth of Vladimir Sokoloff in Moscow, Russia; actor (Road to Morocco).
- 1893 - Birth of Carl Brisson in Copenhagen, Denmark; actor (Murder at the Vanities).
- 1893 - Birth of Ruth Chatterton; US actress (Madame X, Sarah and Son).
- 1893 - Birth of Harry Warren AKA Salvatore Guaragna in Brooklyn, New York, USA; songwriter ("I Only Have Eyes for You", "42nd Street", "Chattanooga Choo-Choo", "Serenade in Blue", "Jeepers Creepers", "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me", won Best Song Oscars for "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know", "On the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe").
- 1910 - Birth of Betty Ann Davies in London, England; actress (Tough Guy).
- 1910 - Birth of Mitchell Ayres in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; musical director for Columbia records, orchestra director for Perry Como's TV career, and on The Hollywood Palace.
- 1914 - Birth of Dorothy Hyson; actress (Ghoul, Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go).
- 1914 - Birth of Guus Verstraete Sr [August de Graef], Dutch actor/director (Black Magic).
- 1922 - Birth of Ava Gardner in Grabtown, North Carolina, USA; actress (On the Beach, Night of the Iguana).
- 1931 - Birth of Jill Bennett in Penang, Malay; actress (Lady Jane, Concrete Jungle).
- 1938 - Birth of Ralp Inbar; Dutch TV host (Banana Split).
- 1943 - Birth of Christiane Schmidtmer in Heidelberg, Germany; actress (Ship of Fools).
- 1945 - Birth of Nicholas Meyer; director (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan).
- 1946 - Birth of Sharon Farrell in Sioux City, Iowa, USA; actress (Lori - Hawaii Five-0, The Young and the Restless).
- 1955 - Birth of Clarence Gilyard Junior in Moses Lake, Washington, USA; actor (Chips, Duck Factory).
- 1956 - Birth of Stephanie Hodge; comedian/actress (I Madman, Happily Ever After).
- 1964 - Birth of Mark Valley in Odgensvurg, New York, USA; actor (Days of Our Lives).
- 1966 - Birth of Deidrich Bader in Washington DC; actor (Oswald - The Drew Carey Show).
- 1971 - Birth of Ricky Martin in Puerto Rico; singer (Menudo), actor (General Hospital).
Deaths on December 24
- 1955 - Nana Bryant, actress (Mrs Nestor - Our Miss Brooks), dies at age 67.
- 1974 - Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at age 70.
- 1976 - Victor Stanitsin, actor (War and Peace, Jubilee), dies at age 79.
- 1980 - Death of Siggie Nordstrom; model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer (The Nordstrom Sisters) (born 1893).
- 1984 - Ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at age 53.
- 1984 - Death of Peter Lawford at age 61 of liver and kidney disease; actor (The Thin Man, Dear Phoebe).
- 1993 - Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers, Whiskey Galore!), dies at age 81.
- 1994 - Julie Haydon [Donella Donaldson], US actress (Scoundrel), dies at age 84.
- 1994 - Louise H "Lous" Hensen, actress (Uncle Wanja, Charlotte), dies at age 74.
- 1994 - Rossano Brazzi, Italian resistance fighter/actor (Final Justice), dies at age 78.
- 1997 - Death of James Komack at age 67; actor/writer/producer (The Courtship of Eddie's Father, My Favorite Martian).
- 1997 - Death of Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (Shogun), at age 77 (born 1920).
- 2006 - Death of Frank Stanton at age 98; CBS president (1946-71).
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