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What happened in history on this day: December 25?
On December 25 in ...
- 1955 - NBC airs the last The Colgate Comedy Hour TV show.
- 1964 - James Bond film Goldfinger premieres in movie theaters in the US.
- 1983 - The ABC TV network airs Walt Disney World's Very Merry Christmas Parade for the first time.
- 1987 - Buena Vista releases the film Good Morning, Vietnam to theaters.
Births on December 25
- 1868 - Birth of Eugenie Besserer in Watertown, New York, USA; actress (Jazz Singer).
- 1887 - Birth of Jacobus W G Balfoort; Dutch actor (Bulldog Drummond).
- 1887 - Birth of John Davidson in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Charlie Chan - Chinese Cat).
- 1891 - Birth of Earle Foxe in Oxford, Ohio, USA; actor (Dance Fools Dance).
- 1893 - Birth of Bert Bertram; actor (How to Steal a Million).
- 1893 - Birth of Fred Hillebrand in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Martin Kane).
- 1899 - Birth of Frank Fergusson; actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place).
- 1900 - Birth of Barton Maclane in Columbia, South Carolina, USA; actor (Outlaws, Perry Mason, Laramie, Disneyland).
- 1902 - Birth of Barton MacLane in Columbia, South Carolina, USA; actor (The Geisha Boy, General Peterson - I Dream of Jeannie).
- 1903 - Birth of Corry Lievens [Isabella MJ Adriaens]; Flemish actress (Blue Bird).
- 1903 - Birth of J Edward in Bromberg, Hungary; actor (Mark of Zorro, Under two Flags).
- 1908 - Birth of Frank Ferguson in California, USA; actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal).
- 1909 - Birth of Mike Mazurki in Tarnopal, Austria; actor/wrestler (Centerfold Girls).
- 1920 - Birth of Artur Agostinho in Lisbon, Portugal; actor (Capas Negras, Leao da Estrela).
- 1928 - Birth of Earl Brown in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; actor (Stovall - Operation Petticoat).
- 1929 - Birth of Irish McCalla in Pawnee City, Nebraska, USA; actress (Sheena Queen of Jungle).
- 1932 - Birth of Mabel King in Charleston, South Carolina, USA; actress (Mama - What's Happening?).
- 1934 - Birth of John Ashley in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actor (Clipper - Straightaway).
- 1938 - Birth of Wibo van de Linde; Dutch TV host/director (Avro).
- 1943 - Birth of Hanna Schygulla in Katowice, Silesia; actress (Love is Colder than Death).
- 1944 - Birth of Kenny Everett [Maurice James Cole]; British TV personality (Kenny Everett Show).
- 1944 - Birth of Rick Berman [Richard]; producer (Star Trek Generations).
- 1945 - Birth of Gary Sandy in Dayton, Ohio, USA; actor (Andy - WKRP in Cincinnati).
- 1945 - Birth of Kenny Everett; British TV personality (Kenny Everett Show).
- 1949 - Birth of Sissy Spacek in Quitman, Texas, USA; actress (Carrie, Badlands, Coal Miner's Daughter).
- 1955 - Birth of Claus Strigel; director (Obituary for the Automobile, Act of God).
- 1955 - Birth of William Andrews; actor (Sealed Cargo).
- 1957 - Birth of Jillie Mack; actress (Magnum P.I.).
- 1962 - Birth of Dean Cameron in Morrison, Illinois, USA; actor (Herbie - Spencer).
- 1964 - Birth of Peter Hanson; English/Sierra Leone/Dutch actor (Darling How Could You).
- 1968 - Birth of Helena Christensen in Copenhagen, Denmark; model/actress (Inferno).
- 1972 - Birth of Fantasia [Tonya Manley] in Detroit, Michigan, USA; dancer/actress (Pump it Up).
Deaths on December 25
- 1940 - Agnes Ayres, actress (Johnny Belinda, Sheik), dies at age 42.
- 1946 - Death of W. C. Fields AKA William Claude Dukenfield at age 66 of a stomach hemmorhage; comedic star of film and radio (The Bank Dick, It's A Gift).
- 1964 - Cheerio Meredith, actress (One Happy Family), dies at age 74.
- 1976 - Frankie Darro, actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men), dies at age 58.
- 1977 - Charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at age 88.
- 1979 - Death of Joan Blondell at age 73 of leukemia; actress (Here Come the Brides, Real McCoys).
- 1979 - Death of Lee Bowman at age 64, American actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover) (born 1914).
- 1980 - Fred Emney, actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at age 80.
- 1985 - George Rhodes, orchestra leader (Sammy Davis Junior Show), dies at age 66.
- 1989 - Roger Pigaut, actor (Indoptable Angélique), dies.
- 1991 - Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at age 90.
- 1991 - Orane Demazis, French actress (Marius, Fanny et César), dies at age 87.
- 1995 - Dean Martin, American singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at age 78 (born 1917).
- 1996 - Derek Prouse, writer, actor/director (Le Scandale), dies at age 74.
- 1997 - Death of Denver Pyle at age 77 of lung cancer; actor (Uncle Jesse - The Dukes of Hazzard TV show, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, The Doris Day Show, Andy Griffith Show).
- 2008 - Eartha Kitt, American sultry singer ("Santa Baby"), dancer and actress (Catwoman in Batman, two Emmy awards) dies in New York at age 81 of colon cancer.
- 2021 - Death of Jean-Marc Vallée at age 58 following a heart attack, outside Quebec City, Canada; filmmaker and screenwriter (Dallas Buyers Club).
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