December 6
Steven Wright (1955)
Wally Cox (1924)
Dave Brubeck (1920)
Agnes Moorehead (1906)
Ira Gershwin (1896)
Lynn Fontanne (1887)
Joyce Kilmer (1886)
William S. Hart (1870)
Henry VI of England (1421)
December 7
Larry Bird (1956)
Johnny Bench (1947)
Harry Chapin (1942)
Ellen Burstyn (1932)
Ted Knight (1923)
Eli Wallach, Jr. (1915)
Louis Prima (1910)
Willa Cather (1873)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542)
December 8
Sinead O'Connor (1966)
Teri Hatcher (1964)
Kim Basinger (1953)
Gregg Allman (1947)
Jim Morrison (1943)
David Carradine (1936)
Flip Wilson (1933)
Maximillian Schell (1930)
Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925)
Lee J. Cobb (1911)
James Thurber (1894)
Diego Rivera (1886)
Queen Christina (1626)
Horace (65 BC)
December 9
Donny Osmond (1957)
Dick Butkus (1942)
Beau Bridges (1941)
Buck Henry (1930)
Dick Van Patten (1928)
Dina Merrill (1925)
Redd Foxx (1922)
Kirk Douglas (1916)
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1909)
Margaret Hamilton (1902)
John Milton (1608)
December 10
Kenneth Branagh (1960)
Susan Dey (1952)
Chet Huntley (1911)
Emily Dickinson (1830)
December 11
Rider Strong (1979)
Jermaine Jackson (1954)
Teri Garr (1949)
Brenda Lee (1944)
Donna Mills (1942)
Rita Moreno (1931)
Willia "Big Mama" Thorton (1926)
Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918)
Fiorello La Guardia (1882)
Hector Berlioz (1803)
December 12
Sheila E. (1957)
Cathy Rigby (1952)
Dionne Warwick (1941)
Connie Francis (1938)
Bob Barker (1923)
Frank Sinatra (1914)
Edward G. Robinson (1893)
Gustave Flaubert (1821)
December 13
Christie Clark (1973)
Ted Nugent (1948)
John Davidson (1941)
Christopher Plummer (1927)
Dick Van Dyke (1925)
Archie Moore (1913)
Mary Todd Lincoln (1818)
Heinrich Heine (1797)
December 14
Patty Duke (1946)
Lee Remick (1935)
Charlie Rich (1932)
Shirley Jackson (1919)
Morey Amsterdam (1914)
Spike Jones (1911)
Nostradamus (1503)
December 15
Don Johnson (1949)
Dave Clark (1942)
Tim Conway (1933)
J. Paul Getty (1892)
Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel (1832)
Nero Claudius Caesar (37)
December 16
William "Refrigerator" Perry (1962)
Benny Andersson (1946)
Steven Bochco (1943)
Leslie Stahl (1941)
Liv Ullmann (1939)
Arthur C. Clarke (1917)
Margaret Mead (1901)
Noel Coward (1899)
Jane Austen (1775)
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770)
Katherine of Aragon (1485)
December 17
Mike Mills (1958)
Bob Guccione (1930)
William Safire (1929)
Arthur Fiedler (1894)
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807)
December 18
Christina Aguilera (1980)
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin (1964)
Brad Pitt (1963)
Leonard Maltin (1950)
Steven Spielberg (1947)
Keith Richards (1943)
Betty Grable (1916)
Willy Brandt (1913)
Ty Cobb (1886)
Paul Klee (1879)
December 19
Alyssa Milano (1972)
Amy Locane (1971)
Jessica Steen (1965)
Jennifer Beals (1963)
Daryl Hannah (1960)
Robert Urich (1946)
Richard Leakey (1944)
Cicely Tyson (1933)
David Susskind (1920)
Edith Piaf (1915)
Leonid Brezhnev (1906)
Sir William Parry (1790)
Philip V (Spain) (1683)
December 20
Anita Baker (1957)
Uri Geller (1946)
Irene Dunne (1898)
Harvey Firestone (1868)
Dr. Samuel Mudd (1813)
Branch Ricky (1881)
December 21
Florence Griffith Joyner (1959)
Chris Evert (1954)
Samuel L. Jackson (1948)
Frank Zappa (1940)
Jane Fonda (1937)
Phil Donahue (1935)
Paul Winchell (1922)
Kurt Waldheim (1918)
Joshua Gibson (1911)
Joseph Stalin (1879)
Benjamin Disraeli (1804)
December 22
Maurice Gibb (1949)
Robin Gibb (1949)
Steve Garvey (1948)
Diane Sawyer (1945)
Barbara Billingsley (1922)
Gene Rayburn (1917)
Lady Bird Johnson (1912)
Giacomo Puccini (1858)
December 23
Susan Lucci (1948)
Harry Shearer (1943)
Jose Greco (1918)
Connie Mack (1862)
Joseph Smith (1805)
Alexander I, Russia (1777)
December 24
Ricky Martin (1971)
Mary Higgins Clark (1929)
Ava Gardner (1922)
Howard Hughes (1905)
Kit Carson (1809)
King John, England (1166)
December 25
Rickey Henderson (1958)
Annie Lennox (1954)
Sissy Spacek (1949)
Jimmy Buffett (1946)
Rod Serling (1924)
Anwar Sadat (1918)
Cab Calloway (1907)
Humphrey Bogart (1899)
Robert Ripley (1893)
Conrad Hilton (1887)
Rosa Luxemburg (1870)
Clara Barton (1841)
Sir Isaac Newton (1642)
Jesus (1)
December 26
Carlton Fisk (1947)
Alan King (1927)
Steve Allen (1921)
Mao Tse-tung (1893)
Henry Miller (1891)
Charles Babbage (1792)
December 27
Gerard Depardieu (1948)
Cokie Roberts (1943)
Oscar Levant (1906)
Marlene Dietrich (1901)
Sydney Greenstreet (1879)
Louis Pasteur (1822)
Johannes Kepler (1571)
December 28
Denzel Washington (1954)
Edgar Winter (1946)
Maggie Smith (1934)
Johnny Otis (1924)
Earl "Fatha" Hines (1905)
Woodrow Wilson (1856)
December 29
Marianne Faithfull (1946)
Jon Voight (1938)
Mary Tyler Moore (1936)
William Gladstone (1809)
Andrew Johnson (1808)
Charles Goodyear (1800)
Jeanne Poisson de Pompadour (1721)
December 30
Tiger Woods (1975)
Tracey Ullman (1959)
Patti Smith (1946)
Davy Jones (1945)
Michael Nesmith (1942)
Sandy Koufax (1935)
Bo Diddley (1928)
Bert Parks (1914)
Tojo Hideki (1884)
Simon Guggenheim (1867)
Rudyard Kipling (1865)
December 31
Val Kilmer (1959)
Donna Summer (1948)
Barbara Carrera (1945)
John Denver (1943)
Ben Kingsley (1943)
Sarah Miles (1941)
Anthony Hopkins (1937)
Odetta (1930)
Simon Wiesenthal (1908)
Henri Matisse (1869)
December
6
King's Birthday, Thailand
Most Boring Celebrities of the Year list released
December 7
Farmer's Day, Ghana
Day of the Earthquake, Armenia
December 8
Immaculate Conception (Christian)
Independence and Republic Day, Tanzania
Constitution Day, Uzbekistan
December 9
Constitution Day, N. Mariana Islands
December 10
Foundation of the MPLA Worker's Party Day, Angola
International Human Rights Day, Cambodia, Equatorial Guinea, Namibia and the Turks &
Caicos Islands
Constitution Day, Thailand
December 11
National Holiday, Burkina Faso
December 12
Independence Day, Kenya
Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico
Constitution Day, Russia
Neutrality Day, Turkmenistan
December 13
Guru Tag Bahadur's Martyrdom (Hindu)
Republic Day, Malta
Constitution Day (Observed), Russia
December 14
National Day, St. Lucia
December 15
Netherlands Statue Day, Netherlands
Constitution Day, Nepal
Kingdom Day, Dutch St. Martin
December 16
Independence Day, Kazakhstan
Anniversary Day, New Zealand, Canterbury
Reconciliation Day, South Africa
December 17
National Day, Bhutan
December 18
Republic Day, Niger
December 19
Separation Day, Anguilla
December 22
Winter Solstice
Yule (Pagan)
Unduvap Poya Day, Sri Lanka
Army Day, Vietnam
Unity Day, Zimbabwe
December 23
Victory Day, Egypt
Emperor's Birthday, Japan
Christmas Eve Observance, Texas and W. Virginia
December 24
Christmas Eve (Christian)
Constitution Day, Yap (Micronesia)
December 25
Christmas Day (Christian)
December 26
Boxing Day / St. Stephen's Day (Christian)
Kwanzaa begins
December 29
King's Birthday, Nepal
December 30
Republic Day, Madagascar
Rizal Day, Philippines
New Year's Eve Observance, West Virginia
December 31
Revolution Day, Ghana
New Year's Eve / St. Sylvester's Day
Republic Day, Republic of Congo