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Holidays and Observances
Famous Birthdays
- 1970: DMX - Exit Wounds
- 1978: Katie Holmes - Dawson's Creek
- 1963: Brad Pitt - Inglourious Basterds
- 1946: Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan, Director
- 1943: Keith Richards - The Rolling Stones
Famous Deaths
Music Chart Toppers
Top Box Office Movies
- 2007: I Am Legend - Will Smith
- 2006: The Pursuit of Happyness - Will Smith
- 2005: King Kong - Jack Black, Naomi Watts
- 2004: A Series of Unfortunate Events - Jim Carrey
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin
- 1998: You've Got Mail - Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan The Numbers: Historical Box Office Charts
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The 1950s
- 1957: The first Nuclear Power plant went online delivering power to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.
The 1940s
- 1941: World War II: Japan invades Hong Kong
The 1600s
- 1620: The Mayflower reaches the shores of Massachusetts and Plymouth Colony begin a new settlement.
The 1200s
- 1271: The Yuan Dynasty begins in China as Mongol leader Kublai Khan officially renames the empire.
December 18 Moment of Zen
- The Daily Show: Dreidel man (2006)
- The Daily Show: Bush doesn't know the words to Jingle Bells (2002)