100 years anniversary |
08 Dec 1925
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birth
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James E "Jimmy" Smith: US jazz / Organist (Walk on the Wild Side)
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08 Dec 1925
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birth
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Sammy Davis, Jr., American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1990) |
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08 Dec 1925
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birth
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Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author and poet (d. 2000) |
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08 Dec 1925
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birth
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Jimmy Smith, American organist (d. 2005) |
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08 Dec 1925
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music
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birth Sammy Davis Jr, singer, actor, (1972 US No.1 single 'The Candy Man'). Died of throat cancer on 16th May 1990.
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75 years anniversary |
08 Dec 1950
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birth
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Dan Hartman: Rocker
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08 Dec 1950
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birth
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Rick Baker: Binghamton, New York -- Special effects makeup artist (Exorcist)
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08 Dec 1950
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birth
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Rick Baker, American actor and makeup artist |
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08 Dec 1950
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birth
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Tim Foli, American baseball player, coach, and manager |
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08 Dec 1950
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birth
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Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter and producer (Edgar Winter Group) (d. 1994) |
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50 years anniversary |
08 Dec 1975
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event
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"Raisin" closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 847 performances
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08 Dec 1975
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birth
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Kevin Harvick, American race car driver |
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08 Dec 1975
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death
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Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (Uriah Heep) (b. 1948) |
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25 years anniversary |
08 Dec 2000
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music
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A plaque to commemorate the 20th anniversary of John Lennon's death was unveiled outside his childhood home in Liverpool.
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08 Dec 2000
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music
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Sting joined the ranks of Tinseltown's greatest when his star was unveiled on the celebrated Walk Of Fame in Hollywood.
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20 years anniversary |
08 Dec 2005
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death
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Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and author (b. 1915) |
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15 years anniversary |
08 Dec 2010
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event
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With the second launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the first launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft. |
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08 Dec 2010
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event
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The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km. |
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