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Today's Anniversary – Thursday, December 25


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Births

* 1971 Dido British pop singer who performs under her nickname Dido.
* 1971 Justin Trudeau Canadian teacher, activist, and politician.
* 1961 Ingrid Betancourt Colombian politician.
* 1950 Karl Rove American political consultant, and (as of 2005) U S President George W Bush's senior advisor and chief political strategist.
* 1949 Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira Known as Simone, is a Brazilian singer.
* 1946 Jimmy Buffett Singer, songwriter, author, businessman, and movie producer.
* 1936 Ismail Merchant Indian-born film producer; co-founder of Merchant Ivory Productions.
* 1935 Donald Norman Professor emeritus of cognitive science at University of California, San Diego and a Professor of Computer science at Northwestern University.
* 1929 Stuart Hall Former English BBC Radio summarizer and television presenter.
* 1927 Ram Narayan Indian classical musician who became the first internationally successful sarangi player.
* 1924 Rod Serling American writer, known primarily as Rod Serling; most famous for his science fiction TV series The Twilight Zone.
* 1923 Rene Girard French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science.
* 1911 Louise Bourgeois French-American artist and sculptor.
* 1908 Quentin Crisp Born Denis Charles Pratt, was an English writer, artist's model, actor and raconteur who was known for his memorable and insightful witticisms.
* 1906 Ernst Ruska German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for his work in electron optics, including the design of the first electron microscope.
* 1899 Humphrey Bogart American actor known for his dramatic and film noir roles in early 1940s films such as Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon.
* 1876 Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muslim politician in the Indian subcontinent and leader of the All India Muslim League who founded Pakistan and served as its first Governor-General.
* 1831 Christian David Ginsburg Prominent Bible scholar and student of the masoretic tradition in Judaism.
* 1825 Stephen F. Chadwick American Democrat politician who served as Governor of Oregon from 1877 to 1878.
* 1799 Thomas Oliphant Scottish songwriter.
* 1771 Dorothy Wordsworth English diarist, travel-writer and catalyst in the writing of her brother William Wordsworth's poems.
* 1759 Richard Porson English classical scholar.
* 1721 William Collins English lyric poet, seen as one of the most influential precursors of Romanticism.
* 1504 Nicholas Udall English dramatist, educator and humanist scholar.

Deaths

† 2006 James Brown Commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business", was an American entertainer recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music.
† 2000 Willard van Orman Quine Influential 20th Century American philosopher and logician.
† 1989 Nicolae Ceausescu President the Socialist Republic of Romania from 1967 to 1989.
† 1989 Elena Ceausescu Wife of Romania's Communist leader Nicolae CeauΊescu, and Deputy Prime Minister of Romania.
† 1989 Billy Martin MLB second baseman from 1950 to 1961, playing most of his career with the New York Yankees.
† 1983 Joan Miro Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramist born in Barcelona, Spain.
† 1977 Charlie (Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin) Chaplin Comedic actor and director, usually known by his stage name of Charlie Chaplin.
† 1977 Oliver P. Smith General in the United States Marine Corps and a highly decorated combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War.
† 1963 Tristan Tzara French-Romanian poet and essayist.
† 1946 W. C. Fields Born William Claude Dukenfield, was an American Actor and Comedian.
† 1938 Karel Capek Czech author and playwright, who introduced and made popular the word "robot" as a word for artificial human beings, which first appeared in his play R U R in 1920.
† 1935 Paul Bourget French novelist and critic.
† 1820 Joseph Fouche French statesman and Minister of Police under Napoleon Bonaparte.
† 1777 Francesco Maria Zanotti Italian philosopher, writer, and commentator on works of art.
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