<span class="SFPTagline"> From SCIFIPEDIA </span>

---

Back to December 8

---

Births

• 1897: Hermione Gingold is born (Actors)
• 1902: Margaret Hamilton is born in Cleveland, Ohio (Ohio Actors)
• 1909: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. is born (Actors) (Oz)
• 1911: Broderick Crawford is born (Actors)
• 1928: Dick Van Patten is born (Actors)
• 1929: John Cassavetes is born (Actors)
• 1934: Judi Dench is born (Actors)
• 1961: Kirk Douglas is born (Actors)
• 1961: Joe Lando is born (Actors)
• 1941: Beau Bridges is born (Actors)
• 1945: Michael Nouri is born (Actors)
• 1952: Michael Dorn is born (Actors) (Star Trek)
• 1953: John Malkovich is born (Actors)
• 1958: Raja Gosnell is born (Directors)
• 1960: Stefen Fangmeier is born (Visual Effects Artists)
• 1961: Joe Lando is born (Actors)
• 1962: Felicity Huffman is born (Actors)
• (fictional): 2340: Worf is born (Star Trek characters)

Deaths

• 2005: Robert Sheckley dies (Authors)
• 2006: Martin Nodell, creator of the Golden Age Green Lantern, dies (Comics)

Events

• 1938: Merbabies opens in US theatres (Movies) (Silly Symphonies)
• 1941: Mr. Bug Goes to Town opens in US theatres (Movies)
• 1970: Dorian Gray (1970) opens in US theatres (Movies)
• 1988: My Stepmother is an Alien opens in US theatres (Movies)
• 2001: Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius opens in US theatres (Movies)
• 2002: Star Trek: Nemesis opens in US theatres (Movies)
• 2005: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe opens in U.S. and Canadian theaters (Movies)

---

Ahead to December 10

---

What's happening this year?

---