Celebrity Birthdays and on this Day in History December 15, 2011: ADam Brody - Stuart Townsend - Don johnson

--Adam Brody - 32  (Played the cute geeky Seth Cohen on "The O.C.".   He was a young Barry Williams in the made-for-TV CLASSIC, "Growing Up Brady" and is in SCREAM 4)

--Julie Berry - 31  (Native American Chick from "Survivor:  Vanuatu".  She used to schtuppJeff Probst ANY TIME SHE WANTED TO!!!) 

--Surya Bonaly - 38  ( Nubian French ice skater.)

--Stuart Townsend - 39  (Rock 'n roll vampire Lestat in "Queen of the Damned".  He and Charlize theron broke up. He's prolly an alcoholic now)

--Reginald Hudlin - 50  (director of "House Party" AND "The Ladies Man".)

--Paul Simonon - 56  (Bass player for the Clash.  He wrote the amazing "Guns of Brixton".  That's also him smashing his bass on the cover of their third album, 1979's "London Calling", which included "London Calling" and "The Guns of Brixton".)

Julie Taymor, Director, turns 59 Directed SPIDERMAN on Broadway...

 --DON JOHNSON - 62  ("Nash Bridges" AND "Miami Vice".  He used to schtupp the poster girl for Botox Melanie Griffith.)  

--Dave Clark - 69  (Drummer and leader of the Dave Clark Five!!!  Their 1964 album, "Glad All Over", features their hits "Bits and Pieces", "Glad All Over", a cover of "Tequila!" AND "No Time to Lose".)

--Cindy Birdsong - 72  (The Supremes.. on the left . . . after 1967.)

 --Tim Conway - 78  (Comedy legend genius.)

--Alan Freed - (1922 - 1965)  (DJ  who coined the term "Rock 'n Roll" in 1951.)

 
 1854 - In Philadelphia, the FIRST STREET CLEANING MACHINE was put into operation. 

1890 - The legendary Sioux Indian leaderSITTING BULL, who was about 60 years old, was shot to death by federal troops on a South Dakota reservation. 

1944 - Legendary bandleader GLENN MILLER died when the plane he was flying in disappeared in thick fog over the English Channel.  In 1985, a group of former British Royal Air Force pilots admitted that when they were unable to drop their bombs on Germany during a routine bombing run. They dropped the bombs over the English Channel . . . where, unknown to them at the time, Glenn Miller's plane was flying.  he was obviously not IN THE MOOD

1952 - CHRISTINE JORGENSON became the first person to undergo a SEX-CHANGE operation. 

1966 - WALT DISNEY died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, at the age of 65.

1968 - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE appeared on the "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour".  Lead singer GRACE SLICK performed in BLACKFACE and raised a black leather-gloved fist in a black power salute after singing "Crown of Creation".

1973 - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN opened at DISNEYWORLD, six years after it first appeared at Disneyland.  It was the very last attraction that Walt Disney helped design himself.  Jack Sparrow wasn't added in until 2006.  DON'T CUT IN LINE!!!

1986 - KENNY ROGERS cut a deal with the DOLE FOOD COMPANY worth $17 million . . . making him the highest-paid celebrity pitchman at the time. 

1989 - PRESIDENT BUSH THE FIRST sent U.S. troops into Panama to battle forces supporting General MANUEL NORIEGA.  Panama responded by naming Noriega the head of its government and declaring war on the United States.-Since then, Noriega and his beautiful pock-marked face sat in a U.S. prison . . . except for a little while in 2004, when he had a minor stroke and got taken to a Miami-area hospital.)

2003   The late Sen. Strom Thurmond's family acknowledged Essie Mae Washington-Williams' claim that she was Thurmond's illegitimate mixed-race daughter.

2004   American telecommunications giants Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. announced they would merge in a $35 billion deal.

2005   Millions of Iraqis turned out to choose a parliament in a mostly peaceful election.

2009   The Washington, D.C. City Council voted to legalize same-sex marriage.