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Today's Celebrations

Answer The Telephone Like Buddy The Elf Day
International Migrants Day
New Jersey Day - 1787 - This is the day when New Jersey was counted as the third state to enter the United States of America. Where is old Jersey, you ask? Well, in 1664, when the British colonized the area, they named New Jersey after Jersey, one of the British Channel Islands.

Celebrity Birthdays

1916 - Betty (Ruth Elizabeth) Grable - died July 2, 1973

1917 - Ossie Davis - writer, actor: A Raisin in the Sun, Grumpy Old Men, Evening Shade; died Feb 4, 2005

1943 - Keith Richards (70) - guitar: group: The Rolling Stones: Time is on My Side, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, Get Off of My Cloud, Start Me Up

1946 - Steven (Allan) Spielberg (67) - Academy Award-winning director: Schindler’s List [1993], Saving Private Ryan [1998]; E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones series, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jurassic Park, The Color Purple Shrek, Artificial Intelligence: AI; Oscar’s Irving G. Thalberg Award [1986]

1954 - Ray Liotta (59) - actor: Unforgettable, Operation Dumbo Drop, Corrina, Corrina, Goodfellas, Field of Dreams, Dominck & Eugene, Something Wild, The Lonely Lady, Our Family Honor, Casablanca

1963 - Brad Pitt (60) - actor: 12 Monkeys, Seven, Legends of the Fall, A River Runs Through It, Thelma and Louise, Cutting Class, Head of the Class, Dallas, Twelve Monkeys, The Devil’s Own, Meet Joe Black, Fight Club, Ocean’s Eleven

1975 - Randy Houser (38) is born in Jackson, Mississippi. A co-writer of Trace Adkins' "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk," he shows off a powerful voice with his 2008 debut album, "Anything Goes." He hits his stride with the 2013 album "How Country Feels"

1978 - Katie Holmes (35) - actress: Dawson’s Creek, Wonder Boys, The Gift

1980 - Christina Aguilera (33) - singer: Genie in a Bottle, LP: What a Girl Wants; actress: MMC

Tabloid News

Bikini Models and Cheerleaders? Not This Christmas

From wsbtv.com -

While wandering through the mall I’m sure you have given that kiosk, you know the one that sells every sort of calendar available, a glance or two. As shoppers bustled about a busy Georgia shopping mall Saturday, a couple of thieves made off with $2,000 worth of calendars from one of the kiosks inside. But the owner says it was no ordinary theft. Jessica Roy, who describes the thieves as a young white couple, made off with more than 100 calendars all showing men and women scantily clothed, like the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. They left a dozen chastising signs in their place.
“Sorry misogyny is out of stock”, “Women are people, not fantasies” and “Should have gone with the puppies”
Jessica is offering a reward for their return or information leading to an arrest in the case. “I’m pretty forgiving … you want to bring them back crumpled and wet and soggy and put them in a box or bag and leave them for me, that’s fine,” she says. “I can write off damaged products; I can’t write off missing product.”