- 1932 "Adventures of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network
Film Release
1933 Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady", released
Fred Astaire
#1 in the Charts
1978 Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1
Neil Diamond
Barbra Streisand
Film Premier
2013 "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug", 2nd film in the Hobbit series, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen, premieres in Los Angeles
Peter Jackson
Ian McKellen
Event of Interest
2014 Comedian Bill Cosby resigns from the board of trustees of an American university following renewed sexual assault allegations
Bill Cosby
December in History
How the First Sherlock Holmes Story was Sold for a Song
How did an English publisher most famous for giving the world Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management come to publish the first Sherlock Holmes story?
December 1, 1887
Fish Dish Finishes Off a King
Doctors warned King Henry I against eating lampreys. But he enjoyed the slippery fish and happily devoured a plateful of them leading to his death on this day.
December 1, 1135
Mozart, the Incomparable Musical Genius
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a musical genius who composed over 600 works in his short lifetime, died mysteriously on this day and was buried unceremoniously.
December 5, 1791
Real-life Tragedy for Theatrical Family
On this day a tragedy engulfed one of Britain’s noted theatrical families of the early 20th century.
December 8, 1926