"Charlie Brown" was a top-ten hit for The Coasters in the spring
of 1959. It went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts,
and was the first of three top-ten hits for the group that year.

1983

In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his
teacher, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.

Joseph Mascolo (March 13, 1929 – December 8, 2016)

Joseph Mascolo, who played crime lord and patriarch Stefano DiMera on
NBC’s “Days of Our Lives” starting in 1982, died on Thursday. He had been
battling Alzheimer’s disease. Soap Opera Digest named him the all-time best
villain.

 
ED DANAHUE