ROSS SIMPSON

A Christmas Story is a 1983 Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark and based on Jean Shepherd‘s semi-fictional anecdotes in his
1966 book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash.

Benjamin Robert Clark (August 5, 1939 – April 4, 2007)

Jean Parker Shepherd Jr. (July 26, 1921 – October 16, 1999),

Actor,director, and producer Peter Billingsley turned 50 April
16, 1971.

The most famous BB gun in the world, the Daisy Red Ryder
is a classic tradition that’s as strong now as it was when it
was designed more than 80 years ago.

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870)

Born in Portsmouth, England, Dickens left school at the age of 12
to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors’
prison. After three years he was returned to school, before he began
his literary career as a journalist. Dickens edited a weekly journal for
20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories
and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, and campaigned vigorously for children’s rights, education and other social reforms.

In 1836 Dickens married Catherine Hogarth, with whom he would
have nine children. He died from a stroke in 1870 at the age of 58,
with his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, still unfinished.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (
November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910)

Clemens, later known as Mark Twain, was an American writer,
humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was born
in Florida, Missouri, on November 30, 1835.

Clemens was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United
States has produced," and William Faulkner called him
"the father of American literature."

TIM MAGUIRE

Actor/Producer Michael Douglas is 77 years old
today.