A Christmas Story is a 1983 Christmas comedy film based on the short stories
and semi-fictional anecdotes of author Jean Shepherd, based on his book In
God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash. The film earned director Clark two Genie
Awards. In 2012, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry
by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically
significant".

Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen (then and now) turned 44 on April 16.

Original release on CBS/NBC:
December 18, 1956 – December 14, 2001

The television panel show To Tell the Truth was created by Bob Stewart
and produced by Goodson-Todman Productions. Bud Collyer was the
show’s host. Recurring panelists by the 1960s included Tom Poston,
Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, and Kitty Carlisle. Earlier regular panelists
had included Johnny Carson, Polly Bergen, and Jayne Meadows.

Bud Collyer
(June 18, 1908 – September 8, 1969)

Mike Gracia

KGW-TV’s children’s show host Heck Harper went on location for the grand opening of a grocery store in Southeast Portland. This footage was shot by Lea Wikdman.

"Heck Harper" (Hector Vincent Flateau)

(September 20, 1919 – November 2, 1998)

Sandy Kozel

Richard Wayne "Dick" Van Dyke is 90 today.

Van Dyke, recognized as a Disney Legend, is a World War II United States
Army Air Corps veteran. He initially served as a radio announcer and later
transferred to the Special Services as an entertainer.

1961