ROD SERLING WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1924

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Rod was the Screenwriter and producer of the CBS-TV series
Twilight Zone which ran from 1959 to 1964.

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A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM SPACE ON THIS DATE IN 1968

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           The Apollo 8 Astronauts, from left to right,were mission Commander
            Frank Borman, Lunar Module Pilot William Andres, and Command
            Module Pilot James Lovell. After coming out from the back side of
            the Moon,the crew read ten verses of the book of Genesis from the
            Bible. This was during a Christmas Eve TV broadcast, a portion
            of this broadcast is below.

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        The crew members of Apollo 8 were the first Americans to directly
        see the far side of the Moon and the first humans to see the planet
        Earth from beyond it’s low orbit.

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HECTOR ELIZONDO TURNED 74 TODAY

The cast of CHICAGO HOPE: (standing, left to right) Christine Lahti, Mark Harmon, Jayne Brook, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Rocky Carroll, Hector Elizondo, Peter Berg, (seated, center) Adam Arkin, and (seated on floor) Stacey Edwards.
Photo cr: Cliff Lipson/CBS
Hector is best known for his role as Dr. Phillip Watters on the CBS
TV medical drama Chicago Hope which ran from 1994 to 2000. 

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KIEFER SUTHERLAND ~ BIRTHDAY 44 TODAY

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Kiefer Sutherland,left,played the bully in the 1986 coming of age
adventure drama…Stand by Me. This was Kiefer’s first screen
appearance.

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A 1987 teen horror film with Keifer Sutherland as David, the leader
of a gang.

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Keifer was agent Jack Bouer in 24, a Fox network TV series that  ran
from November 6,  2001 to May 24, 2010.

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TALK SHOW HOST HAS TURNED 75 TODAY

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Phil Donahue created the first tabloid TV talk show that
had a 26-year syndicated run, The Phil Donahue Show.

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