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December 25
Video Games
2003: 20th Century Fox releases the film Cheaper by the Dozen to theaters in the USA and Canada. A Nintendo GameCube video game system appears in one scene.
2006: A hacker releases a custom 3.02 firmware for the PlayStation Portable allowing any PlayStation game to be played from a Memory Stick.
2006: A hacker releases a custom 3.02 firmware for the PlayStation Portable allowing any PlayStation game to be played from a Memory Stick.
Movies
1985: George Rhodes, orchestra leader (Sammy Davis Junior Show), dies at age 66.
1987: Buena Vista releases the film Good Morning, Vietnam to theaters.
1989: Roger Pigaut, actor (Indoptable Angélique), dies.
1991: Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at age 90.
1991: Orane Demazis, French actress (Marius, Fanny et César), dies at age 87.
1995: Dean Martin, American singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at age 78 (born 1917).
1996: Derek Prouse, writer, actor/director (Le Scandale), dies at age 74.
1997: Death of Denver Pyle at age 77 of lung cancer; actor (Uncle Jesse - The Dukes of Hazzard TV show, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, The Doris Day Show, Andy Griffith Show).
2008: Eartha Kitt, American sultry singer ("Santa Baby"), dancer and actress (Catwoman in Batman, two Emmy awards) dies in New York at age 81 of colon cancer.
1987: Buena Vista releases the film Good Morning, Vietnam to theaters.
1989: Roger Pigaut, actor (Indoptable Angélique), dies.
1991: Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at age 90.
1991: Orane Demazis, French actress (Marius, Fanny et César), dies at age 87.
1995: Dean Martin, American singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at age 78 (born 1917).
1996: Derek Prouse, writer, actor/director (Le Scandale), dies at age 74.
1997: Death of Denver Pyle at age 77 of lung cancer; actor (Uncle Jesse - The Dukes of Hazzard TV show, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, The Doris Day Show, Andy Griffith Show).
2008: Eartha Kitt, American sultry singer ("Santa Baby"), dancer and actress (Catwoman in Batman, two Emmy awards) dies in New York at age 81 of colon cancer.
Music
1985: George Rhodes, orchestra leader (Sammy Davis Junior Show), dies at age 66.
1995: Dean Martin, American singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at age 78 (born 1917).
2008: Eartha Kitt, American sultry singer ("Santa Baby"), dancer and actress (Catwoman in Batman, two Emmy awards) dies in New York at age 81 of colon cancer.
1995: Dean Martin, American singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at age 78 (born 1917).
2008: Eartha Kitt, American sultry singer ("Santa Baby"), dancer and actress (Catwoman in Batman, two Emmy awards) dies in New York at age 81 of colon cancer.
Sports
1989: Billy Martin, New York Yankees' baseball manager, killed in a car accident at age 61 in Binghamton, New York.
1990: , Go Ahead Eagles).
1991: Last day of a washout Pakistan versus Sri Lanka at Gujranwala.
1991: Mahmood Hussain, cricket player (27 Tests for Pakistan, 68 wickets), dies.
1992: , 1996).
1992: , 1996).
1992: Ted Croker, RAF-pilot/secretary English soccer team (sponsoring), dies (born 1924).
1995: Jimmy Boucher, cricket player (great Irish all-rounder 1929-54), dies.
1996: World Cup).
1990: , Go Ahead Eagles).
1991: Last day of a washout Pakistan versus Sri Lanka at Gujranwala.
1991: Mahmood Hussain, cricket player (27 Tests for Pakistan, 68 wickets), dies.
1992: , 1996).
1992: , 1996).
1992: Ted Croker, RAF-pilot/secretary English soccer team (sponsoring), dies (born 1924).
1995: Jimmy Boucher, cricket player (great Irish all-rounder 1929-54), dies.
1996: World Cup).
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