2013 Event President Barack Obama and the First Family begin their 17-day Hawaiian vacation; this is the sixth year in a row the Obama's have visited family and friends on the island of Oahu for Christmas and New Year's 2013 Event An investigation is taking place over recent hacking incident involving a hacker gaining access to the email accounts of former President George H. W. Bush, his friends and relatives 1994 Death Evert Hartman, Dutch writer (War Without Friends), dies at 56 1994 Death Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83 1991 Death Jan Hart, director (Friends of Curacao), dies 1991 Death Mervyn Nelson, director (Some of My Best Friends Are...), dies at 76 1991 Death Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor and writer (Friends of My Friends), dies 1989 Death Jay Ward, animator (Rocky and His Friends), dies at 69 of cancer 1989 Death Jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky and his Friends), dies at 79 1986 Event AIDS charity record "That's What Friends are For," hits #1 1980 Death Charles Percy Snow, British writer (Friends and Associates), dies at 75 1976 Birthday Amy Smart, born in Topanga, California, actress, appeared in films, 'Road Trip', 'Just Friends' 1975 Event Alan Ayckbourn's "Absent Friends," premieres in London 1973 Death Karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75 1971 Event Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes 1970 Birthday Aisha Tyler, born in San Francisco, California, actress, writer, author, appeared on 'Ghost Whisperer', 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', 'Friends' television shows 1969 Birthday Matthew Perry, born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, actor, known for role of Chandler Bing on television sitcom, 'Friends' 1966 Death Alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65 1964 Birthday Courteney Cox, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, known for playing Monica on 'Friends' television sitcom, appeared in 'Cougar Town' television series, films include 'Scream' 1961 Death John Acton, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie, dies 1959 Birthday Albert King, actor, BB King and Friends, Blues Alive 1959 Event "Rocky and His Friends" debuts on ABC 1959 Event 1st episode of "Rocky and His Friends" airs 1954 Birthday Craig Wasson, born in Oregon, actor, Body Double, 4 Friends, Men's Club 1954 Birthday Anicee Alvina, Paris, France, actress, Friends 1949 Event "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" premieres on CBS TV 1948 Birthday Jessica Cleaves, born in Los Angeles, California, singer, member, Friends of Distinction, performed with Earth, Wind & Fire 1947 Birthday Rula Lenska, St. Neots England, actress, Friends from Europe are here 1947 Birthday David Gee, director, Friends of the Earth 1946 Birthday Ron Silver, born in New York City, actor, Gary-Rhoda, Entity, Silkwood, Best Friends 1946 Birthday Lee Oskar, born in Denmark, rock harmonicist, War-Why Can't We Be Friends 1945 Birthday Tandy Cronyn, actress, Twisted, Guardian, Age Old Friends 1944 Birthday Joe Cocker, Sheffield Eng, rock vocalist, Little Help From My Friends 1943 Birthday Michael Mann, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor and director, Sexpot, Close Friends 1939 Birthday Marion Marlowe, born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, Arthur Godfrey and Friends 1933 Death John M Acket, literary (New Friends), dies at 70 1923 Birthday John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer, Friends in High Places 1920 Birthday Jay Ward, cartoonist, Rocky and his Friends, Bullwinkle 1915 Birthday Barnard Hughes, Bedford Hills, New York, Tron, Where's Poppa, Best Friends 1914 Birthday John Berryman, American poet, Friends and Associates 1909 Birthday Leo Malet, born in Montpelier, France, writer, novelist, aligned with Surrealists, friends with Renee Magritte, Andre Breton, famous for crime novel character Nestor Burma 1888 Birthday Dale Carnegie, author, How to Win Friends and Influence People 1881 Event Revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations 1834 Birthday John Acton, born in Naples, Italy, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie 1790 Event Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
