Born:
Melanie Smith, Scranton, Pennsylvania, actress, Emily-As the World Turns
More Notable Birthdays on December 16:
1944 - John Abercrombie, born in Port Chester, New York, jazz guitarist, know for songs with jazz-rock band, Dreams
1943 - Steven Bochco, prod, Hill St. Blues, LA Law, St. Elsewhere, New YorkPD Blue
1917 - Arthur C. Clarke, born in Somerset, England, science fiction author, inventor, wrote '2001: A Space Odyssey'
1901 - Margaret Mead, born in Philadelphia, anthropologist, Coming of Age in Samoa
1863 - George Santayana, born in Spain, philosopher/poet/humanist, Last Puritan
