Born on this day – Don Pendleton:

Don Pendleton

Writer

December 12, 1927 – October 23, 1995

Credits:

Books:

A Search for Meaning (2002); Acapulco Rampage (1976); Arizona Ambush (1977); Ashes to Ashes (1986); Assault on Soho (1971); Battle Mask (1970); Boston Blitz (1972); California Hit (1972); Canadian Crisis (1975); Caribbean Kill (1973); Cataclysm (1969); Chicago Wipeout (1972); Civil War II (1971); Cleveland Pipeline (1977); Colorado Kill Zone (1976); Command Strike (1978); Continental Contract (1971); Copp for Hire (1987); Copp in Deep (1989); Copp in Shock (1992); Copp in the Dark (1990); Copp on Fire (1988); Copp on Ice (1991); Death Squad (1970); Detroit Deathwatch (1974); Dixie Convoy (1976); Eye to Eye (1986); Firebase Seattle (1975); Friday's Feast (1979); Hawaiian Hellground (1975); Heart to Heart (1987); Jersey Guns (1974); Life to Life (1987); Miami Massacre (1970); Mind to Mind (1987); Monday's Mob (1978); New Orleans Knock-out (1974); Nightmare in New York (1971); Panic in Philly (1973); Population Doomsday (1974); Revolt! (1968); Roulette (2002); San Diego Siege (1974); Satan's Sabbath (1980); Savage Fire (1977); St. Louis Showdown (1975); Tennessee Smash (1978); Terrible Tuesday (1979); Texas Storm (1974); The Cosmic Breath (2013); The Executioner Series Books 4 - 6 (2018); The Executioner Series Books 7 - 9 (2018); The Executioner Series, Books 1-3 (2016); The Godmakers (1974); The Guns of Terra 10 (1970); The Metaphysics of the Novel (2003); The Olympians (1972); Thermal Thursday (1979); Time to Time (1988); To Dance With Angels (1990); Vegas Vendetta (1971); War Against the Mafia (1969); Washington I.O.U. (1974); Wednesday's Wrath (1979); Whispers From the Soul (2003); Willing To Kill (2018).

Born on this day – Madeline Hurlock:

Madeline Hurlock

Actress

December 12, 1897 – April 4, 1989

Credits:

Love at First Flight (1928); The Beach Club (1928); The Best of Friends (1927); Love in a Police Station (1927); The Bull Fighter (1927); For Sale, a Bungalow (1927); The College Kiddo (1927); Cured in the Excitement (1927); Catalina, Here I Come (1927); A Small Town Princess (1927); The Jolly Jilter (1927); Duck Soup (1927); Peaches and Plumbers (1927); Flirty Four-Flushers (1926); A Harem Knight (1926); Masked Mamas (1926); A Prodigal Bridegroom (1926); Don Juan's 3 Nights (1926); When a Man's a Prince (1926); Butter Fingers (1925); A Sea Dog's Tale (1926); Ice Cold Cocos (1926); Butter Fingers (1925); Trimmed in Gold (1926); Whispering Whiskers (1926); From Rags to Britches (1925); Over Thereabouts (1925); Butter Fingers (1925); Sneezing Beezers (1925); The Lion's Whiskers (1925); The Marriage Circus (1925); Giddap! (1925); The Raspberry Romance (1925); Water Wagons (1925); Bull and Sand (1924); The Cannon Ball Express (1924); The Hansom Cabman (1924); Wandering Waistlines (1924); Three Foolish Weeks (1924); The Luck o' the Foolish (1924); The First 100 Years (1924); His New Mamma (1924); The Cat's Meow (1924); The Hollywood Kid (1924); Scarem Much (1924); Smile Please (1924); The Half-Back of Notre Dame (1924); One Spooky Night (1924); Inbad the Sailor (1923); The Dare-Devil (1923); Asleep at the Switch (1923); Pitfalls of a Big City (1923); Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? (1923).

Born on this day – Edward G. Robinson:

Edward G. Robinson

Actor

December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973

Born on this day – Laura Hope Crews:

Laura Hope Crews

Actress

December 12, 1879 – November 13, 1942

Credits:

New York Town (1941); One Foot in Heaven (1941); The Flame of New Orleans (1941); Lady with Red Hair (1940); I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now (1940); Girl from Avenue A (1940); The Blue Bird (1940); Gone with the Wind (1939); Remember? (1939); Reno (1939); The Rains Came (1939); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); The Star Maker (1939); Idiot's Delight (1939); Thanks for the Memory (1938); The Sisters (1938); Doctor Rhythm (1938); Angel (1937); Confession (1937); The Road Back (1937); Camille (1936); Her Master's Voice (1936); The Melody Lingers On (1935); Escapade (1935); Behold My Wife! (1934); Lightning Strikes Twice (1934); The Age of Innocence (1934); If I Were Free (1933); Ever in My Heart (1933); Rafter Romance (1933); Blind Adventure (1933); I Loved You Wednesday (1933); The Silver Cord (1933); Out All Night (1933); New Morals for Old (1932); Charming Sinners (1929); Blackbirds (1915); The Fighting Hope (1915).

Born on this day – Gustave Flaubert:

Gustave Flaubert

Writer

December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880

Credits:

November (1842); Madame Bovary (1856); Salammbo (1862); A Sentimental Education (1869); The Candidate (1874); The Temptation of Saint Antony (1874); Bouvard and Pacuchet (1881); Three Tales (1872); Golden Tales from Flaubert (1977); Early Writings (1991); Best Known Works of Gustave Flaubert (2004); A Simple Soul (1877); Bibliomania (1954); A Simple Heart (1995); Herodias (1877).

Movies and television:

A Simple Heart (1977 / 2008); Alta comedia (1974); Bouvard et Pécuchet (1971 / 1990); Bovary (2021); Byli jednou dva písari (1972); Calvin Klein: Obsession (1990); Camera Three (1961); Comment est-il possible... (2010); Der Kandidat (1965); Die nackte Bovary (1969); Éducation sentimentale (1962); Emma Bovary (2021); Flaubertine (1973); Frederik Moro (1973); Grande Teatro Tupi (1963); Hérodiade (1985); Herodias (1910); I riassuntini (2018); Le miroir à trois faces: Hérodiade (1967); Le temps de l'amour (2009); L'éducation sentimentale (1973); Madame Bovary (1934 / 1937 / 1947 / 1949 / 1953 / 1964 / 1968 / 1974 / 1975 / 1978 / 1991 / 2000 / 2014); Maya (1993); Nesmrtelní (2010); Ocho estrellas en busca del amor (1964); Paixão e Virtude (2014); Pani Bovary to ja (2017); Par coeur (1998); Salambo (1911); Salammbô (1925); Salammbo: Battle for Carthage (2003); Salammbô: Fureur! Passion! Éléphants! (2023); Save and Protect (1989); Schauplätze der Weltliteratur (1978); Sentimental Education (1970 / 1998); Television Theater (1959); The Conversion of St. Anthony (1911); The Loves of Salammbo (1960); The Reasons of the Heart (2011); Toutes les nuits (2001); Une Dame de Coeur (2004); Unholy Love (1932).

William Styron, on books:

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end.

You live several lives while reading.

- William Styron.

On this day in music history - Calm Within, by Laura Sullivan (2015):

The album Calm Within,

by Laura Sullivan,

was released on December 11, 2015.