On this day in music history - A Streetcar Named Desire, by Renée Fleming ... (1998):

The album A Streetcar Named Desire,

by Renée Fleming, Elizabeth Futral, Rodney Gilfry, Anthony Dean Griffey, San Francisco Opera and André Previn,

was released on December 22, 1998.

On this day in movie history - Grumpier Old Men (1995):

Grumpier Old Men

directed by Howard Deutch,

written by Mark Steven Johnson,

was released in the United States on December 22, 1995.
Music by Alan Silvestri.

Cast:

Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Sophia Loren, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Katie Sagona, Ann Morgan Guilbert, James Andelin, Marcus Klemp, Max Wright, Cheryl Hawker, Wayne A. Evenson, Allison Levine, John Patrick Martin, Adam Ward, Ryan Waldoch, James Cada, Jaclyn Ross, Kyle Christopherson, Jeffrey L. Smith, Geraldo Rivera, Warren Schueneman, Jack Mitsch, Sterling Robson, Gregory Schuneman, Denny Schusted, Michelle Johnston, Wallace Olson, Carl Johnson, Eugene Karels, Lawrence Grivna, Joel Edwards, Larissa Lowthorp, Johnny Luckett, Tammara Melloy, Shirley Stoler, Ryan Wotherspoon.

On this day in movie history - Always (1989):

Always

directed by Steven Spielberg,

written by Jerry Belson and Diane Thomas,

was released in the United States on December 22, 1989.
Based on the movie A Guy Named Joe (1943), directed by Victor Fleming and John E. Burch.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, John Goodman, Audrey Hepburn, Roberts Blossom, Keith David, Ed Van Nuys, Marg Helgenberger, Dale Dye, Brian Haley, James Lashly, Michael Steve Jones, Kim Robillard, Jim Sparkman, Doug McGrath, Shereil L. Bowens, Ascension Fuentes, Todd Jacobson, DeMarious T. Morganfield, Mike O'Neal, Larry Landless, Steve Shatnyski, James Pruitt, Joseph McCrossin, JD Souther, David Jackson, David Kitay, Gene Strimling, Roy E. Harrison, Ted Grossman, Gerry Rothschild, Loren Smothers, Taleena Ottwell, Dan Aykroyd, Michael Braveheart, Jim Dunkin, Douglas 'Hurricane' Hall, Tim Hiser, Jaclyn Nagata, Joseph Michael Roth.

On this day in movie history - Do Not Disturb (1965):

Do Not Disturb

directed by Ralph Levy and George Marshall,

written by Richard L. Breen and Milt Rosen,

based on the play Some Other Love by William Fairchild,

was released in the United States on December 22, 1965.
Music by Lionel Newman and Alexander Courage.

Cast:

Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Hermione Baddeley, Sergio Fantoni, Reginald Gardiner, Maura McGiveney, Aram Katcher, Leon Askin, Lisa Perav, Michael Romanoff, Albert Carrier, Barbara Morrison, Dick Winslow, Raquel Welch, Britt Ekland.

On this day in music history - Symphony No. 5, by Ludwig van Beethoven (1808):

Symphony No. 5

by Ludwig van Beethoven,

was first performed in Vienna on December 22, 1808.
Symphony in four movements.
Opus 67, in C minor.
Composed: 1804–1808.

Born on this day – Lynne Thigpen:

Lynne Thigpen

Actress

December 22, 1948 – March 12, 2003

Credits:

A Mother's Instinct (1996); A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom (1996); ABC Afterschool Specials (1989–1993); All My Children (1983–2000); Amazing Graces (1981); American Playhouse (1982–1983); Anger Management (2003); Article 99 (1992); Bear in the Big Blue House (1997–2003); Bear in the Big Blue House: Bear's Sense of Adventure (1999); Bicentennial Man (1999); Blankman (1994); Bob Roberts (1992); Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight (1982); Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling (1995); Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time (1999); Chance of a Lifetime (1998); Dear John (1991); Eve and the Fire Horse (2005); Fear Stalk (1989); FM (1989–1990); Fol-de-Rol (1972); Frank's Place (1988); Freedom to Speak (1983); Gimme a Break! (1985–1986); Godspell (1973); Hello Again (1987); Homicide: Life on the Street (1997); Hunter (1990); Impulse (1990); Just Cause (1995); King of the Hill (1998); L.A. Law (1991–1992); Law & Order (1995–1999); Lean on Me (1989); Lou Grant (1981); Love, Sidney (1983); Loving (1992); Naked in New York (1993); Night Ride Home (1999); Novocaine (2001); Once in the Life (2000); Pretty Poison (1996); Promised Land (1997); Random Hearts (1999); Reading Rainbow (1993); Rockabye (1986); Roseanne (1989); Running on Empty (1988); Separate But Equal (1991); Sesame Street (1968); Shaft (2000); Skull Session: The Making of 'Anger Management' (2003); Spenser: For Hire (1986); Streets of Fire (1984); Sweet Liberty (1986); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 51st Annual Tony Awards (1997); The Boys Next Door (1996); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1991); The District (2000–2003); The Ellen Burstyn Show (1987); The Equalizer (1987); The Insider (1999); The News Is the News (1983); The Paper (1994); The Puzzle Place (1995); The Recovery Room (1985); The Warriors (1979); Thirtysomething (1989); Tintypes (1982); Tootsie (1982); Trial by Media (2000); Walls of Glass (1985); When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate (1979); Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991–1998); Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996–1997).

Born on this day – Peggie Castle:

Peggie Castle

Actress

December 22, 1927 – August 11, 1973

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1958); 99 River Street (1953); Air Cadet (1951); Assignment: Mexico (1956); Back from the Dead (1957); Beginning of the End (1957); Bright Victory (1951); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); Cheyenne (1956–1957); Conflict (1957); Cow Country (1953); Fingerman (1955); Fireside Theatre (1952–1954); Four Star Playhouse (1956); Frontier Justice (1958); Gunsmoke (1957); Harem Girl (1952); Hell's Crossroads (1957); Here's Hollywood (1961); Herman's Herd (1949); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); I, the Jury (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Invasion, U.S.A. (1952); Jesse James' Women (1954); Lawman (1959–1962); Life of St. Paul Series (1949); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Markham (1959); Max Liebman Presents: Kaleidoscope (1955); Mike Hammer (1959); Miracle in the Rain (1956); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); Our Miss Brooks (1956); Outside the Wall (1950); Overland Pacific (1954); Payment on Demand (1951); Perry Mason (1957); Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956); Racket Squad (1953); Seven Hills of Rome (1957); Shakedown (1950); Son of Belle Starr (1953); Tall Man Riding (1955); Target Zero (1955); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Counterfeit Plan (1957); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Golden Horde (1951); The Juke Box Jury (1956); The Long Wait (1954); The Millionaire (1956); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Oklahoma Woman (1956); The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951); The Restless Gun (1958–1959); The Sergeant and the Lady (1958); The Texan (1958); The Virginian (1966); The White Orchid (1954); The Yellow Tomahawk (1954); Two-Gun Lady (1955); Wagons West (1952); When a Girl's Beautiful (1947); Woman in Hiding (1950); World of Giants (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).