Television:
ABC sitcom  concluded its four season run in 1979. By that time, both andwere no longer series regulars and as Julie Kotter was suddenly working at James Buchanan High School as the office secretary and substitute teacher…ABC comedy “” starring  ended after one season in 1988…Daytime talk show “” began its summer trial run In syndication in 1998. It received good enough ratings to warrant a full season beginning later that fall. When the audience declined in its second season, there was a host change from  to former star . But the revamp could not salvage the show and it concluded in the spring of 2000…The series finale of animated comedy “” aired on Nickelodeon in 2004. Five seasons and 100 episodes were produced across eight years…Reality series “” featuring celebrity hair stylist  debuted on Bravo in 2004. It ran for three condensed seasons…Fox debuted two summer series, each of which were short-lived: legal drama “” in 2004, and crime drama “” in 2005…Teen thriller “” debuted on ABC Family in 2010. The series about four former high school friends who reunite while their deepest darkest secrets become exposed by a mysterious figure starred headed by , , , and . With 160 episodes across seven seasons, it was the longest-running scripted series in the ABC Family/Freeform era. And it also demonstrated the value of social media interest…Teen sitcom “” starring  and  as roommates who embark on a babysitting business debuted on Nickelodeon in 2013. The series, which was a spinoff of both “” and ““, ran for 35 episodes…The second – and final – season of science fiction drama “” was released on Netflix in 2018. The series about a group of strangers who become psychically connected was created by  directors  and … Syndicated “” concluded its three-year run in 2018…Kids comedy “” ended its three-season run on Nickelodeon in 2019. It starred .

Music:
 recorded single “Silent Night” in 1942.

Sports:
Legendary tennis players won the French Open tournament:  in 1969,  in 1980,  in 1985,  in 1986,  in 1991,  in 1996,  in 2002 and 2013,  in 2008 and 2014.

Celebrity Birthdays:
Singer is 85; singer (Three Dog Night) is 83; singer is 81; actress is 75; actress (“Picket Fences”) is also 75; pop singer is 74; actor (“This Is Us”) is 70; “Dilbert” cartoonist is 68; actor-director is 67; singer of Simply Red is 65; keyboardist of Duran Duran is 63; actress (“The Good Wife,” ″ER”) is 58; actor (“Judging Amy”) is also 58; actress (“The Practice”) is 55; actor (“West Wing,” ″Royal Pains”) is 54; American tennis player is 49; rapper is 48; TV host is 47; Belgian tennis star is 42.

Did You Know?
At least three spin-offs From  were considered, but only one — the short-lived  starring Pat Morita in 1976 — ever became a series. There was also talk of developing a spin-off built around Arnold Horshack () and his family titled “Rich Man, Poor Man; Horshack!”, but it never went beyond the backdoor stage. And, in the mid-1990s, Robert Hegyes (Juan Epstein) announced on daytime talker “The Jenny Jones Show” that plans were in the works to create a spin-off featuring the Sweathogs, all grown up, minus John Travolta’s Vinnie Barbarino. But the proposed project never got off the ground.