* October 23 – Fred Allen's radio comedy show debuts on CBS.

During the 1930s, he was the orchestra leader on several radio programs, including Fred Allen's show and his own The Ferde Grofé Show.

Allen's previous sponsor, Bristol-Myers ' Ipana toothpaste and Sal Hepatica laxative, decided to cease their tandem sponsorship of Allen's successful hour, first known as Town Hall Tonight and then, for its final season, The Fred Allen Show.

Red and his announcer Rod O ' Connor began to talk about Fred Allen being censored during Allen's NBC show the previous week ; they were silenced for 15 seconds.

Fred Allen's first taste of radio came while he and Portland Hoffa waited for a promised slot in a new Arthur Hammerstein musical.

The Allen's Alley cast ( l to r ): Fred Allen, Kenny Delmar, Minerva Pious, Peter Donald, Parker Fennelly.

The " Allen's Alley " stereotypes make some cringe, as Allen biographer Robert Taylor noted ( in Fred Allen: His Life and Wit ), but others find them lancing more than lauding stereotypes, letting listeners make up their own minds about how foolish they could be.

" Fred Allen's fourteen-year battle with radio censorship ," wrote the New York Herald-Tribune critic John Crosby, " was made particularly difficult for him by the fact that the man assigned to reviewing his scripts had little sense of humor and frankly admitted he didn't understand Allen's peculiar brand of humor at all.

A comedy series, Fred Allen's Sketchbook, did not catch on.

A tireless letter writer, his letters were edited by his wife into the publication of Fred Allen's Letters in 1965.

by Joe McCarthy, Fred Allen's Letters ( New York: Doubleday, 1965 )

* Alan Havig, Fred Allen's Radio Comedy ( Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989 ).

* Fred Allen Fred Allen's Radio, television, and film appearances

The program was developed by Sylvester " Pat " Weaver, a programming vice-president at NBC who had started his career as a production assistant on Fred Allen's radio show Town Hall Tonight in the 1930s.

In the autumn of 1942, he also became the announcer for Fred Allen's Texaco Star Theater show on the CBS network, but a personality conflict between Allen and Godfrey led to his early release from the show after only six weeks.

* Fred Allen ( Joe McCarthy, editor ), Fred Allen's Letters

Upon Fred Allen's death in 1956, Cerf became the anchor panelist who would always introduce Daly.

His radio work included the role of Solomon Levy on Abie's Irish Rose ; as the " Allen's Alley " resident poet Falstaff Openshaw on Fred Allen's NBC Radio show, and later on his own five-minute show, Falstaff's Fables, on the American Broadcasting Company ; as Officer Clancey and other occasional roles on the NBC Radio show Duffy's Tavern ; as Shrevey the driver on several years of The Shadow ; as Chester Riley's boss on the NBC Radio show The Life of Riley, and as Italian immigrant Pasquale in Life with Luigi on CBS Radio, and various supporting roles on Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, also on CBS Radio.

He returned to radio as a regular performer on Fred Allen's Texaco Star Theater program ( 1940 – 1942 ).

Grace and his brother Fred faced financial difficulty after their father died in December 1871 as they were still living with their mother who had been left just enough to retain the family home.

* December 4 – Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot dead in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.

* December 5 – Fred Clark, American actor ( b. 1914 )

* December 29 – Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian

* December 25 – Fred Thomson, American silent film actor ( b. 1890 )

* December 4 – Fred Armisen, American actor, comedian and musician

They have a son named Woody Fred Cook ( born 15 December 2000 ) and a daughter named Nelly May Lois ( born 14 January 2010 ).

In December, 2011, Fred Wah was named Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada.

Fred died on December 23, 2002 in a Birmingham animal hospital, from a mysterious animal bite.

The Mayor of Pine Hill Borough is Fred Costantino, whose term of office ends December 31, 2012.

Hearns moved up in weight and won the WBC Super Welterweight ( 154 lb ) title from boxing legend and three-time world champion Wilfred Benítez ( 44-1-1 ) in New Orleans in December 1982, and defended that title against European Champion Luigi Minchillo ( 42-1 ) ( W 12 ), Roberto Durán ( KO 2 ), no. 1 contender Fred Hutchings ( 29-1 ) ( KO 3 ) and # 1 contender Mark Medal ( 26-2 ) ( TKO 8 ).

In December 1979, he was named as the recipient of the Hutch Award, given to the player who best exemplifies the fighting spirit and competitive desire of Fred Hutchinson.

The Rains of Ranchipur, released on 14 December 1955, assigned him fifth billing after the lead romantic teaming of Lana Turner and Richard Burton and the second-tier romance featuring depressed alcoholic Fred MacMurray unwillingly pursued by Joan Caulfield.

The earliest known usage of " hot dog " in clear reference to sausage, found by Fred R. Shapiro, appeared in the December 31, 1892 issue of the Paterson ( NJ ) Daily Press.

Frederick George Hobson, known as Fred Leslie ( 1 April 1855 – 7 December 1892 ), was an English actor, singer, comedian and dramatist.

:* Fred Andrew Seaton ( R ), December 10, 1951 – November 4, 1952

While the money was to go to Eddie Livingstone to settle his NHA club, it never was received by Mr. Livingstone and appears to have been appropriated by Mr. Calder .< ref >< nowiki ></ nowiki >, pg. 212 </ ref > The incorporation date of the club was December 22, 1919, and listed Fred Hambly, Percy Hambly, Paul Ciceri and Charlie Querrie with 99 shares each, and Richard Greer with 4 shares.

* Biography in Sound: " A Portrait of Fred Allen " ( May 29, and December 18, 1956 )

Fred Harman's Red Ryder ( December 27, 1942 )

Fred Harman's Red Ryder ( December 12, 1939 )

While the money was to go to Livingstone to settle the purchase of his NHA club, it appeared that NHL president Frank Calder kept the money .< ref >< nowiki > Holzman </ nowiki >, pg. 212 </ ref > The incorporation date of the club was December 22, 1919, and listed Fred Hambly, Percy Hambly, Paul Ciceri and Querrie with 99 shares each, and Richard Greer with 4 shares.

Fred Hampton ( August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969 ) was an African-American activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party ( BPP ).

* On December 1, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission “ announced a settled administrative proceeding against Millennium Partners, L. P., Millennium Management, L. L. C., Millennium International Management, L. L. C., Israel Englander, Terence Feeney, Fred Stone, and Kovan Pillai for their participation in a fraudulent scheme to market time mutual funds.

In September 2009, publisher Fred Stickel announced his retirement, effective September 18, ending 34 years in the position ; his son Patrick, president of the paper, was appointed interim publisher but was not a candidate to succeed his father, and Patrick Stickel retired on December 30, 2009.