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Kirstie Louise Alley [1] (January 12, 1951 – December 5, 2022) was an American actress. Her breakthrough role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom Cheers (1987–1993), for which she received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991.
Rebecca Howe is a fictional character of the American television sitcom Cheers, portrayed by Kirstie Alley and created by Glen and Les Charles.Rebecca appeared in 147 episodes of Cheers between 1987 and 1993 and in one episode of Wings.
This is a list of selected December 5 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
The Amateur Athletics Union even went as far as prohibiting women from running more than 1.5 miles (2.4 km) and the organizers of the Boston Marathon did not want to “take the liability” of ...
December is here and, as expected, Santa and his elves are busy at work at the North Pole. After all, there are last-minute toys to finish cobbling and names to add to the "Nice List," before the ...
1963 – Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892) 1964 – V. Veerasingam , Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1892) 1965 – Joseph Erlanger , American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
“The one thing women don’t want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband.” — Joan Rivers “Once again, we come to the holiday season, a deeply religious time that ...
1963 – An attempt by Greek Cypriot police to search certain Turkish Cypriot women in Nicosia escalated into island-wide violence, leading to 538 deaths and the displacement of nearly 27,000 people. 1968 – Apollo 8 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a trajectory to the Moon ; its crew (pictured) became the first humans to visit ...