CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.santa-monica.ca.us/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.smchamber.com/

Visitors Bureau:
http://www.santamonica.com/

Population:
84084 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1875

County:
Los Angeles County

Founded 1875, incorporated 1886.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences	1971
Santa Monica College	1929
Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA	1884

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
MySpace	2003
Red Bull	1984
Activision	1979
A&M Records	1962
Dick Clark Productions	1957
Fatburger	1952
Douglas Aircraft	1920

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kenneth Anger	Film Director	3-Feb-1930		Pioneer avant-garde filmmaker
Apollonia	Singer	2-Aug-1959		Former Prince protégé
Sean Astin	Actor	25-Feb-1971		The Goonies' Mikey and the hobbit Sam
Jack Black	Musician	28-Aug-1969		Half of Tenacious D
Christopher Boyce	Spy	16-Feb-1953		The Falcon
Charlotte Caffey	Guitarist	21-Oct-1953		Lead guitarist for The Go-Go's
Geraldine Chaplin	Actor	31-Jul-1944		Doctor Zhivago
Kevin Corcoran	Actor	10-Jun-1949		Disney child actor
Mara Corday	Actor	3-Jan-1930		Playboy Playmate and bit actress
Suri Cruise	Relative	18-Apr-2006		Daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Kelly Curtis	Actor	17-Jun-1956		Daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh
Carson Daly	TV Personality	22-Jun-1973		MTV Total Request Live
John Densmore	Drummer	1-Dec-1944		Drummer for The Doors
Dominique Dunne	Actor	23-Nov-1959	4-Nov-1982	Poltergeist
Richard Eyer	Actor	6-May-1945		The Invisible Boy
Shelley Fabares	Actor	19-Jan-1944		Christine Fox on Coach
Miguel Ferrer	Actor	7-Feb-1955		Agent Rosenfield on Twin Peaks
Bonnie Franklin	Actor	6-Jan-1944		Ann Romano on One Day at a Time
Squeaky Fromme	Assassin	22-Oct-1948		Attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford
Mick Garris	Film Director	4-Dec-1951		Sleepwalkers
Frank Gifford	Football	16-Aug-1930		Monday Night Football
Sara Gilbert	Actor	29-Jan-1975		Darlene on Roseanne
Adam Goldberg	Actor	25-Oct-1970		Saving Private Ryan
Linda Gray	Actor	12-Sep-1940		Sue Ellen on Dallas
Bob Gunton	Actor	15-Nov-1945		The Shawshank Redemption
Mariska Hargitay	Actor	23-Jan-1964		Law & Order: SVU
Richard Hatch	Actor	21-May-1945		Apollo on Battlestar Galactica
David Hayter	Actor	6-Feb-1969		Voice of Solid Snake
Ryan Hurst	Actor	19-Jun-1976		Remember the Titans
Anjelica Huston	Actor	8-Jul-1951		The Grifters
Bill Irwin	Actor	11-Apr-1950		My Blue Heaven
Lorenzo Lamas	Actor	20-Jan-1958		Renegade
Christopher Lawford	Actor	29-Mar-1955		All My Children
Lorna Luft	Actor	21-Nov-1952		Daughter of Judy Garland
Tobey Maguire	Actor	27-Jun-1975		Spider-Man
Stephen Malkmus	Musician	30-May-1966		Pavement frontman
Teena Marie	Musician	5-Mar-1956		White soul singer/songwriter
Dean-Paul Martin	Relative	17-Nov-1951	21-Mar-1987	Son of Dean Martin
Catherine McLeod	Actor	2-Jul-1921	11-May-1997	I've Always Loved You
Penelope Ann Miller	Actor	13-Jan-1964		Big-Top Pee Wee
Dave Navarro	Guitarist	7-Jun-1967		Guitarist for Jane's Addiction
Gunnar Nelson	Musician	20-Sep-1967		Nelson
Matthew Nelson	Musician	20-Sep-1967		Nelson
Tracy Nelson	Actor	25-Oct-1963		Father Dowling Mysteries
Judy Norton-Taylor	Actor	29-Jan-1958		The Waltons
Parry O'Brien	Track and Field	28-Jan-1932	21-Apr-2007	Revolutionized the shot put
Susan Olsen	Actor	14-Aug-1961		Cindy on The Brady Bunch
Frederick K. C. Price	Religion	3-Jan-1932		Televangelist
Robert Redford	Actor	18-Aug-1936		The Sundance Kid
Randy Rhoads	Guitarist	6-Dec-1956	19-Mar-1982	Ozzy's guitarist dies joyriding airplane
Christina Ricci	Actor	12-Feb-1980		The Addams Family
Shiva Rose	Actor	8-Feb-1972		David & Layla
Paul Sand	Actor	5-Mar-1935		The Hot Rock
Erin Sanders	Actor	19-Jan-1991		Quinn Pensky on Zoey 101
Frank Shamrock	Wrestling	8-Dec-1972		Ultimate Fighting Champion
Bobby Sherman	Singer	22-Jul-1943		"Julie, Julie, Julie, Do You Love Me?"
Bruce Snyder	Football	14-Mar-1940		Sun Devils Head Coach, 1992-2000
Allan R. Spies	Business	c. 1949		CFO of US West, 1997-2000
Gloria Stuart	Actor	4-Jul-1910		The old lady in Titanic
Amber Tamblyn	Actor	14-May-1983		Joan of Arcadia
Shirley Temple	Actor	23-Apr-1928		Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Robert Trujillo	Bassist	23-Oct-1964		Metallica Bassist
Suzanne Vega	Musician	11-Jul-1959		Her name is Luka, lives on 2nd floor
Jack Webb	Actor	2-Apr-1920	23-Dec-1982	Joe Friday in Dragnet
Barry Williams	Actor	30-Sep-1954		Greg on The Brady Bunch
Lana Wood	Actor	1-Mar-1946		Diamonds Are Forever

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Albertson	Actor	2-Feb-1909	29-Feb-1964	American character actor
Mabel Albertson	Actor	24-Jul-1901	28-Sep-1982	Darrin's mother on Bewitched
Irwin Allen	Film/TV Producer	12-Jun-1916	2-Nov-1991	The Master of Disaster
Edward Andrews	Actor	9-Oct-1914	8-Mar-1985	Sixteen Candles
Robert Armstrong	Actor	20-Nov-1890	20-Apr-1973	King Kong
Paul Atkinson	Guitarist	19-Mar-1946	2-Apr-2004	Guitarist for The Zombies
George Bancroft	Actor	30-Sep-1882	2-Oct-1956	Thunderbolt
Harry Beaumont	Film Director	10-Feb-1888	22-Dec-1966	The Broadway Melody
Alphonzo Bell	Politician	19-Sep-1914	25-Apr-2004	Congressman from California, 1961-77
Bruce Bennett	Actor	19-May-1906	24-Feb-2007	Played Tarzan in 1930s movie serials
Janet Blair	Actor	23-Apr-1921	19-Feb-2007	Night of the Eagle
Joan Blondell	Actor	30-Aug-1906	25-Dec-1979	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Lloyd Bochner	Actor	29-Jul-1924	29-Oct-2005	It's a cookbook
Jimmy Boyd	Singer	9-Jan-1939	7-Mar-2009	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Clarence Brown	Film Director	10-May-1890	17-Aug-1987	National Velvet
Nigel Bruce	Actor	14-Feb-1895	8-Oct-1953	Played Rathbone's Dr. Watson
Tim Buckley	Singer/Songwriter	14-Feb-1947	29-Jun-1975	Experimental singer/songwriter
W. R. Burnett	Novelist	25-Nov-1899	25-Apr-1982	Little Caesar
George Carlin	Comic	12-May-1937	22-Jun-2008	Seven Dirty Words
Rudolf Carnap	Philosopher	18-May-1891	14-Sep-1970	The Logical Syntax of Language
Leo Carrillo	Actor	6-Aug-1881	10-Sep-1961	Pancho on The Cisco Kid
Dane Clark	Actor	26-Feb-1912	11-Sep-1998	Moonrise
Fred Clark	Actor	19-Mar-1914	5-Dec-1968	A Place in the Sun
Nat King Cole	Singer	17-Mar-1917	15-Feb-1965	Unforgettable
Ray Collins	Actor	10-Dec-1889	11-Jul-1965	Lt. Tragg on Perry Mason
Jackie Coogan	Actor	26-Oct-1914	1-Mar-1984	Uncle Fester in The Addams Family
Henry Daniell	Actor	5-Mar-1894	31-Oct-1963	British-American character actor
Miles Davis	Jazz Musician	25-May-1926	28-Sep-1991	Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue
Ted Demme	Film Director	26-Oct-1963	13-Jan-2002	Blow
Troy Donahue	Actor	27-Jan-1936	2-Sep-2001	A Summer Place
James Dunn	Actor	2-Nov-1905	3-Sep-1967	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Jimmy Durante	Comic	10-Feb-1893	20-Jan-1980	Everybody wants ta get inta da act
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.	Actor	23-May-1883	12-Dec-1939	The Thief of Baghdad
Robert Florey	Film Director	14-Sep-1900	16-May-1979	Tarzan and the Mermaids
Norman Foster	Film Director	13-Dec-1900	7-Jul-1976	Journey Into Fear
Sidney Franklin	Film Director	21-Mar-1893	18-May-1972	The Good Earth
Thomas Gomez	Actor	10-Jul-1905	18-Jun-1971	Ride the Pink Horse
Betty Grable	Actor	18-Dec-1916	2-Jul-1973	The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs
Stewart Granger	Actor	6-May-1913	16-Aug-1993	King Solomon's Mines
Bonita Granville	Actor	2-Feb-1923	11-Oct-1988	These Three
Lorne Greene	Actor	12-Feb-1915	11-Sep-1987	Actor, wildlife host, promoter of dogfood
William Haines	Actor	2-Jan-1900	26-Dec-1973	Hollywood's first openly gay leading man
Margaux Hemingway	Actor	16-Feb-1955	2-Jul-1996	Troubled actress OD'd on klonopin
Paul Henreid	Actor	10-Jan-1908	29-Mar-1992	Casablanca
Conrad Hilton	Business	25-Dec-1887	3-Jan-1979	Founder, Hilton Hotels
Halliwell Hobbes	Actor	16-Nov-1877	20-Feb-1962	British-American character actor
William Holden	Actor	17-Apr-1918	16-Nov-1981	Stalag 17
John Ireland	Actor	30-Jan-1914	21-Mar-1992	All the King's Men
Christopher Isherwood	Author	26-Aug-1904	4-Jan-1986	The Berlin Stories
Dean Jagger	Actor	7-Nov-1903	5-Feb-1991	Twelve O'Clock High
Allen Jenkins	Actor	9-Apr-1900	20-Jul-1974	American character actor
Victor Jory	Actor	23-Nov-1902	12-Feb-1982	Cat-Women of the Moon
Joseph Kane	Film Director	19-Mar-1894	25-Aug-1975	Flame of Barbary Coast
Martin Kosleck	Actor	24-Mar-1904	15-Jan-1994	German-American character actor
Hope Lange	Actor	28-Nov-1931	19-Dec-2003	Peyton Place
Joi Lansing	Actor	6-Apr-1929	7-Aug-1972	Gladys Flatt on The Beverly Hillbillies
Stan Laurel	Actor	16-Jun-1890	23-Feb-1965	Laurel and Hardy
Frank Lloyd	Film Director	2-Feb-1886	10-Aug-1960	Mutiny on the Bounty
Gene Lockhart	Actor	18-Jul-1891	31-Mar-1957	Algiers
Sidney Luft	Film/TV Producer	2-Nov-1915	15-Sep-2005	Ex-Husband of Judy Garland
Barton MacLane	Actor	25-Dec-1902	1-Jan-1969	Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie
Fred MacMurray	Actor	30-Aug-1908	6-Nov-1991	The Absent-Minded Professor
Dick Martin	Comic	30-Jan-1922	24-May-2008	Laugh-In
Walter Matthau	Actor	1-Oct-1920	1-Jul-2000	Messy half of the Odd Couple
Leo McCarey	Film Director	3-Oct-1898	5-Jul-1969	The Awful Truth
Patrick McGoohan	Actor	19-Mar-1928	13-Jan-2009	Number Six on The Prisoner
Dorothy McGuire	Actor	14-Jun-1916	13-Sep-2001	A Summer Place
Kenneth McMillan	Actor	2-Jul-1932	8-Jan-1989	Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Lauritz Melchior	Singer	20-Mar-1890	18-Mar-1973	Wagnerian operatic tenor
Bill Melendez	Cartoonist	15-Nov-1916	2-Sep-2008	A Charlie Brown Christmas
Mary Miles Minter	Actor	1-Apr-1902	4-Aug-1984	Anne of Green Gables
Millard Mitchell	Actor	14-Aug-1903	13-Oct-1953	My Six Convicts
Tom Moore	Actor	1-May-1883	12-Feb-1955	Irish-American character actor
Patrick Nagel	Artist	25-Nov-1945	4-Feb-1984	The Nagel Woman
Alan Napier	Actor	7-Jan-1903	8-Aug-1988	Alfred on Batman
Ralph Nelson	Film Director	12-Aug-1916	21-Dec-1987	Father Goose
Pat O'Brien	Actor	11-Nov-1899	15-Oct-1983	Angels with Dirty Faces
Dennis O'Keefe	Actor	29-Mar-1908	31-Aug-1968	Brewster's Millions
Dick O'Neill	Actor	29-Aug-1928	17-Nov-1998	Charlie Cagney on Cagney and Lacey
Johnny Olson	Game Show Host	22-May-1910	12-Oct-1985	Announcer for What's My Line, etc.
Franklin Pangborn	Actor	23-Jan-1888	20-Jul-1958	Character actor, 1920s to 1950s
Louella Parsons	Columnist	6-Aug-1881	9-Dec-1972	Hollywood queen of gossip
Chris Penn	Actor	10-Oct-1965	24-Jan-2006	Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs
Mary Pickford	Actor	8-Apr-1892	29-May-1979	America's Sweetheart
Walter Pidgeon	Actor	23-Sep-1897	25-Sep-1984	How Green Was My Valley
Edward Platt	Actor	14-Feb-1916	19-Mar-1974	Chief on Get Smart
June Pointer	Musician	30-Nov-1953	11-Apr-2006	The Pointer Sisters
Cole Porter	Composer	9-Jun-1891	15-Oct-1964	I've Got You Under My Skin
Fred Quimby	Film/TV Producer	31-Jul-1886	16-Sep-1965	Producer of Tom and Jerry
Ford Rainey	Actor	8-Aug-1908	25-Jul-2005	Window on Main Street
Martin Ritt	Film Director	2-Mar-1914	8-Dec-1990	The Long Hot Summer
Gene Roddenberry	Screenwriter	19-Aug-1921	24-Oct-1991	Creator of Star Trek
Cesar Romero	Actor	15-Feb-1907	1-Jan-1994	The Joker on Batman
Wesley Ruggles	Film Director	11-Jun-1889	8-Jan-1972	Cimarron
Irene Ryan	Actor	17-Oct-1902	26-Apr-1973	Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies
Franklin J. Schaffner	Film Director	30-May-1920	2-Jul-1989	Patton and Planet of the Apes
Clark Shaughnessy	Football	6-Mar-1892	15-May-1970	Invented football T-Formation
Barbara Stanwyck	Actor	16-Jul-1907	20-Jan-1990	Double Indemnity
Robert Taylor	Actor	5-Aug-1911	8-Jun-1969	Quo Vadis
Irving Thalberg	Film/TV Producer	30-May-1899	14-Sep-1936	De-facto boss of MGM Studios
Peter Tomarken	Game Show Host	7-Dec-1942	13-Mar-2006	Host of Press Your Luck
Lee Tracy	Actor	14-Apr-1898	18-Oct-1968	Crashing Hollywood
Les Tremayne	Radio Personality	16-Apr-1913	19-Dec-2003	Veteran of 30,000 radio broadcasts
Sonny Tufts	Actor	16-Jul-1911	4-Jun-1970	Cat-Women of the Moon
Kenneth Tynan	Critic	2-Apr-1927	26-Jul-1980	British theatre critic
David Wayne	Actor	30-Jan-1914	9-Feb-1995	The Andromeda Strain
Lawrence Welk	Conductor	11-Mar-1903	17-May-1992	Big band leader, TV champagne music host
Roland West	Film Director	20-Feb-1885	31-Mar-1952	The Bat Whispers
Anna May Wong	Actor	3-Jan-1905	3-Feb-1961	Shanghai Express

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