National gingerbread cookie day. Pop culture from 1999. 1st unteathered hot air ballon flight, Kristin shot JR, 1st hotel with TV's in the rooms. Todays birthdays- Jean Shepard, Marlo Thomas, Goldie Hawn, Harold Ramis, Nick Gilder, Nicollette Sheridan, Carly Rae Jepson. David Cassidy died.