This Week in History…

• Dec. 19, 1967: Luxor headliner Criss Angel was born as Christopher Sarantakos in East Meadow, N.Y.
• Dec. 19, 1946: Robert Urich, who starred as detective Dan Tanna in “Vega$” for three seasons, would have been 62. He died April 16, 2002.
• Dec. 20, 1957: Elvis Presley receives his draft notice from the U.S. Army while spending the Christmas holidays at Graceland, the rock ‘n’ roll star’s newly purchased Tennessee mansion.
• Dec. 22, 1949: Robin Gibb of the singer/songwriting trio The Bee Gees was born with twin brother, Maurice.
• Dec. 23, 1979: Holly Madison was born in Astoria, Ore. She was a roller-skating waitress at Hooters in Santa Monica, Calif., before spending eight years in the Playboy Mansion with Hugh Hefner.