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December 14:

Book releases
 * 2009 - Witch and Wizard, a fantasy novel by James Patterson (with Gabrielle Charbonnet)

Film releases
 * 1984 - Frankenweenie, a short film directed by Tim Burton
 * 2007 - Alvin and the Chipmunks

Television series
 * 1963 An Unearthly Child, the first Doctor Who serial, finishes airing on the BBC

Deaths
 * 1935 - Stanley G. Weinbaum (b. 1902), an American science fiction author