Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1888  On August - 04 birth of philip Greeley Clapp, composer   

1888  Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra spiritual leader (d. 1965) was born on August - 04.   

1890  Erich Weinert, writer was born on August - 04.   

1890  On this day in history birth of dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player (d. 1957)   

1892  Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer was born on August - 04.   

1897  Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil) was born on August - 04.   

1899  On August - 04 birth of ezra Taft Benson, 13th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1994)   

1900  Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66) was born on August - 04.   

1900  On August - 04 birth of douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch)   

1900  On August - 04 birth of elizabeth, Queen Mother Of England, King George VI's wife   

1901  On this day in history birth of louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly)   

1901  On this day in history birth of clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972)   

1902  Wild Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981) was born on August - 04.   

1903  Helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels) was born on August - 04.   

1904  Theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire) was born on August - 04.   

1904  On this day in history birth of witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Pornography)   

1904  On this day in history birth of joe Tate, English footballer (d. 1973)   

1905  On this day in history birth of michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator   

1906  Marie-Jose von Saksen-Coburg, Belgian Princess was born on August - 04.   

1908  Kurt Eichhorn, conductor was born on August - 04.   

1908  Leslie Wilkinson, journalist was born on August - 04.   

1908  On this day in history birth of osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author (Daily Express)   

1909  Glenn Cunningham, US middle distance runner (1930's) was born on August - 04.   

1909  On August - 04 birth of roberto Burle Marx, landscape gardener   

1909  On this day in history birth of saunders Mac Lane, American mathematician (d. 2005)   

1910  William H Schuman, NYC, composer (Amer Festival Overture, Juilliard) was born on this day in history.   

1910  Anita Page, American actress (d.2008) was born on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history birth of david Raksin, Phila Penns, composer (Modern Times)   

1912  On August - 04 birth of raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved 10,000s of Jews)   

1912  On this day in history birth of aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and mountaineer (d. 1999)   

1913  On this day in history birth of wesley Addy, Omaha Neb, actor (Bostonians, Loving)   

1913  On this day in history birth of robert Hayden, American poet (d. 1980)   

1914  Rik Slabbinck, Flemish painter was born on August - 04.   

1915  Irving Fields, NYC, pianist (Ilona Massey Show) was born on this day in history.   

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1060  On August - 04 henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52   

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on August - 04.   

1204  On this day in history death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1306  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  On this day in history death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

1430  On August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.