Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1888  On this day in history birth of philip Greeley Clapp, composer   

1888  On August - 04 birth of syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra spiritual leader (d. 1965)   

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

1890  On August - 04 birth of dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player (d. 1957)   

1892  On August - 04 birth of johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer   

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

1899  Ezra Taft Benson, 13th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1994) was born on this day in history.   

1900  On August - 04 birth of arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66)   

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 August - 04 birth of louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly)   

1901  Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972) was born on August - 04.   

1902  On this day in history birth of wild Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981)   

1903  On August - 04 birth of helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels)   

1904  Theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire) was born on this day in history.   

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

1904  Joe Tate, English footballer (d. 1973) was born on this day in history.   

1905  On August - 04 birth of michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator   

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

1908  On this day in history birth of kurt Eichhorn, conductor   

1908  On this day in history birth of leslie Wilkinson, journalist   

1908  Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author (Daily Express) was born on August - 04.   

1909  On this day in history birth of glenn Cunningham, US middle distance runner (1930's)   

1909  Roberto Burle Marx, landscape gardener was born on August - 04.   

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 August - 04.   

1910  Anita Page, American actress (d.2008) was born on August - 04.   

1912  David Raksin, Phila Penns, composer (Modern Times) was born on this day in history.   

1912  Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved 10,000s of Jews) was born on this day in history.   

1912  Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and mountaineer (d. 1999) was born on this day in history.   

1913  Wesley Addy, Omaha Neb, actor (Bostonians, Loving) was born on August - 04.   

1913  Robert Hayden, American poet (d. 1980) was born on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history birth of rik Slabbinck, Flemish painter   

1915  Irving Fields, NYC, pianist (Ilona Massey Show) was born on August - 04.   

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1060  On this day in history henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52   

1113  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  On August - 04 death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on this day in history.   

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on August - 04.   

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

1476  On August - 04 death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded