Famous Birthdays In December - 04

1868  Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter was born on December - 04.   

1868  On December - 04 birth of jesse Burkett, American baseball player (d. 1953)   

1874  Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice) was born on December - 04.   

1875  On December - 04 birth of r M Rilke, writer   

1875  On this day in history birth of rainer Maria Rilke, Austria, poet (Duino Elegies)   

1875  On this day in history birth of joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)   

1876  Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems) was born on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history birth of herbert Hamilton Harty, composer   

1881  On this day in history birth of erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)   

1883  Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history birth of aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34)   

1889  On December - 04 birth of buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse)   

1889  Isabel Randolph, IL, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks) was born on December - 04.   

1892  On this day in history birth of francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Spanish General/dictator (1936-75)   

1895  On December - 04 birth of nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)   

1895  On December - 04 birth of fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher (d. 1990)   

1896  On December - 04 birth of nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS]   

1897  Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker) was born on December - 04.   

1899  On December - 04 birth of douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer   

1899  On this day in history birth of charles William (Charlie) Spencer Newcastle and England football player (d. 1953)   

1903  Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian was born on December - 04.   

1903  Cornell Woolrich, US, writer (El Angel Negro) was born on December - 04.   

1905  Emilio Médici, president Brazil (1969-74) was born on this day in history.   

1907  On December - 04 birth of jo Boer, Dutch author (Catharina & the Magnolias)   

1908  A D Hershey, US, biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969) was born on December - 04.   

1909  On December - 04 birth of jimmy Jewel, English actor (d. 1995)   

1910  Alex North, Chester Penn, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata) was born on December - 04.   

1910  Amar Singh, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties) was born on this day in history.   

1910  Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987-92) was born on this day in history.   

1912  Alfons "Alphons" Berckmans, Flemish/British actor (Family Stastok) was born on December - 04.   

1912  On this day in history birth of jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler (didn't rep Aust)   

1912  On December - 04 birth of jimmy Jewel, comedian   

1912  On this day in history birth of john W Pritchard, [Ian Wallace], US, sci-fi author (Megalomania)   

1912  Pappy Boyington, American pilot (d. 1988) was born on December - 04.   

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0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on December - 04.   

0771  On December - 04 karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20   

0811  On this day in history charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on this day in history.   

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on this day in history.   

1137  On this day in history lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67   

1182  On December - 04 henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on this day in history.