Famous Birthdays In December - 08

1872  On December - 08 birth of j C Powys, writer   

1874  On this day in history birth of ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951)   

1877  Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer was born on December - 08.   

1879  On December - 08 birth of paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Bauhaus) [OS]   

1881  On this day in history birth of padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)   

1882  Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita) was born on December - 08.   

1886  On this day in history birth of diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo   

1887  On December - 08 birth of vicente Emilio Sojo, composer   

1888  On December - 08 birth of fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian   

1888  Paul Cavanagh, Chislehurst England, actor (Tarzan & his Mate) was born on this day in history.   

1888  On December - 08 birth of vesey D'Davoren, character actor   

1889  W Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse) was born on this day in history.   

1890  On December - 08 birth of bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti)   

1890  Bohuslav Martinu, composer was born on December - 08.   

1894  James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs) was born on this day in history.   

1894  E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (d. 1938) was born on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history birth of leslie Heward, composer   

1899  James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist was born on December - 08.   

1899  John Qualen, Vancouver BC, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Searchers) was born on December - 08.   

1899  Sarah Williamson, US missionary in Liberia was born on December - 08.   

1900  On this day in history birth of sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990)   

1902  Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982) was born on this day in history.   

1903  Adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946) was born on December - 08.   

1903  Cleo Brown, pianist was born on December - 08.   

1903  Irene Eisinger, singer was born on December - 08.   

1903  Kathleen (Kitty) Rosalind Muggeridge, author was born on this day in history.   

1903  Zoltan Szekely, composer was born on December - 08.   

1904  Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935) was born on December - 08.   

1905  Charles Cushing, composer was born on December - 08.   

1905  Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer was born on December - 08.   

1905  On December - 08 birth of frank Faylen, St Louis Mo, actor (Herbert Gillis-Dobie Gillis)   

1905  Julius Silverman, politician was born on December - 08.   

1906  On this day in history birth of richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley)   

1907  On December - 08 birth of tony Aubin, composer   

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0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.   

0899  On this day in history arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

1292  On December - 08 john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on December - 08.   

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on this day in history.   

1626  On December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

1643  On December - 08 john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59