Famous Birthdays In December - 22

1899  On this day in history birth of gustaf Gruendgens, Duesseldorf Germany, actor/director (M)   

1899  Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington Ind, pianist/composer was born on December - 22.   

1899  Wiley Post, Texas, aviation pioneer was born on December - 22.   

1899  Gustav Gründgens, German actor (d. 1963) was born on December - 22.   

1900  Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher was born on this day in history.   

1901  Andre Kostelanetz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Lincoln Portrari) was born on this day in history.   

1901  On December - 22 birth of joaquin Rodrigo, Spain, composer   

1902  On December - 22 birth of jacques-Philippe Leclerc, France, WW II hero (liberator of Paris)   

1902  Joe Adonis, Italy, American crime-syndicate boss in NY & NJ was born on December - 22.   

1903  Barbara Moore, doctor, walked across US in 86 days in 1960 was born on December - 22.   

1903  On December - 22 birth of h Keffer Hartline, US, biophysicist (Nobel 1967)   

1903  On December - 22 birth of marc Lavry, composer   

1904  On this day in history birth of louis-Eugene-Felix Neel, Lyon France, physicist (Nobel 1970)   

1905  Kenneth Rexroth, US, poet/critic/translator (Birds in the Bush) was born on December - 22.   

1905  Pierre Brasseur, [Espinasse], French actor (Enfants du Paradis) was born on December - 22.   

1907  On December - 22 birth of peggy Ashcroft, Croydon England, actress (Dear Brutus, Happy Days)   

1907  Yoshio Hasegawa, composer was born on December - 22.   

1908  Marius F Duintjer, Dutch architect was born on this day in history.   

1908  On December - 22 birth of max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician (Ruban Sans Fin)   

1909  Alan Carney, [David Boughal], Brooklyn NY, actor (Zombies on Broadway) was born on this day in history.   

1909  On December - 22 birth of patricia Hayes, English actress (d. 1998)   

1910  On this day in history birth of richard Ainley, Middlesex England, actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion)   

1911  Grote Reber, US, astronomer (1st parabolic radio telescope) was born on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history birth of claudia A "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson, 1st lady (1963-1969)   

1912  Doris Duke, NYC, heiress (American Tobacco Co) was born on this day in history.   

1912  On December - 22 birth of henry Armstrong, held feather/light/welterweight boxing titles (1938)   

1913  Anthony Barber Doncaster, bookseller was born on December - 22.   

1913  Benjamin Britten, Suffolk England, opera composer was born on December - 22.   

1915  Barbara Billingsley, American actress was born on December - 22.   

1917  On December - 22 birth of andrew Fielding Huxley, London England, physiologist (Nobel 1963)   

1917  Gene Rayburn, Christopher Ill, TV game show host (Match Game) was born on December - 22.   

1917  Piet De Somer, Belgian rector (U of Leuven) was born on this day in history.   

1918  Frankie Darro, Chicago IL, actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men) was born on this day in history.   

1918  On December - 22 birth of william Kennedy, baseball player   

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1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.   

1337  On this day in history daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54   

1419  On this day in history john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies   

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on this day in history.   

1550  On December - 22 death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  On this day in history mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

1646  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on this day in history.   

1660  On December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)