Famous Deaths In December - 04

1926  On December - 04 death of ivana Kobilca, Slovenian-born painter (b. 1861)   

1932  On December - 04 gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64   

1933  On this day in history stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65   

1935  On December - 04 hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies   

1938  On December - 04 dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54   

1943  Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist, dies at 46 on December - 04.   

1944  Death of Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879) on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history death of thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1866)   

1948  On December - 04 karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies   

1952  On December - 04 karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67   

1953  Daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80 on December - 04.   

1954  On December - 04 nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies   

1956  Death of Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (b. 1891) on this day in history.   

1959  Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58 on this day in history.   

1967  Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72 on December - 04.   

1969  Alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1971  On December - 04 shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies   

1973  Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36   

1975  On this day in history hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5]   

1976  On this day in history benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63   

1977  On this day in history leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72   

1978  On this day in history samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76   

1979  Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62 on December - 04.   

1980  On this day in history death of stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69   

1983  Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1984  John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94 on December - 04.   

1985  Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83 on December - 04.   

1986  Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90   

1988  Death of Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (b. 1899) on December - 04.   

1990  On this day in history edward Binns, US actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74   

1993  Frank Sturgis, watergate burglar, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1994  Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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1443  On December - 04 birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1580  On December - 04 birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)   

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on this day in history.   

1595  On December - 04 birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on December - 04.   

1660  On December - 04 birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on this day in history.