Historical Events In December - 04

1921  Deanna Durbin, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist (100 Men & a Girl) on this day in history.   

1922  Lucille Atcherson, becomes first woman legation sect-US foreign service on December - 04.   

1922  Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service on this day in history.   

1922  Gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps) on December - 04.   

1923  On December - 04 cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres   

1923  On this day in history charles Keating, district attorney (LA Calif)   

1924  John Portman, SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964) on December - 04.   

1925  On December - 04 maurice Binder, NYC, photographer/film titler (James Bond)   

1926  On this day in history 14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats U of Toronto, 10-7   

1926  Lee Doraey, rocker on this day in history.   

1927  On December - 04 duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem   

1927  On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow   

1928  Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1928  Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20) on this day in history.   

1930  French govt of Tardieu falls on this day in history.   

1930  Harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953) on December - 04.   

1931  "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair on December - 04.   

1931  On this day in history alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player   

1932  On December - 04 the birth of Maria Callas, Greek/American operatic soprano   

1932  On this day in history edgar Valcarcel, composer   

1932  Gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64 on December - 04.   

1933  On December - 04 fDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration   

1933  Horst Buchholz, Berlin Germany, actor (Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe) on this day in history.   

1933  Stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1934  On December - 04 victor French, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Highway to Heaven)   

1935  1,200 at St Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class on December - 04.   

1935  On this day in history 1,200 at St Joseph's College (Phila) enroll in anticommunism class   

1935  On this day in history fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65)   

1935  Hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies on this day in history.   

1936  Larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history max Baer Jr, Oakland Calif, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies)   

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

1941  Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts on this day in history.   

1942  On December - 04 fDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration   

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

1555  On this day in history birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)   

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on December - 04.   

1584  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on December - 04.   

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  On December - 04 birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

0765  On December - 04 death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)   

0771  On this day in history karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20   

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

1075  On this day in history death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on December - 04.   

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on December - 04.   

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on December - 04.