Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 08

1872  J C Powys, writer was born on December - 08.   

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

1877  Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer was born on this day in history.   

1879  Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Bauhaus) [OS] was born on this day in history.   

1881  Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems) was born on December - 08.   

1882  Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita) was born on this day in history.   

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

1887  Vicente Emilio Sojo, composer was born on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history birth of fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian   

1888  On this day in history birth of paul Cavanagh, Chislehurst England, actor (Tarzan & his Mate)   

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

1889  On this day in history birth of w Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse)   

1890  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti) was born on December - 08.   

1890  On this day in history birth of bohuslav Martinu, composer   

1894  James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs) was born on December - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history birth of john Qualen, Vancouver BC, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Searchers)   

1899  Sarah Williamson, US missionary in Liberia was born on this day in history.   

1900  On December - 08 birth of sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990)   

1902  Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982) was born on December - 08.   

1903  On this day in history birth of adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)   

1903  On this day in history birth of cleo Brown, pianist   

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

1903  On this day in history birth of kathleen (Kitty) Rosalind Muggeridge, author   

1903  On this day in history birth of zoltan Szekely, composer   

1904  Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935) was born on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history birth of charles Cushing, composer   

1905  Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1905  On December - 08 birth of julius Silverman, politician   

1906  Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley) was born on December - 08.   

1907  On December - 08 birth of tony Aubin, composer   

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0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.   

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on this day in history.   

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

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on this day in history.   

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on December - 08.   

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on this day in history.   

1632  On December - 08 death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

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