Page 5: Historical Events In December - 04

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

1922  On December - 04 lucille Atcherson, becomes first woman legation sect-US foreign service   

1922  Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service on December - 04.   

1922  On this day in history gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps)   

1923  Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres on this day in history.   

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  14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats U of Toronto, 10-7 on December - 04.   

1926  On December - 04 lee Doraey, rocker   

1927  Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem on this day in history.   

1927  On December - 04 dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow   

1928  Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in NYC on December - 04.   

1928  On this day in history russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20)   

1930  On December - 04 french govt of Tardieu falls   

1930  On December - 04 harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953)   

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

1931  On December - 04 alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player   

1932  The birth of Maria Callas, Greek/American operatic soprano on December - 04.   

1932  Edgar Valcarcel, composer on this day in history.   

1932  Gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1933  FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration on this day in history.   

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

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

1934  Victor French, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Highway to Heaven) on this day in history.   

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

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

1935  Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65) on this day in history.   

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

1936  On this day in history larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist   

1937  Max Baer Jr, Oakland Calif, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies) on December - 04.   

1938  Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

1942  On this day in history fDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration   

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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on this day in history.   

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on December - 04.   

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

1646  On December - 04 birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)   

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

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on December - 04.   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on December - 04.   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on December - 04.   

0811  Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 on December - 04.   

1075  On December - 04 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 December - 04.   

1182  On this day in history henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

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