Famous Birthdays In December - 04

1868  Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter was born on this day in history.   

1868  On December - 04 birth of jesse Burkett, American baseball player (d. 1953)   

1874  Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice) was born on December - 04.   

1875  R M Rilke, writer was born on December - 04.   

1875  Rainer Maria Rilke, Austria, poet (Duino Elegies) was born on this day in history.   

1875  Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945) was born on December - 04.   

1876  Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems) was born on this day in history.   

1879  Herbert Hamilton Harty, composer was born on December - 04.   

1881  Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot) was born on this day in history.   

1883  On December - 04 birth of katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author (d. 1969)   

1888  On this day in history birth of aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34)   

1889  Buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse) was born on December - 04.   

1889  Isabel Randolph, IL, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks) was born on December - 04.   

1892  Francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Spanish General/dictator (1936-75) was born on this day in history.   

1895  On December - 04 birth of nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)   

1895  Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher (d. 1990) was born on December - 04.   

1896  Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS] was born on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history birth of mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker)   

1899  Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer was born on this day in history.   

1899  On December - 04 birth of charles William (Charlie) Spencer Newcastle and England football player (d. 1953)   

1903  On this day in history birth of alfred Leslie Rowse, historian   

1903  Cornell Woolrich, US, writer (El Angel Negro) was born on this day in history.   

1905  Emilio Médici, president Brazil (1969-74) was born on December - 04.   

1907  On December - 04 birth of jo Boer, Dutch author (Catharina & the Magnolias)   

1908  A D Hershey, US, biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969) was born on this day in history.   

1909  Jimmy Jewel, English actor (d. 1995) was born on this day in history.   

1910  Alex North, Chester Penn, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata) was born on this day in history.   

1910  Amar Singh, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties) was born on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history birth of ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987-92)   

1912  On December - 04 birth of alfons "Alphons" Berckmans, Flemish/British actor (Family Stastok)   

1912  On December - 04 birth of jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler (didn't rep Aust)   

1912  Jimmy Jewel, comedian was born on December - 04.   

1912  On this day in history birth of john W Pritchard, [Ian Wallace], US, sci-fi author (Megalomania)   

1912  On December - 04 birth of pappy Boyington, American pilot (d. 1988)   

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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  On December - 04 charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

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 this day in history.   

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on December - 04.   

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

1214  On this day in history death of william I of Scotland