Historical Events In December - 04

1921  On this day in history deanna Durbin, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist (100 Men & a Girl)  

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

1922  On this day in history lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service  

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

1923  Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres on December - 04.  

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

1926  On this day in history lee Doraey, rocker  

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

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

1928  On December - 04 walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in NYC  

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

1930  On December - 04 french govt of Tardieu falls  

1930  Harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953) on this day in history.  

1931  "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair on this day in history.  

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

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

1932  On this day in history edgar Valcarcel, composer  

1932  On this day in history gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64  

1933  On this day in history 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 this day in history victor French, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Highway to Heaven)  

1935  1,200 at St Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class on this day in history.  

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

1935  On December - 04 fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65)  

1935  Hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies on December - 04.  

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

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

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

1941  Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts on December - 04.  

1942  FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration 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 December - 04.  

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

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on December - 04.  

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.  

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

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on this day in history.  

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  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on this day in history.  

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on this day in history.  

1137  On December - 04 lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67  

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

1214  On December - 04 death of william I of Scotland