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  On December - 04 lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service  

1922  On December - 04 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  Maurice Binder, NYC, photographer/film titler (James Bond) on this day in history.  

1926  14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats U of Toronto, 10-7 on December - 04.  

1926  Lee Doraey, rocker on December - 04.  

1927  Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem on December - 04.  

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

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

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 December - 04.  

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

1931  Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player on this day in history.  

1932  The birth of Maria Callas, Greek/American operatic soprano on this day in history.  

1932  On this day in history edgar Valcarcel, composer  

1932  On December - 04 gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64  

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  On December - 04 stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65  

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

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

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

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

1937  On December - 04 max Baer Jr, Oakland Calif, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies)  

1938  On this day in history dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54  

1941  On December - 04 nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts  

1942  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on this day in history.  

1595  On this day in history birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)  

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

1660  On this day in history birth of andre Campra, composer  

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 December - 04 karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on this day in history.  

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