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

1922  On December - 04 gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps)  

1923  On December - 04 cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres  

1923  On December - 04 charles Keating, district attorney (LA Calif)  

1924  On December - 04 john Portman, SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964)  

1925  On this day in history 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 this day in history lee Doraey, rocker  

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

1927  On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow  

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

1928  Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20) on December - 04.  

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 this day in history alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player  

1932  On this day in history the birth of Maria Callas, Greek/American operatic soprano  

1932  On December - 04 edgar Valcarcel, composer  

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

1933  On December - 04 fDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration  

1933  On December - 04 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  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  1,200 at St Joseph's College (Phila) enroll in anticommunism class on this day in history.  

1935  On this day in history 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  On this day in history larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist  

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 December - 04 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 December - 04.  

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.  

1580  On December - 04 birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)  

1584  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony  

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on December - 04.  

1646  On this day in history birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)  

1660  On December - 04 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 December - 04.  

0771  On December - 04 karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20  

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

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on this day in history.  

1123  On December - 04 death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)  

1137  On this day in history lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67  

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