Historical Events In December - 04

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

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

1922  Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service on this day in history.  

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  Charles Keating, district attorney (LA Calif) on December - 04.  

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 December - 04 lee Doraey, rocker  

1927  On this day in history duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem  

1927  Dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow on this day in history.  

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

1928  Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20) on this day in history.  

1930  On December - 04 french govt of Tardieu falls  

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

1931  On this day in history "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair  

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

1932  On December - 04 the birth of Maria Callas, Greek/American operatic soprano  

1932  Edgar Valcarcel, composer on this day in history.  

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

1933  FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration on December - 04.  

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 December - 04.  

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 December - 04.  

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 December - 04.  

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

1936  Larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist on December - 04.  

1937  On this day in history max Baer Jr, Oakland Calif, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies)  

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 December - 04.  

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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  On December - 04 birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony  

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  On this day in history birth of andre Campra, composer  

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

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

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)  

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

1182  On December - 04 henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies  

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