Historical Events In December - 04

1921  On December - 04 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  On this day in history 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  Charles Keating, district attorney (LA Calif) on this day in history.  

1924  On this day in history john Portman, SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964)  

1925  Maurice Binder, NYC, photographer/film titler (James Bond) on December - 04.  

1926  14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats U of Toronto, 10-7 on this day in history.  

1926  Lee Doraey, rocker on this day in history.  

1927  Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem on this day in history.  

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

1928  On this day in history 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  On this day in history harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953)  

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

1931  On December - 04 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 December - 04 gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64  

1933  FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration on this day in history.  

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 December - 04.  

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

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

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

1935  On this day in history fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65)  

1935  On December - 04 hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies  

1936  On December - 04 larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist  

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

1938  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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  Andre Campra, composer was born on December - 04.  

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on this day in history.  

0765  On this day in history death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)  

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

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

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on December - 04.  

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on December - 04.  

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

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

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on December - 04.