Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1888  Philip Greeley Clapp, composer was born on this day in history.  

1888  On August - 04 birth of syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra spiritual leader (d. 1965)  

1890  Erich Weinert, writer was born on this day in history.  

1890  Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player (d. 1957) was born on August - 04.  

1892  On August - 04 birth of johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer  

1897  Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil) was born on August - 04.  

1899  On August - 04 birth of ezra Taft Benson, 13th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1994)  

1900  Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66) was born on August - 04.  

1900  On this day in history birth of douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch)  

1900  Elizabeth, Queen Mother Of England, King George VI's wife was born on this day in history.  

1901  On August - 04 birth of louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly)  

1901  Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972) was born on this day in history.  

1902  On this day in history birth of wild Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981)  

1903  On this day in history birth of helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels)  

1904  On August - 04 birth of theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire)  

1904  Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Pornography) was born on this day in history.  

1904  Joe Tate, English footballer (d. 1973) was born on August - 04.  

1905  On this day in history birth of michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator  

1906  On this day in history birth of marie-Jose von Saksen-Coburg, Belgian Princess  

1908  Kurt Eichhorn, conductor was born on August - 04.  

1908  Leslie Wilkinson, journalist was born on August - 04.  

1908  Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author (Daily Express) was born on August - 04.  

1909  Glenn Cunningham, US middle distance runner (1930's) was born on this day in history.  

1909  Roberto Burle Marx, landscape gardener was born on August - 04.  

1909  On this day in history birth of saunders Mac Lane, American mathematician (d. 2005)  

1910  On August - 04 birth of william H Schuman, NYC, composer (Amer Festival Overture, Juilliard)  

1910  Anita Page, American actress (d.2008) was born on August - 04.  

1912  On August - 04 birth of david Raksin, Phila Penns, composer (Modern Times)  

1912  On this day in history birth of raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved 10,000s of Jews)  

1912  Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and mountaineer (d. 1999) was born on August - 04.  

1913  On this day in history birth of wesley Addy, Omaha Neb, actor (Bostonians, Loving)  

1913  On August - 04 birth of robert Hayden, American poet (d. 1980)  

1914  On this day in history birth of rik Slabbinck, Flemish painter  

1915  Irving Fields, NYC, pianist (Ilona Massey Show) was born on this day in history.  

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1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on August - 04.  

1113  On August - 04 death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)  

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on this day in history.  

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1306  On August - 04 death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)  

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on August - 04.  

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.