Famous Birthdays In December - 04

1868  Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter was born on December - 04.   

1868  Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (d. 1953) was born on this day in history.   

1874  Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice) was born on this day in history.   

1875  R M Rilke, writer was born on this day in history.   

1875  On December - 04 birth of rainer Maria Rilke, Austria, poet (Duino Elegies)   

1875  On December - 04 birth of joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)   

1876  On this day in history birth of dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems)   

1879  On this day in history birth of herbert Hamilton Harty, composer   

1881  Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot) was born on December - 04.   

1883  Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author (d. 1969) was born on December - 04.   

1888  On this day in history birth of aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34)   

1889  On this day in history birth of buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse)   

1889  On this day in history birth of isabel Randolph, IL, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks)   

1892  Francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Spanish General/dictator (1936-75) was born on December - 04.   

1895  Nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag) was born on December - 04.   

1895  Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher (d. 1990) was born on this day in history.   

1896  On December - 04 birth of nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS]   

1897  Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker) was born on December - 04.   

1899  Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer was born on this day in history.   

1899  On December - 04 birth of charles William (Charlie) Spencer Newcastle and England football player (d. 1953)   

1903  On this day in history birth of alfred Leslie Rowse, historian   

1903  On this day in history birth of cornell Woolrich, US, writer (El Angel Negro)   

1905  Emilio Médici, president Brazil (1969-74) was born on December - 04.   

1907  On December - 04 birth of jo Boer, Dutch author (Catharina & the Magnolias)   

1908  A D Hershey, US, biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969) was born on December - 04.   

1909  Jimmy Jewel, English actor (d. 1995) was born on this day in history.   

1910  On December - 04 birth of alex North, Chester Penn, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata)   

1910  On December - 04 birth of amar Singh, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties)   

1910  On this day in history birth of ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987-92)   

1912  On this day in history birth of alfons "Alphons" Berckmans, Flemish/British actor (Family Stastok)   

1912  Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler (didn't rep Aust) was born on December - 04.   

1912  On this day in history birth of jimmy Jewel, comedian   

1912  John W Pritchard, [Ian Wallace], US, sci-fi author (Megalomania) was born on this day in history.   

1912  Pappy Boyington, American pilot (d. 1988) was born on this day in history.   

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0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on December - 04.   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on December - 04.   

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

1075  On December - 04 death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

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

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