Famous Birthdays In December - 04

1868  On this day in history birth of richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter  

1868  On December - 04 birth of jesse Burkett, American baseball player (d. 1953)  

1874  Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice) was born on December - 04.  

1875  R M Rilke, writer was born on December - 04.  

1875  Rainer Maria Rilke, Austria, poet (Duino Elegies) was born on this day in history.  

1875  Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945) was born on December - 04.  

1876  Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems) was born on December - 04.  

1879  Herbert Hamilton Harty, composer was born on December - 04.  

1881  On this day in history birth of erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)  

1883  On this day in history birth of katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author (d. 1969)  

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

1889  On December - 04 birth of buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse)  

1889  Isabel Randolph, IL, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks) was born on this day in history.  

1892  On December - 04 birth of francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Spanish General/dictator (1936-75)  

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 December - 04.  

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 December - 04.  

1899  Charles William (Charlie) Spencer Newcastle and England football player (d. 1953) was born on December - 04.  

1903  Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian was born on December - 04.  

1903  Cornell Woolrich, US, writer (El Angel Negro) was born on this day in history.  

1905  On December - 04 birth of emilio Médici, president Brazil (1969-74)  

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 December - 04.  

1910  On this day in history birth of alex North, Chester Penn, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata)  

1910  Amar Singh, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties) was born on December - 04.  

1910  Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987-92) was born on December - 04.  

1912  On December - 04 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 December - 04.  

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

0771  On this day in history karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20  

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  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on this day in history.  

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

1182  On this day in history henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies  

1214  On December - 04 death of william I of Scotland