Famous Birthdays In December - 08

1872  J C Powys, writer was born on this day in history.  

1874  On December - 08 birth of ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951)  

1877  On December - 08 birth of paul Emile Ladmirault, composer  

1879  On this day in history birth of paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Bauhaus) [OS]  

1881  On December - 08 birth of padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)  

1882  Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita) was born on this day in history.  

1886  On December - 08 birth of diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo  

1887  On this day in history birth of vicente Emilio Sojo, composer  

1888  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian was born on this day in history.  

1888  Paul Cavanagh, Chislehurst England, actor (Tarzan & his Mate) was born on December - 08.  

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1888  On this day in history birth of vesey D'Davoren, character actor  

1889  W Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse) was born on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history birth of bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti)  

1890  Bohuslav Martinu, composer was born on December - 08.  

1894  James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs) was born on December - 08.  

1894  E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (d. 1938) was born on December - 08.  

1897  Leslie Heward, composer was born on this day in history.  

1899  James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist was born on this day in history.  

1899  On this day in history birth of john Qualen, Vancouver BC, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Searchers)  

1899  Sarah Williamson, US missionary in Liberia was born on this day in history.  

1900  Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990) was born on this day in history.  

1902  On December - 08 birth of wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982)  

1903  On this day in history birth of adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)  

1903  Cleo Brown, pianist was born on December - 08.  

1903  On December - 08 birth of irene Eisinger, singer  

1903  On December - 08 birth of kathleen (Kitty) Rosalind Muggeridge, author  

1903  Zoltan Szekely, composer was born on December - 08.  

1904  On this day in history birth of wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)  

1905  Charles Cushing, composer was born on December - 08.  

1905  Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer was born on December - 08.  

1905  On this day in history birth of frank Faylen, St Louis Mo, actor (Herbert Gillis-Dobie Gillis)  

1905  Julius Silverman, politician was born on this day in history.  

1906  On December - 08 birth of richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley)  

1907  On this day in history birth of tony Aubin, composer  

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0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.  

0899  On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies  

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on this day in history.  

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on December - 08.  

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on this day in history.  

1632  On December - 08 death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)  

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on December - 08.