Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 08

1872  On this day in history birth of j C Powys, writer   

1874  Ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951) was born on December - 08.   

1877  On this day in history birth of paul Emile Ladmirault, composer   

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

1881  Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems) was born on this day in history.   

1882  On December - 08 birth of manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita)   

1886  On this day in history birth of diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo   

1887  Vicente Emilio Sojo, composer was born on this day in history.   

1888  On December - 08 birth of fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian   

1888  On this day in history birth of paul Cavanagh, Chislehurst England, actor (Tarzan & his Mate)   

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  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti) was born on this day in history.   

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

1894  On December - 08 birth of james (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs)   

1894  On this day in history birth of e.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (d. 1938)   

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

1899  On this day in history birth of james "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist   

1899  On December - 08 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 December - 08.   

1902  Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982) was born on December - 08.   

1903  On December - 08 birth of adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)   

1903  On December - 08 birth of cleo Brown, pianist   

1903  On this day in history birth of irene Eisinger, singer   

1903  Kathleen (Kitty) Rosalind Muggeridge, author was born on December - 08.   

1903  On December - 08 birth of zoltan Szekely, composer   

1904  On December - 08 birth of wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)   

1905  On this day in history birth of charles Cushing, composer   

1905  Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1905  On this day in history birth of julius Silverman, politician   

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

1907  On December - 08 birth of tony Aubin, composer   

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0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.   

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on December - 08.   

1292  On this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

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 this day in history.   

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

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

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