Famous Birthdays In December - 08

1872  J C Powys, writer was born on December - 08.  

1874  On this day in history birth of ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951)  

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

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 December - 08.  

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

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

1888  Vesey D'Davoren, character actor was born on this day in history.  

1889  On December - 08 birth of w Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse)  

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

1890  On December - 08 birth of bohuslav Martinu, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1897  On this day in history birth of leslie Heward, composer  

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

1899  John Qualen, Vancouver BC, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Searchers) was born on this day in history.  

1899  On December - 08 birth of sarah Williamson, US missionary in Liberia  

1900  Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990) was born on December - 08.  

1902  On this day in history birth of wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982)  

1903  Adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946) was born on December - 08.  

1903  Cleo Brown, pianist was born on this day in history.  

1903  Irene Eisinger, singer was born on this day in history.  

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

1903  On December - 08 birth of zoltan Szekely, composer  

1904  Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935) was born on December - 08.  

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

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

1905  Frank Faylen, St Louis Mo, actor (Herbert Gillis-Dobie Gillis) was born on this day in history.  

1905  On December - 08 birth of julius Silverman, politician  

1906  Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley) was born on this day in history.  

1907  Tony Aubin, composer was born on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on December - 08.  

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  On this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)  

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 this day in history.