Famous Birthdays In December - 08

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

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

1877  Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer was born on December - 08.   

1879  On December - 08 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  Diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo was born on this day in history.   

1887  On December - 08 birth of vicente Emilio Sojo, composer   

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

1888  On December - 08 birth of paul Cavanagh, Chislehurst England, actor (Tarzan & his Mate)   

1888  Vesey D'Davoren, character actor was born on December - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1894  On December - 08 birth of e.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (d. 1938)   

1897  Leslie Heward, composer was born on December - 08.   

1899  James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist was born on December - 08.   

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

1899  On this day in history birth of sarah Williamson, US missionary in Liberia   

1900  On December - 08 birth of sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990)   

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 this day in history.   

1903  On December - 08 birth of cleo Brown, pianist   

1903  Irene Eisinger, singer was born on December - 08.   

1903  Kathleen (Kitty) Rosalind Muggeridge, author was born on this day in history.   

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  Charles Cushing, composer was born on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history birth of ernst Hermann Meyer, composer   

1905  Frank Faylen, St Louis Mo, actor (Herbert Gillis-Dobie Gillis) was born on December - 08.   

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  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  On December - 08 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 December - 08.   

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.