Famous Birthdays In December - 12

1863  Edvard Munch, Norway, painter/print maker (The Scream) was born on December - 12.  

1864  Paul Elmer More, American essayist (d. 1937) was born on December - 12.  

1866  Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913) was born on this day in history.  

1870  Walter Benona Sharp, American oil baron (d. 1912) was born on December - 12.  

1874  On this day in history birth of volter A Kilpi, Finnish writer (Alastalon salissa)  

1875  Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian was born on December - 12.  

1875  Karl R G von Rundstedt, German gen-fieldmarshal (Normandy) was born on December - 12.  

1876  Alvin Kraenzlein, Olympic gold medalist (d. 1928) was born on December - 12.  

1879  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christiansen, nazi commander Wehrmacht Netherland  

1879  On this day in history birth of laura Hope Crews, US, actress (Camille, Gone with the Wind)  

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1879  Percy Fletcher, composer was born on December - 12.  

1882  Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theory) was born on this day in history.  

1886  Owen Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor (She Done Him Wrong) was born on December - 12.  

1887  On December - 12 birth of kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer  

1889  Vaclav Stepan, composer was born on this day in history.  

1892  Herman Potočnik aka Hermann Noordung, Slovenian rocket engineer (d. 1929) was born on December - 12.  

1893  Edward G Robinson, [Goldenberg], Romania, actor (10 Commandments) was born on this day in history.  

1896  Eslanda Goode, US anthropology/author under Paul Robeson was born on December - 12.  

1900  On this day in history birth of sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (d. 1988)  

1902  On this day in history birth of howard Koch, screenwriter  

1902  On this day in history birth of koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (d. 2003)  

1903  On December - 12 birth of enid Balint-Edmonds, psychoanalyst  

1904  On December - 12 birth of jim Christy, righty cricket batter (Transvaal, Queensland & S Africa)  

1905  On this day in history birth of manès Sperber, Austrian-born writer (d. 1984)  

1906  On December - 12 birth of william C Pahlmann, interior decorator (4 Season restaurant, NYC)  

1907  On this day in history birth of f van Heek, Dutch sociologist  

1907  On this day in history birth of fred Elizalde, composer  

1907  On this day in history birth of roy Douglas, composer  

1907  Roy Douglas, English composer and orchestrator was born on December - 12.  

1909  On this day in history birth of armand H F Boni, the Good One, Flemish poet/writer  

1909  On December - 12 birth of karen Morley, American actress (d. 2003)  

1911  On December - 12 birth of anna Russell, composer  

1912  Yusef Bedri, educationist was born on December - 12.  

1913  On this day in history birth of eve Lister, actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park)  

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0884  On this day in history carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies  

1112  Tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies on December - 12.  

1204  On December - 12 maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69  

1212  Death of Geoffrey, Archbishop of York on December - 12.  

1263  On December - 12 hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies  

1574  Death of Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524) on this day in history.  

1586  Death of Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533) on December - 12.  

1600  On December - 12 john Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies