Famous Birthdays In December - 12

1863  On December - 12 birth of edvard Munch, Norway, painter/print maker (The Scream)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1875  On this day in history birth of desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian  

1875  On this day in history birth of karl R G von Rundstedt, German gen-fieldmarshal (Normandy)  

1876  Alvin Kraenzlein, Olympic gold medalist (d. 1928) was born on this day in history.  

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

1879  On December - 12 birth of laura Hope Crews, US, actress (Camille, Gone with the Wind)  

1879  Percy Fletcher, composer was born on this day in history.  

1882  On December - 12 birth of akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theory)  

1886  Owen Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor (She Done Him Wrong) was born on this day in history.  

1887  Kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer was born on December - 12.  

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  On this day in history birth of edward G Robinson, [Goldenberg], Romania, actor (10 Commandments)  

1896  On this day in history birth of eslanda Goode, US anthropology/author under Paul Robeson  

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

1902  Howard Koch, screenwriter was born on December - 12.  

1902  Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (d. 2003) was born on December - 12.  

1903  Enid Balint-Edmonds, psychoanalyst was born on December - 12.  

1904  On this day in history birth of jim Christy, righty cricket batter (Transvaal, Queensland & S Africa)  

1905  Manès Sperber, Austrian-born writer (d. 1984) was born on December - 12.  

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

1907  F van Heek, Dutch sociologist was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1909  Armand H F Boni, the Good One, Flemish poet/writer was born on December - 12.  

1909  Karen Morley, American actress (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.  

1911  On December - 12 birth of anna Russell, composer  

1912  On December - 12 birth of yusef Bedri, educationist  

1913  On December - 12 birth of eve Lister, actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park)  

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0884  On December - 12 carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies  

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

1204  Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69 on December - 12.  

1212  On this day in history death of geoffrey, Archbishop of York  

1263  On this day in history hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies  

1574  On December - 12 death of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)  

1586  On this day in history death of stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)  

1600  On this day in history john Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies