Famous Birthdays In December - 16

1907  On this day in history birth of syd Curnow, cricketer (South African batsman in 7 Tests 1930-32)  

1909  On December - 16 birth of henricus Verbunt, civil servant/resistance fighter  

1909  On December - 16 birth of lall Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match)  

1910  On December - 16 birth of freddie Brown, Peru, cricketer ("Lettuces! Hearts as big as ")  

1910  Robert Noehren, composer was born on December - 16.  

1910  On December - 16 birth of stanojlo Rajicic, composer  

1915  Georgi Sviridov, composer was born on December - 16.  

1915  Georgy Vasilevich Svirdov, composer was born on this day in history.  

1915  On this day in history birth of turk Murphy, American trombonist (d. 1987)  

1916  Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer was born on this day in history.  

1916  Udom Patpongsiri, property developer was born on this day in history.  

1917  Arthur C[harles] Clarke, sci-fi author (2001, 2010, Childhood's End) was born on December - 16.  

1917  Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Sindhi scholar was born on December - 16.  

1918  On this day in history birth of henry Clarke, fashion photographer  

1918  On this day in history birth of pierre Delanoë, French songwriter and lyricist (d. 2006)  

1919  Manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], Dutch folk vocalist (Small Yodel Boy) was born on December - 16.  

1922  On this day in history birth of pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist  

1922  On this day in history birth of cy Leslie, American music and video executive (d. 2008)  

1923  Tip [Silvio A] Marugg, Antillian writer (Weekend pilgrimage) was born on this day in history.  

1923  On December - 16 birth of werner Haentjes, composer  

1926  Alfred Koerppen, composer was born on December - 16.  

1926  James McCracken, American tenor (d. 1988) was born on this day in history.  

1927  G Randall P D Garrett, US, sci-fi writer (Takeoff (too)!) was born on this day in history.  

1927  On December - 16 birth of peter [Malcolm] Dickinson, Zambia, sci-fi author (Heartsease)  

1928  On December - 16 birth of peter Nailor, civil servant/historian  

1928  On December - 16 birth of philip K[indred] Dick, US, sci-fi author (Hugo-1963, Blade Runner)  

1929  Ian Board, barkeeper was born on December - 16.  

1929  On this day in history birth of nicholas Courtney, English actor  

1932  On this day in history birth of rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin, Moscow, composer (Humpback Horse)  

1936  On December - 16 birth of morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center  

1937  On December - 16 birth of jim Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)  

1937  Joe Farrell, rocker was born on December - 16.  

1937  On this day in history birth of joyce Bulifant, Newport News Va, actress (Marie-Mary Tyler Moore Show)  

1938  On December - 16 birth of michael Greer, Durham NC, actor (Bobby Gentry Show)  

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0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.  

0714  On this day in history pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies  

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on this day in history.  

0875  On this day in history ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  

0882  On December - 16 john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies  

0999  On this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68  

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on this day in history.  

1378  On this day in history death of otto III of Montferrat