Famous Birthdays In December - 22

1899  On this day in history birth of gustaf Gruendgens, Duesseldorf Germany, actor/director (M)   

1899  On this day in history birth of hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington Ind, pianist/composer   

1899  On December - 22 birth of wiley Post, Texas, aviation pioneer   

1899  Gustav Gründgens, German actor (d. 1963) was born on December - 22.   

1900  On this day in history birth of alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher   

1901  Andre Kostelanetz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Lincoln Portrari) was born on December - 22.   

1901  Joaquin Rodrigo, Spain, composer was born on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history birth of jacques-Philippe Leclerc, France, WW II hero (liberator of Paris)   

1902  On this day in history birth of joe Adonis, Italy, American crime-syndicate boss in NY & NJ   

1903  Barbara Moore, doctor, walked across US in 86 days in 1960 was born on December - 22.   

1903  On this day in history birth of h Keffer Hartline, US, biophysicist (Nobel 1967)   

1903  Marc Lavry, composer was born on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history birth of louis-Eugene-Felix Neel, Lyon France, physicist (Nobel 1970)   

1905  On December - 22 birth of kenneth Rexroth, US, poet/critic/translator (Birds in the Bush)   

1905  Pierre Brasseur, [Espinasse], French actor (Enfants du Paradis) was born on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history birth of peggy Ashcroft, Croydon England, actress (Dear Brutus, Happy Days)   

1907  On December - 22 birth of yoshio Hasegawa, composer   

1908  Marius F Duintjer, Dutch architect was born on this day in history.   

1908  Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician (Ruban Sans Fin) was born on this day in history.   

1909  Alan Carney, [David Boughal], Brooklyn NY, actor (Zombies on Broadway) was born on December - 22.   

1909  On this day in history birth of patricia Hayes, English actress (d. 1998)   

1910  Richard Ainley, Middlesex England, actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion) was born on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history birth of grote Reber, US, astronomer (1st parabolic radio telescope)   

1912  Claudia A "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson, 1st lady (1963-1969) was born on this day in history.   

1912  Doris Duke, NYC, heiress (American Tobacco Co) was born on this day in history.   

1912  Henry Armstrong, held feather/light/welterweight boxing titles (1938) was born on December - 22.   

1913  Anthony Barber Doncaster, bookseller was born on December - 22.   

1913  On December - 22 birth of benjamin Britten, Suffolk England, opera composer   

1915  Barbara Billingsley, American actress was born on this day in history.   

1917  On December - 22 birth of andrew Fielding Huxley, London England, physiologist (Nobel 1963)   

1917  On December - 22 birth of gene Rayburn, Christopher Ill, TV game show host (Match Game)   

1917  Piet De Somer, Belgian rector (U of Leuven) was born on December - 22.   

1918  Frankie Darro, Chicago IL, actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men) was born on this day in history.   

1918  William Kennedy, baseball player was born on this day in history.   

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1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.   

1337  On this day in history daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54   

1419  On this day in history john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies   

1440  On December - 22 death of bluebeard, pirate, executed   

1550  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on December - 22.   

1646  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on December - 22.   

1660  On December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)