Famous Birthdays In December - 24

1822  On this day in history birth of charles Hermite, French mathematician (E is Transcendent)  

1822  On December - 24 birth of matthew Arnold, England, poet/critic (Dover Beach)  

1824  On December - 24 birth of peter Cornelius, composer  

1826  Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer was born on this day in history.  

1829  On this day in history birth of benjamin Ipavec, composer  

1829  Jose Rogel, composer was born on this day in history.  

1837  On December - 24 birth of sissi, Emperor of Austria  

1843  On this day in history birth of lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (d. 1886)  

1859  On this day in history birth of roman Statkowski, composer  

1867  Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian/diplomat was born on December - 24.  

1867  Kantaro Suzuki, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948) was born on December - 24.  

1868  Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion (1894-21) was born on December - 24.  

1869  Henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest) was born on December - 24.  

1870  On December - 24 birth of rosario Scalero, composer  

1871  Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (A Chique Little Boy) was born on this day in history.  

1879  On this day in history birth of stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer  

1879  On December - 24 birth of Émile Nelligan, Quebec poet (d. 1941)  

1880  On December - 24 birth of johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, children's book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann (d. 1939)  

1881  On December - 24 birth of bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer  

1881  Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer was born on December - 24.  

1881  On this day in history birth of juan Ramon Jiménez, Spain, poet (Distant Gardens, Nobel 1956)  

1885  Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (Yorkshire & England keeper, later Test ump) was born on this day in history.  

1886  Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (d. 1962) was born on this day in history.  

1887  Louis Jouvet, Crozon France, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise) was born on this day in history.  

1889  Vladimir Sokoloff, Moscow Russia, actor (Road to Morocco) was born on December - 24.  

1893  On December - 24 birth of carl Brisson, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Murder at the Vanities)  

1893  On December - 24 birth of ruth Chatterton, US actress (Madame X, Sarah & Son)  

1894  Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot was born on this day in history.  

1895  On this day in history birth of e. Roland Harriman, American financier (d. 1978)  

1898  On this day in history birth of héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1967)  

1898  Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.  

1900  Joey Smallwood, Canadian politician, Premier of Newfoundland (d. 1991) was born on December - 24.  

1904  Daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist was born on December - 24.  

1904  Herbert D Riley, US vice-admiral (WW II, Guadalcanal, Okinawa) was born on December - 24.  

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0427  Death of Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople on this day in history.  

1069  Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies on December - 24.  

1257  Death of John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218) on this day in history.  

1380  On this day in history john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies  

1453  On December - 24 john Dunstable, English composer, dies  

1524  On December - 24 vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55  

1541  Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 on this day in history.  

1548  On December - 24 maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies