Page 5: Historical Events In December - 04

1921  Deanna Durbin, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist (100 Men & a Girl) on this day in history.   

1922  Lucille Atcherson, becomes first woman legation sect-US foreign service on December - 04.   

1922  On December - 04 lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service   

1922  Gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps) on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres   

1923  Charles Keating, district attorney (LA Calif) on December - 04.   

1924  On December - 04 john Portman, SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964)   

1925  Maurice Binder, NYC, photographer/film titler (James Bond) on this day in history.   

1926  14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats U of Toronto, 10-7 on December - 04.   

1926  Lee Doraey, rocker on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem   

1927  Dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

1928  Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in NYC on December - 04.   

1928  Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20) on this day in history.   

1930  French govt of Tardieu falls on December - 04.   

1930  Harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953) on this day in history.   

1931  "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair on this day in history.   

1931  Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player on this day in history.   

1932  On December - 04 the birth of Maria Callas, Greek/American operatic soprano   

1932  Edgar Valcarcel, composer on this day in history.   

1932  Gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64 on December - 04.   

1933  On December - 04 fDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration   

1933  Horst Buchholz, Berlin Germany, actor (Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe) on this day in history.   

1933  Stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1934  Victor French, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Highway to Heaven) on December - 04.   

1935  On this day in history 1,200 at St Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class   

1935  On this day in history 1,200 at St Joseph's College (Phila) enroll in anticommunism class   

1935  On December - 04 fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65)   

1935  Hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist   

1937  On December - 04 max Baer Jr, Oakland Calif, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies)   

1938  On this day in history dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54   

1941  Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts on this day in history.   

1942  FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration on December - 04.   

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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on this day in history.   

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)   

1584  On December - 04 birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on December - 04.   

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on December - 04.   

0765  On December - 04 death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)   

0771  On December - 04 karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20   

0811  Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

1075  On December - 04 death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

1123  On December - 04 death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on December - 04.   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on December - 04.   

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on this day in history.