Page 5: Historical Events In December - 04

1922  Lucille Atcherson, is recorded as becoming inaugural woman legation sect-US foreign service.   

1922  Lucille Atcherson, is recorded as becoming 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service.   

1922  Gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps).   

1923  Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres.   

1923  Charles Keating, district attorney (LA Calif)   

1924  John Portman, SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964)   

1925  Maurice Binder, NYC, photographer/film titler (James Bond).   

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

1926  Lee Doraey, rocker.   

1927  Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem   

1927  Dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow   

1928  Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in NYC   

1928  Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20)   

1930  French govt of Tardieu falls   

1930  Harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953)   

1931  "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair   

1931  Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player   

1932  Maria Callas, Greek/American operatic soprano is born.   

1932  Edgar Valcarcel, composer   

1932  Gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64   

1933  FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration   

1933  Horst Buchholz, Berlin Germany, actor (Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe)   

1933  Stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65.   

1934  Victor French, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Highway to Heaven)   

1935  1200 at St Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class.   

1935  1200 at St Joseph's College (Phila) enroll in anticommunism class   

1935  Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65)   

1935  Hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies   

1936  Larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist   

1937  Max Baer Jr, Oakland Calif, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies)   

1938  Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54   

1941  Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts   

1942  FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration.   

1942  inaugural US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey)   

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1443  Pope julius ii: (1503-13), patron of michelangelo, bramante, raphael   

1555  Heinrich meibom: German historian and poet   

1580  Samuel argall: English adventurer and naval officer   

1584  John cotton: Puritan clergyman in mass bay colony   

1595  Jean chapelain: French writer   

1646  Alain emmanuel de coëtlogon: Marshal of france   

1660  Andre campra: Composer   

1667  Michel pignolet de monteclair: Composer   

0765  Jafar sadiq: Shia imam (b. 702)   

0771  Death of Karloman ii: French king of burgundy,   

0811  Charles: Eldest son of emperor charles the great,   

1075  Archbishop anno ii of cologne: Archbishop anno ii of cologne   

1123  Death of Omar khayyám: Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  Death of Lotharius iii of supplinburg: Emperor (1125, 33-37),   

1182  Death of Henry: Earl of gelre/zutphen (1141/79-82),   

1214  William i of scotland: William i of scotland