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  On December - 04 birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on December - 04.   

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on December - 04.   

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on this day in history.   

1595  On December - 04 birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

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 this day in history.   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on this day in history.   

0771  On this day in history karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20   

0811  Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 on December - 04.   

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on December - 04.   

1123  On this day in history death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  On December - 04 lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67   

1182  On this day in history henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

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