Page 5: Historical Events In December - 04

1921  Deanna Durbin, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist (100 Men & a Girl) on December - 04.   

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

1922  Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service on December - 04.   

1922  Gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps) on December - 04.   

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  John Portman, SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964) on this day in history.   

1925  On December - 04 maurice Binder, NYC, photographer/film titler (James Bond)   

1926  14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats U of Toronto, 10-7 on this day in history.   

1926  On December - 04 lee Doraey, rocker   

1927  On December - 04 duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem   

1927  On December - 04 dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow   

1928  On December - 04 walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in NYC   

1928  On December - 04 russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20)   

1930  French govt of Tardieu falls on December - 04.   

1930  Harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953) on December - 04.   

1931  "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair on December - 04.   

1931  On December - 04 alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player   

1932  The birth of Maria Callas, Greek/American operatic soprano on December - 04.   

1932  On December - 04 edgar Valcarcel, composer   

1932  On December - 04 gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64   

1933  FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1935  1,200 at St Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class on December - 04.   

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

1935  Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65) on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies   

1936  Larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist on December - 04.   

1937  Max Baer Jr, Oakland Calif, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies) on December - 04.   

1938  Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54 on December - 04.   

1941  On this day in history nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts   

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

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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 this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  On this day in history birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

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

1660  On this day in history birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  On December - 04 birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on December - 04.   

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

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

1075  On this day in history death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on this day in history.   

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1182  On December - 04 henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  On this day in history death of william I of Scotland