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 this day in history.  

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 December - 04.  

1923  Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history charles Keating, district attorney (LA Calif)  

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

1925  On this day in history maurice Binder, NYC, photographer/film titler (James Bond)  

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

1926  On this day in history lee Doraey, rocker  

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1927  Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem on December - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1930  On this day in history french govt of Tardieu falls  

1930  On December - 04 harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953)  

1931  On December - 04 "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair  

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

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

1932  Edgar Valcarcel, composer on December - 04.  

1932  On this day in history gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64  

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

1933  On December - 04 horst Buchholz, Berlin Germany, actor (Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe)  

1933  On December - 04 stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65  

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 December - 04 1,200 at St Joseph's College (Phila) enroll in anticommunism class  

1935  On this day in history fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65)  

1935  On December - 04 hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies  

1936  Larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist on this day in history.  

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  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on December - 04.  

1555  On December - 04 birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)  

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.  

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on December - 04.  

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 December - 04.  

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

0765  On this day in history death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)  

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

0811  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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.