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  Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service on this day in history.  

1922  On December - 04 gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps)  

1923  Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres on December - 04.  

1923  On December - 04 charles Keating, district attorney (LA Calif)  

1924  John Portman, SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964) on December - 04.  

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  Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem on this day in history.  

1927  On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow  

1928  On this day in history walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in NYC  

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

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

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

1932  On this day in history the birth of Maria Callas, Greek/American operatic soprano  

1932  Edgar Valcarcel, composer on December - 04.  

1932  Gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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 December - 04.  

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

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

1937  On this day in history max Baer Jr, Oakland Calif, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies)  

1938  Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

1942  On this day in history fDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration  

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1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael  

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

1580  On December - 04 birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)  

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

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

1646  On December - 04 birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)  

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on December - 04.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on this day in history.  

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on December - 04.