Page 5: Historical Events In December - 04

1921  On this day in history deanna Durbin, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist (100 Men & a Girl)   

1922  On this day in history lucille Atcherson, becomes first woman legation sect-US foreign service   

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

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  Charles Keating, district attorney (LA Calif) on this day in history.   

1924  John Portman, SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964) on this day in history.   

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 December - 04.   

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

1928  Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20)   

1930  On this day in history french govt of Tardieu falls   

1930  On this day in history harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953)   

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

1931  On this day in history alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player   

1932  On December - 04 the birth of Maria Callas, Greek/American operatic soprano   

1932  Edgar Valcarcel, composer on December - 04.   

1932  Gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64 on December - 04.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1937  On December - 04 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 December - 04.   

1942  On December - 04 fDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration   

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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on December - 04.   

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

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  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  Andre Campra, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1137  On this day in history lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on December - 04.   

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