Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 04

1868  Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter was born on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history birth of jesse Burkett, American baseball player (d. 1953)   

1874  On this day in history birth of jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)   

1875  On December - 04 birth of r M Rilke, writer   

1875  Rainer Maria Rilke, Austria, poet (Duino Elegies) was born on December - 04.   

1875  Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945) was born on this day in history.   

1876  On December - 04 birth of dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems)   

1879  Herbert Hamilton Harty, composer was born on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history birth of erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)   

1883  Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.   

1888  Aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34) was born on December - 04.   

1889  Buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse) was born on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history birth of isabel Randolph, IL, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks)   

1892  On December - 04 birth of francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Spanish General/dictator (1936-75)   

1895  Nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag) was born on December - 04.   

1895  Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher (d. 1990) was born on December - 04.   

1896  On December - 04 birth of nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS]   

1897  Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker) was born on December - 04.   

1899  On December - 04 birth of douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer   

1899  Charles William (Charlie) Spencer Newcastle and England football player (d. 1953) was born on this day in history.   

1903  Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian was born on this day in history.   

1903  Cornell Woolrich, US, writer (El Angel Negro) was born on this day in history.   

1905  On December - 04 birth of emilio Médici, president Brazil (1969-74)   

1907  On this day in history birth of jo Boer, Dutch author (Catharina & the Magnolias)   

1908  On December - 04 birth of a D Hershey, US, biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969)   

1909  On December - 04 birth of jimmy Jewel, English actor (d. 1995)   

1910  On this day in history birth of alex North, Chester Penn, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata)   

1910  Amar Singh, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties) was born on this day in history.   

1910  Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987-92) was born on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history birth of alfons "Alphons" Berckmans, Flemish/British actor (Family Stastok)   

1912  Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler (didn't rep Aust) was born on this day in history.   

1912  On December - 04 birth of jimmy Jewel, comedian   

1912  On this day in history birth of john W Pritchard, [Ian Wallace], US, sci-fi author (Megalomania)   

1912  Pappy Boyington, American pilot (d. 1988) was born on this day in history.   

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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  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 December - 04.   

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

1214  On December - 04 death of william I of Scotland