Famous Birthdays In December - 08

1872  On this day in history birth of j C Powys, writer   

1874  Ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951) was born on December - 08.   

1877  On December - 08 birth of paul Emile Ladmirault, composer   

1879  Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Bauhaus) [OS] was born on December - 08.   

1881  Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems) was born on December - 08.   

1882  Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita) was born on December - 08.   

1886  On this day in history birth of diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo   

1887  Vicente Emilio Sojo, composer was born on this day in history.   

1888  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian was born on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history birth of paul Cavanagh, Chislehurst England, actor (Tarzan & his Mate)   

1888  Vesey D'Davoren, character actor was born on December - 08.   

1889  On this day in history birth of w Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse)   

1890  On this day in history birth of bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti)   

1890  Bohuslav Martinu, composer was born on this day in history.   

1894  James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs) was born on this day in history.   

1894  On December - 08 birth of e.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (d. 1938)   

1897  Leslie Heward, composer was born on December - 08.   

1899  On December - 08 birth of james "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist   

1899  On this day in history birth of john Qualen, Vancouver BC, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Searchers)   

1899  On December - 08 birth of sarah Williamson, US missionary in Liberia   

1900  Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990) was born on December - 08.   

1902  Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982) was born on this day in history.   

1903  On December - 08 birth of adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)   

1903  On this day in history birth of cleo Brown, pianist   

1903  Irene Eisinger, singer was born on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history birth of kathleen (Kitty) Rosalind Muggeridge, author   

1903  Zoltan Szekely, composer was born on December - 08.   

1904  Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935) was born on this day in history.   

1905  Charles Cushing, composer was born on this day in history.   

1905  Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1905  Frank Faylen, St Louis Mo, actor (Herbert Gillis-Dobie Gillis) was born on this day in history.   

1905  On December - 08 birth of julius Silverman, politician   

1906  Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley) was born on December - 08.   

1907  On December - 08 birth of tony Aubin, composer   

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0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.   

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on this day in history.   

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed   

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on December - 08.   

1626  On this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on this day in history.