Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 04

1926  On December - 04 death of ivana Kobilca, Slovenian-born painter (b. 1861)   

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

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

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

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

1943  Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist, dies at 46 on December - 04.   

1944  Death of Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879) on December - 04.   

1945  Death of Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1866) on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies   

1952  Karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1953  Daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1954  Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history death of alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (b. 1891)   

1959  On this day in history rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58   

1967  On this day in history bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72   

1969  Alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1971  Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies on December - 04.   

1973  Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67 on December - 04.   

1974  Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36 on December - 04.   

1975  Hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5] on this day in history.   

1976  Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63 on December - 04.   

1977  On this day in history leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72   

1978  Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76 on December - 04.   

1979  On this day in history robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62   

1980  Death of Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55   

1984  John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83   

1986  Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89 on December - 04.   

1987  On this day in history rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90   

1988  Death of Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (b. 1899) on this day in history.   

1990  Edward Binns, US actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74 on this day in history.   

1993  On December - 04 frank Sturgis, watergate burglar, dies at 68   

1994  On this day in history geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer, dies at 73   

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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on this day in history.   

1555  On this day in history birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)   

1580  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

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  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on this day in history.