Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 04

1926  Death of Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian-born painter (b. 1861) on this day in history.   

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

1933  Stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65 on December - 04.   

1935  Hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies on this day in history.   

1938  Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54 on December - 04.   

1943  On December - 04 carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist, dies at 46   

1944  Death of Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879) on this day in history.   

1945  Death of Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1866) on December - 04.   

1948  On December - 04 karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies   

1952  On December - 04 karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67   

1953  On this day in history daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80   

1954  On this day in history nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies   

1956  Death of Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (b. 1891) on December - 04.   

1959  Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58 on this day in history.   

1967  Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72 on December - 04.   

1969  Alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85 on December - 04.   

1971  On this day in history shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies   

1973  On this day in history michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67   

1974  Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5]   

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

1977  Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72 on December - 04.   

1978  On December - 04 samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76   

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  Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history john Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94   

1985  Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83 on December - 04.   

1986  On this day in history reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89   

1987  On December - 04 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 December - 04.   

1993  Frank Sturgis, watergate burglar, dies at 68 on December - 04.   

1994  Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer, dies at 73 on December - 04.   

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

1555  On December - 04 birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)   

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

1584  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

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

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on December - 04.   

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

1667  On this day in history birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer