Birthdates Which Occur on December 4:
1443 Pope Julius II (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael
1584 John Cotton Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony
1795 Thomas Carlyle Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution)
1803 Augustus Zerega diZerega Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane)
1812 Elias Smith Dennis Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1818 William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring Mjr Gen (Confederate Army)
1822 Frances Crabbe England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society
1835 Samuel Butler England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh)
1861 Lillian Russell [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul)
1865 Edith Louisa Cavell England, nurse (WW I)
1866 Vassily V Kandinsky Russ/Ger/Fr abstract painter (Dreamy Inspiration)
1868 Richard N Roland Holst artist/painter
1875 Rainer Maria Rilke Germany, poet (Duino Elegies)
1876 Dimitur Poljanov [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron send)
1881 Erwin von Witzleben German field marshal (July 20th plot)
1892 Francisco Franco [y Bahamonde], Spanish General/dictator (1936-75)
1895 Nils FA Nilsson Piraten Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)
1897 Mari Andriessen sculptor (Dock Worker)
19-- Dena Dietrich Pitts Pa, actress (Dena-Karen, Ethel-The Ropers)
and Donnelly Rhodes Winnipeg Manitoba, actor (Dutch-Soap, Double Trouble)
1903 Cornell Woolrich US, writer (El Angel Nego)
1905 Emilio M‚dici president Brazil (1969-74)
1907 Jo Farmer author (Catharina & the Magnolia's)
1908 A D Hershey US, biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969)
1910 Alex North Chester Penn, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata)
and Ramaswamy Venkataraman president of India (1987- )
1912 John W Pritchard [Ian Wallace], US, sci-fi author (Megalomania)
1915 Allan Jackson Hot Springs Ark, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand)
1922 Deanna Durbin Canada, actress/singer (100 Men & a Girl)
and G‚rard Philipe French actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps)
1923 Charles Keating district attorney (LA Calif)
and Maria M Callas [Kalogeropoulos], Greek/US singer
1924 John Portman SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964)
1925 Maurice Binder NYC, photographer/film titler (James Bond)
1930 Harvey Kuenn baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953)
and Ronnie Corbett England, comedian (2 Ronnies)
1932 Roh Tae Woo Taegu South Korea, President South Korea (1988- )
1933 Horst Buchholz actor (Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe, Sahara)
1934 Victor French Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Highway to Heaven)
and Wink Martindale Jackson Tn, TV host (Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This)
1937 Max Baer Jr Oakland Calif, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies)
1938 Andre Marrou Libertarian Presidential candidate (1992)
1940 Freddy Cannon rocker (Palisades Park)
1942 Chris Hillman rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man)
1943 Patti Chandler Calif, actress (Bikini Beach)
1944 Dennis Wilson Calif, drummer/singer (Beach Boys-My Room)
1948 Southside Johnny Lyon NJ, rocker (Asbury Jukes-Don't Want Go Home)
1949 Jeff Bridges actor (Stay Hungry, Jagged Edge, Against All Odds)
1950 Charles van de Graf Dutch TV host
and Jan Rietman Dutch radio/TV host
and Pamela Stephenson Auckland NZ, actress (Superman 3, Sat Night Live)
1951 Patricia Wettig actress (Nancy Weston-30 Something)
1952 Ronald M Sega Cleve Ohio, Phd/Astronaut
1956 Bernard King basketball player (NY Knicks, NJ Nets)
and Blagoi Blagoyev Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifer (Olympics-silver-1976)
1957 Raul Boesel Brazil, Indy-car racer (CART)
1966 Anne [Anton JR] Kr˜ger computer programmer
1795 Birth of Thomas Carlyle
Deaths Which Occured December 4:
1334 John XXII [Jacques DuŠze], Pope (316-34), dies
1371 Stefanus X Uros V king of Serbia (1355-71), dies
1576 Rheticus mathematician dies
1732 John Gay poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47
1807 Prince Hall activist & Masonic leader, dies in Boston
1909 Paul-Albert Besnard French painter/graphic artist (Elle), dies
1933 Stefan George German poet (Das neue Reich), dies
1943 Carlo Mierendorff German politician/antifascist, dies
1948 Karl Bonhoeffer German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies
1952 Karen Horney German/US neo freudians psycho analyist, dies at 67
1967 Bert Lahr US comic/actor (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72
1969 Fred Hampton US Black-Panther leader, murdered
1975 Hannah Arendt German/US politician, dies
1976 Benjamin Britten British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63
1979 Robert Karnes actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
1983 Estelle Omens actress, dies at 55
1984 John Rock US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94
1986 Reuben Nakian US sculptor, dies at 89
1987 Rouben Mamoulian dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90
1990 Edward Binns US actor (12 Angry One), dies
Holidays Which Occur December 4:
M‚xico Day of Artisans
Tonga Proclamation Day
Religious Observances on December 4:
Orth Presentation in Temple of Mary (11/21 OS)
235 RC Commemoration of St Barbara, virgin/martyr
450 RC Comm of St Peter Chrysologus, bishop of Ravenna/doctor
760 RC, Ang Commemoration of John Damascene, priest/doctor
Things to Remember for December 4:
Flowers-narcissus, poinsettia & holly Gems-turquoise & zircon
National Indigestion Season
17 Days Astrological sign: Sagittarius
Highlights in History Which Occur December 4:
1110 Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
1489 Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from Moors
1563 Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years
1619 America's 1st Thanksgiving Day (Va)
1674 Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago
1680 Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th
1682 1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
1783 Gen Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC
1812 Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower
1816 James Monroe, Va elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King
1833 American Anti-Slavery Society forms by Arthur Tappan in Phila
and American Anti-Slavery Society organizes
1836 Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa
1843 Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass
1844 James K Polk elected president of US
1851 Pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France
1864 Battle of Waynesborough, GA
and Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law
1867 Grange organized to protect farm interests
1875 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail
1899 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes
and A Charlois discovers asteroid #451 Patientia
and Webb Hayes son of pres Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor
1906 Alpha Phi Alpha, 1st Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms
1908 Haiti's president-General Alexis Nord flees from militairy coup
1909 1st Grey Cup game (University of Toronto 26, Toronto Parkdale 6)
1915 Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County Ga
and Panama Pacific International Exposition opens
1918 Pres Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st
chief executive to travel outside US while in office
1920 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds
1922 Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service
1923 WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show)
1927 Duke Ellington opens at Cotton Club in Harlem
1933 FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
1934 L Boyer discovers asteroids #1338 Duponta & #1339 Desagneauxa
1935 1,200 at St Joseph's College (Phila) enroll in anticommunism class
1942 1st US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey)
and FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
and US bombers struck Italian mainland for 1st time in WW II
and Works Progress Administration liquidated
and Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1883 Rimito
1943 Commissioner Landis announces any baseball club may sign negroes
and Yugoslavian resistance forms under Dr Ribar
1945 Doc Blanchard becomes 1st junior to win Heisman Trophy
and Senate approves US participation in UN
1947 USSR joins Intl Amateur Athletic Union
1948 SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die
1949 Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run
1951 Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Phillipines), kills 500
1952 Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word
and Walter P Reuther chosen chairman of CIO
1953 H Gessner discovers asteroid #3642 Frieden
1956 Paul Hornung wins Heisman Trophy
1957 1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published
and 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's England)
1958 Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within Fr Community
and Finnish govt of Fagerholm, resigns
1961 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley
and Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days
and Smallest NY Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm)
and Tanganyika becomes 104th member of UN
and WXGA TV channel 8 in Waycross, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963 Aldo Moro forms Italian govt
and Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council
1964 Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album
1965 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die
and 2nd NY Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)
and Gemini 7 (Borman & Lovell) launched
1966 KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 Unemployment in US increases to 5.8%
1973 John Cappelletti wins Heisman trophy
1974 Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims
1976 Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner)
1977 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself
and NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinatti beats KC 27-7
1978 Dianne Feinstein is named SF 1st female mayor
and Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
1979 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 7, Bingo Smith
and Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero)
1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3086 Kalbaugh
and Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)
1981 "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV
and Pres Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence
According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not
and recognized as an independent country outside South Africa
1982 China adopts its constitution
and Hershel Walker wins Heisman Trophy
1983 M Antal discovers asteroid #3730
and NJ Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0
and US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon
and Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #3735
1984 H˜ackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
1985 Pres Reagan appoints Vice Adm John Poindexter as security adviser
1986 NASA launches Fltsatcom-7
1988 Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash
1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in NYC
and Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages
1991 Judds final concert (Nashville)
and Muslim Shites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6« years)
1951 Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Phillipines)
killing 500 people & hundreds of animals.
1952 Killer fogs begin in London, England. 'Smog' becomes a word.
1957 2 commuter trains collided in heavy fog killing 92 people
and injuring 187 at Saint John's, England.
1974 Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims
Your Special Reminders for December 4:
338th day of year with 27 days left (Numerology = 7)
1882 10øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
1982 72øF highest temperature for December in NYC
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