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Birthday December 04, 1443 Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael |
Birthday December 04, 1835 Samuel Butler, English author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh) |
Birthday December 04, 1861 Lillian Russell, American singer, Actress (The Great Mogul) |
Birthday December 04, 1875 Rainer Maria Rilke, German poet (Duino Elegies) |
Birthday December 04, 1881 Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, historian (or 1795) |
Birthday December 04, 1908 A.D. Hershey, US biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969) |
Birthday December 04, 1922 Deanna Durbin, Actress (100 Men and a Girl) |
Birthday December 04, 1943 Patti Chandler, in Cal |
Birthday December 04, 1944 Dennis Wilson, drummer, Beach Boys |
Birthday December 04, 1949 Jeff Bridges, Actor (Stay Hungry) |
History December 04, 1619 America's 1st Thanksgiving Day (Va) |
History December 04, 1680 A hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with figure of great comet 1st seen on December 16 1680 |
History December 04, 1682 1st Gen Assembly in Penn (Chester) |
History December 04, 1780 Washington's cousin tricks Loyalists |
History December 04, 1783 Washington bids farewell to his officers |
History December 04, 1783 Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern NYC |
History December 04, 1864 Engagement ends at Waynesboro |
History December 04, 1867 Oliver Kelley organizes the Grange |
History December 04, 1872 The mystery of the Mary Celeste |
History December 04, 1909 1st Grey Cup game (University of Toronto 26 Toronto Parkdale 6) |
History December 04, 1912 Roald Amundsen reaches South pole |
History December 04, 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition opens |
History December 04, 1916 Somerset Maugham sails for Pago Pago |
History December 04, 1917 Psychiatrist reports on the phenomenon of shell shock |
History December 04, 1918 President Wilson travels to Europe |
History December 04, 1928 Irish Godfather killed by car bomb in St. Paul |
History December 04, 1942 Polish Christians come to the aid of Polish Jews |
History December 04, 1945 Senate approves U.S. participation in United Nations |
History December 04, 1952 Smog kills thousands in England |
History December 04, 1956 The Million Dollar Quartet convenes at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee |
History December 04, 1957 1st edition of Chase's Annual Events published |
History December 04, 1965 Gemini 7 launched with 2 astronauts |
History December 04, 1966 Viet Cong attack Tan Son Nhut airport |
History December 04, 1967 Riverine force surrounds Viet Cong battalion |
History December 04, 1969 Police kill two members of the Black Panther Party |
History December 04, 1980 Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies) |
History December 04, 1980 South Africa grants Transkei independence |
History December 04, 1981 Warren Beatty writes, directs, stars in Oscar-winning Reds |
History December 04, 1992 Bush orders U.S. troops to Somalia |
History December 04, 1997 NBA suspends Latrell Sprewell for attacking coach |
History December 04, 2009 Amanda Knox convicted of murder in Italy |