Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2009 October 30.


1890

January 1
  • Birth of Florence Lawrence Hamilton Ontario, silent screen actress (Confidence). [1]
  • Birth of Lawford Davidson London England; actor (Love Doctor, Vagabond King). [1]
  • Birth of Wanda Capodaglio Asti Italy, actress (La Donna Nuda, Gelosia). [1]
January 4
  • Birth of Alfred G Jodl German Wehrmacht General/Chief of Staff. [1]
  • Birth of Mosa Pijade Yugoslavia, Member of Parliament (communist). [1]
January 5
  • Birth of Cora Witherspoon New Orleans Louisiana, actress (Bank Dick). [1]
January 7
  • Birth of Henny Porten Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception). [1]
  • Birth of Maurice E McLoughlin tennis champion (US Open-1912). [1]
January 8
  • Birth of Sandor Rado Hungarian/US psycho analyst. [1]
January 9
  • Birth of Karel Capek Czechoslovakia, writer (R U R); coined the word "robot". [1]
  • Birth of Kurt Tucholsky in Berlin; German satirist and cabaretist. [1] [37]
January 10
  • Birth of Douglas MacLean Philadelphia Pennsylvania, silent film comedian/producer (Going Up). [1]
  • Birth of Ernest Milton San Francisco California; actor (Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three). [1]
January 11
  • Birth of Monte Blue Indianapolis Indiana, silent film actor (Montana, Oh Boy). [1]
January 12
  • Birth of Mordecai W Johnson educator. [1]
January 16
  • Birth of Karl Freund Czech/Austrian cameraman/director. [1]
  • Birth of Lloyd Bacon San Jose California; actor (Charlie Chaplin). [1]
January 22
  • Birth of Fred M Vinson Kentucky, 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53). [1]
January 29
  • Birth of Marguerite Canal composer. [1]
January 31
  • Birth of Adolf Bach German language/sociologist (Deutsche Namenkunde). [1]
February 2
  • Birth of Charles Correll actor (Andy-Amos and Andy radio program). [1]
  • Birth of Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny French General (Indo-China). [1]
February 3
  • Birth of Charles [Andy] Correll Peoria Illinois; actor (Calvin and the Colonel). [1]
  • Birth of Heinrich Barth Swiss philosopher (Problem des Bösen). [1]
February 6
  • Birth of Anton Hermann Fokker aviation pioneer. [1]
February 8
  • Birth of Claro Mayo Recto Filipino nationalist/opponent of US colonialism. [1]

February 9
  • Birth of Jacobus J P Oud Dutch architect/co-founder (Stijl). [1]
February 10
  • Birth of Boris L Pasternak Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel Prize 1958). [1]
  • Birth of Cor Ruys Dutch actor (Princess Stage). [1]
February 11
  • Birth of John P M L de Vries fairy tale writer. [1]
February 15
  • Birth of Robert Ley German chemist/Member of Parliament (NSDAP). [1]
February 16
  • Birth of Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov composer. [1]
February 18
  • Birth of Adolphe Menjou Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; actor (Front Page, Star is Born). [1]
  • Birth of Boris L Pasternak Russian poet/writer (Dr Zhivago). [1]
  • Birth of Edward Arnold New York City, New York; actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington). [1]
  • Birth of Lauri SA Haarla Finnish (stage)writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja). [1]
February 24
  • Birth of Antonio Massana composer. [1]
  • Birth of Marjorie Main [Tomlinson], Action Indiana, actress (Another Thin Man). [1]
February 25
  • Birth of Myra Hess London England, concert pianist. [1]
February 28
  • Birth of Vaslav Nijinsky Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer. [1]
March 1
  • Birth of Jan Duiker Dutch architect (Zonnestral). [1]
March 3
  • Birth of Edmund Lowe San Jose California; actor (Black Sheep, Front Page Detective,Dillinger). [1]
  • Birth of Norman Bethune Canada, Doctor in Spain and China. [1]
March 6
  • Birth of Fernand Ansseau Belgian operator/theory (Orfeo). [1]
March 8
  • Birth of Oswald von Nell-Breuning German theologist/philosopher. [1]
March 9
  • Birth of Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov Soviet foreign minister (UN). [1]
March 11
  • Birth of Vannevar Bush developed first electronic analogue computer. [1]
March 12
  • Birth of A Evert Taube Swedish writer/troubadour. [1]
  • Birth of Vaslav Nijinsky Ukrainian/US ballet dancer (Petroesjka). [1]
March 13
  • Birth of Frank Thieß writer. [1]
  • Birth of Michael Taube composer. [1]
March 17
  • Birth of Harold Morris composer. [1]
March 18
  • Birth of Gerardus van der Leeuw Dutch religion historian/minister of Education. [1]
March 20
  • Birth of Lauritz Melchior Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (National Symphony). [1]
March 24
  • Birth of Miguel Suriel Netherland Antillian writer (Muhé culpabel). [1]
March 25
  • Birth of Marten Baersma [MH Bottema], Friesan author (De ljochte kimen). [1]
March 26
  • Birth of Jozef Arras Flemish writer. [1]
March 28
  • Birth of Paul Whiteman Denver Colorado, orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club). [1]
April 5
  • Birth of Fie Carelsen Dutch actress (Malle Gervallen). [1]
April 6
  • Birth of André L Danjon French astronomer. [1]
  • Birth of Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker Holland, aircraft pioneer (Spider). [1]
April 7
  • Birth of Marjory Stoneman Douglas environmentalist (first Lady of Everglades). [1]
April 17
  • Birth of Art Acord Glenwood Sevier Utah, western actor (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists). [1]
April 18
  • Birth of James Rennie Toronto Ontario Canada; actor (Lash, Little Damozel). [1]
April 19
  • Birth of Lou Bandy [Lodewijk F Dieben] revue-artist (Look for the Sun). [1]
April 20
  • Birth of Adolf Schärf President of Austria (1957-65). [1]
April 23
  • Birth of Donald Nichols Tweedy composer. [1]
  • Birth of Marcel L'Herbier French director/screenwriter (El Dorado). [1]
April 26
  • Birth of Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy US actor/director (My Old Dutch). [1]
May 2
  • Birth of E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith US, sci-fi author (Triplanetary). [1]
May 3
  • Birth of B Traven writer. [1]
May 5
  • Birth of Christopher Morley author (Kitty Foil). [1]
May 6
  • Birth of Claire Whitney New York City, New York, silent film actress (Blind Fools, Haunted Mine). [1]
May 7
  • Birth of Billy House Minnesota; actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I). [1]
May 15
  • Birth of Katherine Anne Porter US, novelist (Ship of Fools). [1]
May 17
  • Birth of Philip James composer. [1]
May 19
  • Birth of Ho Chi Minh trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969). [1]
May 20
  • Birth of Beniamino Gigli Italy, tenor (Enzo-La Gioconde). [1]
May 21
  • Birth of Albert van Raalte conductor (AVRO-orchestra). [1]
May 23
  • Birth of Herbert Marshall London; actor (Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes). [1]
  • Birth of Virginia Eames Fort Davis Texas, entertainer. [1]
May 26
  • Birth of Kurt Edzard German sculptor (nudes/portraits). [1]
May 29
  • Birth of Francis de Bourguignon composer. [1]
June 1
  • Birth of Frank Morgan New York City; actor (Affairs of Cellini, Annie Get Your Gun). [1]
June 2
  • Birth of Hedda Hopper gossip columnist (From Under My Hat). [1]
June 6
  • Birth of Dorothy Heyward New York City, playwright (Porgy). [1]
July 14
  • Birth of Ossip Zadkine sculptor (The Destroyed City). [1]
July 18
  • Birth of Charles Wilson President of General Motors (1940-53)/Secretary of Defence (1953-57). [1]
July 20
  • Birth of Theda Bara actress (Under Two Flags, Cleopatra) (or 0729). [1]
  • Birth of Verna Felton Salinas California, actress (Hilda-December Bride). [1]
July 22
  • Birth of Rose Kennedy; mom of John, Robert, and Ted. [1]
July 30
  • Birth of Casey Stengel New York Yankees (1949-60) and first New York Mets manager. [1]
August 5
  • Birth of Erich Kleiber Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46). [1]
August 12
  • Birth of Al Goodman Nikopol Russia, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour). [1]
August 15
  • Birth of Jacques Ibert Paris France, composer (Escales). [1]
August 20
  • Birth of H.P. Lovecraft US, Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness). [1]
August 21
  • Birth of Bill Henry San Francisco California, newscaster (Who Said That?). [1]
August 24
  • Birth of Duke Kahanamoku Hawaii, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1912, 20). [1]
September 9
  • Birth of Harland Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken founder/colonel. [1]
September 10
  • Birth of Franz Werfel Austria, author (40 Days of Musa Dagh). [1]
September 15
  • Birth of Dame Agatha Christie mystery writer (Murder on the Orient Express). [1]
  • Birth of Frank Martin Geneva Switzerland, composer (In Terra Fax). [1]

September 24
  • Birth of Sir Alan Herbert England, journalist/writer (Punch, Helen). [1]
October 1
  • Birth of Stanley Holloway London England; actor (Higgins-Our Man Higgins). [1]
October 2
  • Birth of Julius "Groucho" Marx in New York City; comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life) (dies 1977). [1] [5]
October 8
  • Birth of Eddie Rickenbacker aviator "Ace of Aces" (WW I). [1]
October 9
  • Birth of Aimee Semple McPherson Pentecostal evangelist/radio preacher. [1]
October 13
  • Birth of Conrad Richter writer (The Light in the Forest). [1]
October 14
  • Birth of Dwight D Eisenhower Denison, Texas (Republican) 34th President (1953-1961). [1]
October 16
  • Birth of Paul Strand New York City, photographer (Native Land-1942). [1]
October 24
  • Birth of Chicago Mainbocher uniform designer (Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves). [1]
November 1
  • Birth of James Barton New Jersey, Broadway actor (Tobacco Road, Iceman Cometh). [1]
November 17
  • Birth of Jack Cusack pro football pioneer (Canton Bulldogs). [1]
November 22
  • Birth of Charles de Gaulle Lille France, President of France (1958-69). [1]
December 5
  • Birth of Fritz Lang Germany, director (M, Metropolis). [1]
December 8
  • Birth of Bohuslav Jan Martinu Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti). [1]
December 10
  • Birth of George Merritt London England; actor (I Monster, Q Planes). [1]
December 13
  • Birth of Marc Connelly McKeesport Pennsylvania, playwright (One Minute Please). [1]
December 16
  • Birth of Harlan Sanders founder/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken). [1]
December 18
  • Birth of Edwin Howard Armstrong New York City, New York, radio pioneer inventor (FM). [1]
December 19
  • Birth of Klaas Schilder Dutch theologist/vicar (Occupied Territory). [1]
December 21
  • Birth of Fred M Vinson US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53). [1]
December 22
  • Birth of Charles de Gaulle Lille France, premier of France. [1]
  • Birth of Mark Tobey US abstract painter (Broadway Norm). [1]
December 25
  • Robert Ripley is born (dies 1949). [5]
December 27
  • Birth of Maurice Schoemaker composer. [1]
December 28
  • Birth of Frank Butler Oxford England; actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China). [1]
December 29
  • Birth of Jozef Cantré Flemish sculptor/wood carver. [1]

1891

January 1
  • Birth of Alessandro De Stefani Cividale del Friuli Italy, writer (La Signorina, Africa sotto i mari). [1]
  • Birth of Charles Bickford Cambridge Massachusetts; actor (John-The Virginian, Days of Wine and Roses). [1]
  • Birth of Frank Pettingell Liverpool England; actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out). [1]
January 3
  • Birth of Osip E Mandelstam Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj). [1]
January 5
  • Birth of Johan Boskamp Dutch actor/singer (Potasch and Perlemoer). [1]
January 6
  • Birth of Ted McDonald cricketer (great Australian quick of 1920s). [1]
January 8
  • Birth of Bronislava Nijinska ballet choreographer. [1]
  • Birth of Storm Jameson English novelist (The Green Man, Cousin Honoré). [1]
  • Birth of Walther Bothe in Oranienburg, Germany; physics professor at the universities of Berlin, Giessen and Heidelberg, discovered neutron radiation, built Germany's first cyclotron, won the Nobel Prize for Physics for development of a method of detecting subatomic particles. [1] [37]
January 9
  • Birth of August Gailit Estonia, writer (Ekke Moor). [1]
January 10
  • Birth of Jos Speybrouck Flemish painter. [1]
January 15
  • Birth of Osip E Mandelstam Warsaw Poland, Russian poet (Noise of Time). [1]
January 17
  • Birth of Marjorie Gateson Brooklyn New York, actress (One Man's Family). [1]
  • Birth of Norman "Squab" Read US aviator who lived to be 101. [1]
  • Birth of Walter Eucken German economist. [1]
January 20
  • Birth of Mischa Elman Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist. [1]
January 21
  • Birth of Francisco Lazaro Portuguese runner. [1]
  • Birth of Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov composer. [1]
  • Birth of Timothy Mather Spelman composer. [1]
January 22
  • Birth of Franz Alexander Hungarian/US psycho analytical. [1]
  • Birth of Moise Kisling Polish/French painter (La Souris Boiteuse). [1]
January 23
  • Birth of Antonio Gramsci Italian philosopher/marxist theorist. [1]
January 24
  • Birth of Walter Model German field marshal. [1]
January 25
  • Birth of Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies Britian, actress (Cleopatra). [1]
  • Birth of William C Bullitt first US ambassador to USSR. [1]
January 26
  • Birth of Ilya G Ehrenburg Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw). [1]
January 27
  • Birth of Ilya Ehrenburg Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw). [1]
January 28
  • Birth of Camille Melloy [Paepe], Belgian poet (Parfum des Buis). [1]
  • Birth of Karel Boleslav Jirak composer. [1]
January 29
  • Birth of R N Williams II tennis champion (US Open-1914). [1]
January 31
  • Birth of Max Drischner composer. [1]
February 1
  • Birth of James Price Johnson composer. [1]
February 2
  • Birth of Antonio Segni premier/president (Italy). [1]
  • Birth of Frank Foyston NHL Hall of Famer (Seattle). [1]
February 3
  • Birth of Jan Donner Dutch minister of Justice (1926-33). [1]
  • Birth of Peter H "Paul" Huf actor/director (Great Netherlands Stage). [1]
February 4
  • Birth of Yuri Losmann Estonia, marathon runner (Olympics-silver 1920). [1]
February 5
  • Birth of Elizabeth Ryan Anaheim California, doubles tennis champion (6 time Wimbledon). [1]
  • Birth of Karl L Schmidt German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum). [1]
February 7
  • Birth of Joachim Stutschewsky composer. [1]
February 8
  • Birth of Edgar Palm Curaçao, pianist/composer. [1]
February 9
  • Birth of Pietro Nenni Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs (1946-47). [1]
  • Birth of Ronald Colman England, 1947 Academy Award actor (Tale of Two Cities). [1]
February 10
  • Birth of Harold first Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General of Canada (1945-52). [1]
February 11
  • Birth of J W Hearne cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for England in 24 Tests). [1]
February 12
  • Birth of Cecil Dixon cricket off-spinner (one Test for South Africa, 3-118, pair). [1]
  • Birth of Maurice Yvain composer. [1]
  • Birth of Max Terhune actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice). [1]

February 17
  • Birth of Georg Britting writer. [1]
February 18
  • Birth of Chester Clute New Jersey; actor (Niagra Falls). [1]
February 19
  • Birth of J C "Farmer" White cricketer (Somerset slow lefty 1909-37). [1]
February 22
  • Birth of "Chico" Marx New York City, New York; actor/comedian (Marx Brothers, Animal Crackers). [1]
  • Birth of Jan Wils Holland, architect/designer (Amsterdam's Olympics Stadium). [1]
  • Birth of Lucien Cailliet composer. [1]
February 26
  • Birth of Alan Bridge Pennsylvania; actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills). [1]
February 27
  • Birth of David Sarnoff US, radio/TV pioneer/CEO (RCA). [1]
  • Birth of Georges E Migot French composer. [1]
March 3
  • Birth of Federico Moreno Torroba composer. [1]
  • Birth of Jan Donner Dutch minister of Justice/president High Council. [1]
March 4
  • Birth of Dazzy Vance hall of fame pitcher (led National League in strike-outs 7-years). [1]
March 5
  • Birth of Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson Chicago Illinois, comedian (Olsen and Johnson). [1]
March 6
  • Birth of Victor Kilian Jersey City New Jersey; actor (Gentleman's Agreement). [1]
March 7
  • Birth of Marcel Barger [Meyer Streliskie], cabaret performer (I keep Susy). [1]
March 10
  • Birth of Jacob van Gelderen economist/sociologist/Dutch second Chamber (SDAP). [1]
  • Birth of Sam Jaffe New York City, New York; actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey). [1]
March 12
  • Birth of Michael Polany Hungarian/English chemist/economist/sociologist. [1]
March 14
  • Birth of John P Strijbos Dutch writer (Wandering through South Africa). [1]
March 19
  • Birth of Earl Warren California, (Governor-Republican-California)/14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69). [1]
March 21
  • Birth of Jonathan Hale actor (Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back). [1]
March 23
  • Birth of Catherine Murphy Urner composer. [1]
March 24
  • Birth of Annie "Charley" Toorop Dutch painter (3 Generations). [1]
  • Birth of John Knittel writer. [1]
March 27
  • Birth of Lajos Zilahy Hungarian/US author (Ararát/Süd a nap). [1]
March 28
  • Birth of Karel Cruysberghs Flemish author. [1]
  • Birth of Peter Suhrkamp German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag). [1]
March 29
  • Birth of Ivan Goll writer. [1]
March 30
  • Birth of Jan B Cammans Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov). [1]
March 31
  • Birth of Erich Walter Sternberg composer. [1]
  • Birth of Ion Pillat Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului). [1]
  • Birth of Victor Varconi Hungary; actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City). [1]
April 2
  • Birth of Max Ernst Germany, painter/sculptor (founded surrealism). [1]
April 9
  • Birth of John Gobau Flemish/Dutch actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights). [1]
April 10
  • Birth of Tim McCoy Saginaw Michigan. [1]
April 15
  • Birth of Alvin P[leasant Delaney] Carter Maces Springs Virginia, vocalist (Carter Family). [1]
  • Birth of Vaino Raitio composer. [1]
  • Birth of Wallace Reid Saint Louis Missouri; actor/director/screenwriter (Every Inch a Man). [1]
April 19
  • Birth of Francoise Rosay Paris France, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband). [1]
  • Birth of Ricardo Bacchelli Italian writer/poet (La Ronda). [1]
April 22
  • Birth of Belle Bennett Milcoon Rapids Iowa, actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask). [1]
  • In Fatfield, Durham, England, Harold Jeffreys is born. [53]
April 23
  • Birth of Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev in Sontsovka Ukraine, composer (Peter and the Wolf). [1]
April 30
  • Birth of Watze Cuperus Frisian author (Swart mar leaflik). [1]
May 4
  • Birth of Frederick Jacobi composer. [1]
  • Birth of Johan W F Werumeus Buning Dutch poet (Daily Bread). [1]
May 8
  • Birth of Chet "Red" Hoff pitcher (New York Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+. [1]
May 11
  • Birth of Henry Morgenthau Jr US Secretary of the Treasury (1934-45). [1]
May 13
  • Birth of Fritz Rasp Bayreuth Germany; actor (Diary of a Lost Girl). [1]
May 14
  • Birth of Egon Kornauth composer. [1]
May 15
  • Birth of Chief Nipo T Strongheart Yakima Washington, US Indian actor (Pony Soldier). [1]
  • Birth of David Vogel Ukraine, author (Huwelijksleven). [1]
  • Birth of Fritz Feigl Austria, chemist (spot tests). [1]
  • Birth of Mikhail Bulgakov in Russia; playwright/novelist (Black Snow) (dies 1940). [1] [5]
May 18
  • Birth of Rudolf Carnap philosopher (German Logical Positivist). [1]
May 22
  • Birth of J R Becher writer. [1]
  • Birth of Robert Gordon Sproul educator/college president (University of California). [1]
May 23
  • Birth of Pär Lagerkvist Sweden, novelist/poet/dramatist (Barabbas, Nobel Prize 1951). [1]
May 24
  • Birth of Benedictus H Danser Dutch botanist. [1]
  • Birth of William F Albright US old testament scholar/archaeologist. [1]
May 25
  • Birth of Robert W P Peereboom Dutch editor in chief (Haarlem Newspaper). [1]
May 27
  • Birth of Claude Adonai Champagne composer. [1]
May 30
  • Birth of Iman J van den Bosch Belgian resistance fighter. [1]
June 21
  • Birth of Hermann Scherchen Berlin Germany, conductor (Nature of Music). [1]
July 5
  • Birth of John Northrop US, biochemist, crystallized enzymes (Nobel Prize 1946). [1]
July 18
  • Birth of Gene Lockhart New York City; actor (Going My Way). [1]
August 2
  • Birth of Sir Arthur Bliss (Edward Drummond) London, composer (Olympians). [1]
September 7
  • Birth of Roscoe Karns San Bernadino California; actor (Captain Shafer-Hennesey). [1]
September 26
  • Birth of Charles Munch Strasbourg Alsatian conductor (French Legion D'Honeur). [1]
October 2
  • Birth of H V Porter basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard. [1]
October 13
  • Birth of Irene Rich Buffalo New York, actress (Beau Brummell, Champ). [1]
October 29
  • Birth of Fanny Brice singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks). [1]
November 5
  • Birth of Earle (Greasy) Neale NFL coach (Philadelphia Eagles). [1]
November 9
  • Birth of Clifton Webb actor (Sitting Pretty, Mr Belvedere Goes to College). [1]
November 15
  • Birth of Erwin Rommel German field marshall (WW II-African campaign). [1]
  • Birth of W Averell Harriman US, (Governor-Democrat-New York)/ambassador to USSR (1943-46). [1]

November 20
  • Birth of Leon Cadore pitcher (pitched all of 26 inning game). [1]
December 1
  • Birth of Foppe G Scheltema Dutch lawyer (wreck laws). [1]
December 7
  • Birth of Fay Bainter Los Angeles California, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair). [1]
December 10
  • Birth of Leonie "Nelly" Sachs German/Swedish poet (O the Chimneys-Nobel Prize 1966). [1]
December 17
  • Birth of Robertson Hare London England; actor (Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge). [1]
December 19
  • Birth of Edward Bernard Andre Maria Raczynski Poland, president-in-exile (1979-86). [1]
December 21
  • Birth of John W McCormack (Democrat) Speaker of the House (1962-70). [1]
December 22
  • Birth of Edward L Bernays Vienna Austria, first public relations agent. [1]
December 25
  • Birth of Clarrie Grimmett cricketer (in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner). [1]
  • Birth of Earle Foxe Oxford Ohio; actor (Dance Fools Dance). [1]
  • Birth of Kenneth A N Anderson British general (Dunkerk, North Africa). [1]
December 26
  • Birth of Henry Miller author (Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Sexus). [1]
  • Birth of Jean Galtier-Boissière French writer/cartoonist/journalist. [1]
December 30
  • Birth of Antoine Pinay French premier (1952)/minister of Foreign affairs. [1]

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