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Today In History Basic Datebook-December 4th

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People on December 4th: birthdates

Sherry Alberoni: 1946 (is 62 in 2008, 63 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actress, Cartoon Voicist, Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer, Josie & the Pussycats & other cartoons
Fred Armisen: 1966 (is 42 in 2008, 43 in 2009)
Actor, Comedian, of Satuday Night Live
Max Jr. Baer: 1937 (is 71 in 2008, 72 in 2009)
Actor, Movie Producer/Director, b. in Oakland, CA; The Beverly Hillbillies' Jethro & Jethrene Bodine; Max's son
Tyra Banks: 1973 (is 35 in 2008, 36 in 2009)
Model, Actress, TV Hostess, America's Next Top Model hostess
Jeff Bridges: 1949 (is 59 in 2008, 60 in 2009)
Movie Actor, Protestant, b. in Los Angeles; Lloyd's son, Beau's bro; photographer Susan Geston's hubby; The Mirror Has Two Faces, The Big Lebowski, Arlington Road, Muse, Seabiscuit, The Door in the Floor, Iron Man
Orlando Brown: 1987 (is 21 in 2008, 22 in 2009)
Actor, Family Matters, Safe Harbor
Ryan Bryggman: 1999 (is 9 in 2008, 10 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Tracy Hanley and Larry's son
John J. Cale: 1940 (is 68 in 2008, 69 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Singer, Songwriter, Keyboardist, Bassist, Pianist, Cellist, Angolian, viola; of The Velvet Underground, soloist; not to be confused with J.J. Cale; some say b. Mar 9 1942
Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon: 1940 (is 68 in 2008, 69 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Singer, Rock & Roll Guitarist, Songwriter, RN:Frederick Picariello; of Danny & the Juniors, soloist; some say b. 1939 or 1942
Albert Francis "Sonny" Capone: 1918 (is 90 in 2008, 91 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Al's son
Patti Chandler: 1943 (is 65 in 2008, 66 in 2009)
Actress, Bikini Beach
Helen M. Chase: 1924 (is 84 in 2008, 85 in 2009)
Editor, co-ed of Chase's Annual Events
Ronnie Corbett: 1930 (is 78 in 2008, 79 in 2009)
Actor, Comedian, English, of Two Ronnies
Larry Davis: 1936 (is 72 in 2008, 73 in 2009)
Blues Singer, Guitarist
Dena Dietrich: 1928 (is 80 in 2008, 81 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actress, Mother Nature in Chiffon commercials; The Ropers' Ehtel, Adam's Rib
Vinnie Dombroski: 1962 (is 46 in 2008, 47 in 2009)
Alternative Rock Performer, of Sponge
Deanna Durbin: 1921 (is 87 in 2008, 88 in 2009)
Movie Actress, Opera Soprano, Canadian, FN:Edna Mae
Lindsay Felton: 1984 (is 24 in 2008, 25 in 2009)
TV Actress, Thunder Alley's Jenny
Bart's Son Freundlich: 1997 (is 11 in 2008, 12 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Julianne Moore and Bart's son
Denise Galik: yr unknown
Soap Actress, LN:Furey; Port Charles' Rhonda Wexler
Denise Galik-Furey: yr unknown
Soap Actress, Port Charles' Rhonda Wexler
Laurence Greenblatt: 1950 (is 58 in 2008, 59 in 2009)
Politician, 1993 LA Mayor candidate; aka Melrose Larry Green (Howard Stern)
Bob Griffin: 1959 (is 49 in 2008, 50 in 2009)
Musician, of BoDeans
Chris Hillman: 1944 (is 64 in 2008, 65 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Singer, Bassist, Guitarist, Mandolin, Songwriter, b. in Los Angeles; of The Flying Burrito Bros, The Byrds, Desert Rose Band
Jay-Z: 1969 (is 39 in 2008, 40 in 2009)
Rap Performer
Gemma Jones: 1942 (is 66 in 2008, 67 in 2009)
Actress
Mark Kingsmill: 1956 (is 52 in 2008, 53 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Musician, of The Hoo Doo Gurus
"Southside" Johnny Lyon: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Performer, Singer, Harmonicaist, Songwriter, lead of Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Wink Martindale: 1934 (is 74 in 2008, 75 in 2009)
Game Show Host, Radio Disc Jock, b. in Jackson, TN; RFMN:Winston Conrad; Tic Tac Dough, Gambit; Deck of Cards tune
Lila McCann: 1981 (is 27 in 2008, 28 in 2009)
Country Singer
Bob Mosley: 1942 (is 66 in 2008, 67 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of Moby Grape
Chelsea Noble: 1964 (is 44 in 2008, 45 in 2009)
Actress, Days of Our Lives' Kirstina Andropolous, Growing Pains' Kate McDonnell; Kirk Cameron's wife; AP says Dec 4
Frank Press: 1924 (is 84 in 2008, 85 in 2009)
Scientist, geophysicist known for his investigations of the structure of the Earth's crust and mantle and the mechanics of earthquakes.
Brian Prout: 1955 (is 53 in 2008, 54 in 2009)
Country Singer, of Diamond Rio
Donnelly Rhodes: 1937 (is 71 in 2008, 72 in 2009)
Actor, Soap's Dutch, Double Trouble
Roh Tae-Woo: 1932 (is 76 in 2008, 77 in 2009)
Head of State, ex-President of South Korea (1988-93); Korean military officer and politician who as president of South Korea instituted democratic reforms.
Gary Rossington: 1951 (is 57 in 2008, 58 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, Songwriter, b. in Jacksonville, FL; of Rossington Collins Band, Lynard Skynard
Humberto Solas: 1941 (is 67 in 2008, 68 in 2009)
Director, Writer
Penelope Speeris: 1945 (is 63 in 2008, 64 in 2009)
Producer/Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, Wayne's World
Pamela Stephenson: 1950 (is 58 in 2008, 59 in 2009)
Actress, Comedienne, British, Saturday Night Live reg 1984-85, Not the 9'Oclock News' Princess Di, Queen Elizabeth, Olivia Newton John, Margaret Thatcher, & others; Billy Connolly's wife
Kevin Sussman: 1970 (is 38 in 2008, 39 in 2009)
Actor, Ugly Betty
Marisa Tomei: 1964 (is 44 in 2008, 45 in 2009)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Soap Actress, b. in Brooklyn; A Different World, As The World Turns' Marcy, My Coisin Vinny, Untamed Heart, Only You, The Guru, Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
Ramaswamy Venkataraman: 1910 (is 98 in 2008, 99 in 2009)
Head of State, India, Indian politician, government official, and lawyer who became president of India in 1987.
Robert Lee Vesco: 1935 (is 73 in 2008, 74 in 2009)
Financier, once considered the boy wonder of international finance, who later became a fugitive from U.S. and other legal authorities. He was a key figure in certain American financial and political scandals of the early 1970s.
Patricia Wettig: 1951 (is 57 in 2008, 58 in 2009)
TV Actress, b. in Cincinnatti; St. Elsewhere's Joanne McFadden, thirtysomething's Nancy Weston, Courthouse's Justine Parkes; Ken Olin's wife
Cassandra Wilson: 1955 (is 53 in 2008, 54 in 2009)
Jazz Singer
Emma And Gary's Daughter Wise: 1999 (is 9 in 2008, 10 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Emma Thompson and Greg Wise's daughter
Terry Woods: 1947 (is 61 in 2008, 62 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Musician, British, of Steeleye Span, The Pogues

People on December 4th: birth anniversaries

Michael Bates: 1920=d.Jan 11, 1978 (was 57)
Actor, India, A Clockwork Orange, Patton
Maurice Binder: 1925=d.Apr 9, 1991 (was 65)
Entertainment Figure, Title designer, trailer maker, and artist of James Bond films; some say d. at 73
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington: 1912=d.Jan 11, 1988 (was 75)
Military Leader, colorful World War II flying ace who shot down 28 enemy Japanese planes, organized the legendary Black Sheep Squadron in the South Pacific in 1943, and was awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor.
Horst Buchholz: 1933=d.Mar 3, 2003 (was 69)
Movie Actor, German, b. in Berlin; Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe
Samuel Butler: 1612?=d.Sep 25, 1680 (was 67)
Poet, Satarist, Painter, Philosopher, Composer, English; some say b. Feb 8, 1612
Samuel Butler: 1835=d.Jun 18, 1902 (was 66)
Novelist, Essayist, Critic, English, his satire Erewhon (1872) foreshadowed the collapse of the Victorian illusion of eternal progress. The Way of All Flesh (1903), his autobiographical novel, is generally considered his masterpiece.
Thomas Carlyle: 1795=d.Feb 5, 1881 (was 85)
Philosopher, Historian, Critic, Essayist, Scotish, his major works include The French Revolution, 3 vol. (1837), On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (1841), and The History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great among others; d. Feb 4?
Amie Comeaux: 1976=d.Dec 21, 1997 (was 21)
Country Singer
Crazy Horse: 1849=d.Sep 5, 1877 (was 27)
Tribal Chief, American Indian, the last great Sioux indian tribe chief
Francisco Franco: 1892=d.Nov 20, 1975 (was 82)
General, LN:Bahamonde; Spanish Dictator for four decades; Generalissimo; According to Weekend Update's Chevy Chase, he's still dead!
Victor French: 1934=d.Jun 15, 1989 (was 54)
TV Actor, TV Director, b. in Santa Barbara, CA; Get Smart's Agent 44, Little House's Mr. Isaiah Edwards, Carter Country's Chief Roy Mobey, Highway to Heaven's Mark Gordon, Gunsmoke & Bonanza; Julie Cobb's hubby
Fung Yu-Lan: 1895=d.Nov 26, 1990 (was 94)
Philosopher, Chinese, 20th century legend
Wally George: 1931=d.Oct 5, 2003 (was 71)
TV Talk Show Host, Rock & Roll Singer, NN:Mr. Conservative; Janis' hubby; Korean war 1951-53; Hot Seat host; radio show; some of his sound bits pop up in Whimsical Will's Demented News
Gary Gilmore: 1940=d.Jan 17, 1977 (was 36)
Outlaw, executed in Utah
Alfred D. Hershey: 1908=d.May 22, 1997 (was 88)
Scientist, Biologist, who, along with Max Delbr�ck and Salvador Luria, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1969. The prize was given for research done on bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria).
Eddie Heywood: 1915=d.Jan 2, 1989 (was 73)
Jazz Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Jazz Singer, Bandleader
George Hormel: 1860=d.????
Inventor, Businessperson, 1st canned ham & chili; Hormel Meat Packing Co. founder
Buck Jones: 1889=d.Nov 30, 1942 (was 52)
Movie Actor, RN:Charles Frederick Gebhart; Cowboy star; some say 1891
Wassily Kandinsky: 1866=d.Dec 13, 1944 (was 78)
Painter, Russian, one of the first creators of pure ab straction in modern painting.
Rice Miller: 1899?=d.May 25, 1965 (was 65)
Blues Performer, Singer, Harmonicaist, RN:Aleck Ford; billed as the original Sonny Boy Williamson after the original was murdered; DOB on gravestone sez 3-11-1908 and a passport sez 4-7-1909; some say b. Dec 5, 1899
William Moultrie: 1730=d.Sep 27, 1805 (was 74)
General, who resisted British incursions into the South during the U.S. War of Independence (1775-83).
Isabel Randolph: 1889=d.Jan 11, 1973 (was 83)
Actress, Meet Millie's Mrs. Boone, Our Miss Brooks' Mrs. Nestor
Mark Robson: 1913=d.Jun 20, 1978 (was 64)
Director, Canadian
Lillian Russell: 1861=d.Jun 6, 1922 (was 60)
Opera Soprano, Stage Actress, Vaudevillan, RN:Helen Louise Leonard; NN:The American Beauty; in light comedies who represented the feminine ideal of her generation. She was as famous for her flamboyant personal life as for her beauty and voice.
Larry Stock: 1896=d.May 4, 1984 (was 87)
Songwriter, wrote "Blueberry Hill" and "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You"
Michael Thoma: 1926=d.Sep 3, 1982 (was 55)
Actor, Eight is Enough's Dr. Greg Maxwell, Fame's Mr. Crandall
Dennis Wilson: 1944=d.Dec 28, 1983 (was 39)
HALL OF FAMER, Pop Singer, Drummer, Keyboardist, Songwriter, b. in Hawthorne, CA; of The Beach Boys

People on December 4th: death anniversaries

Edward Binns: 1990 (was 75)/b.Sep 12, 1916
TV/Movie Actor, Brenner, The Nurses, It Takes a Thief's Wallie Powers
Rose Bird: 1999 (was 63)/b.Nov 2, 1936
Judge/Jurist, ousted Calif Supreme Court Judge
Tommy Bolin: 1976 (was 25)/b.Aug 1, 1951
Rock & Roll Guitarist, of Deep Purple, Zephyr, soloist
Charles H. Dow: 1902 (was 51)/b.Nov 6, 1851
Publisher, Businessperson, Financial expert; founded Dow Jones & Co. with Edward D. Jones in 1882, pub'd Wall Street Journal
Alfred Carl Fuller: 1973 (was 88)/b.Jan 13, 1885
Manufacturer, Canadian, Fuller Brush Co. founder
Luigi Galvani: 1798 (was 61)/b.Sep 9, 1737
Physicist, Physician, Italian, established bioelectric forces exist within living tissue.
Connie B. Gay: 1989 (was 75)/b.Aug 22, 1914
Country/Western Performer, her name sounds like ebonics; Country Music Association founder
John Gay: 1732 (was 47)/b.Jun 30, 1685
Composer, Poet, English
Robert Hamer: 1963 (was 52)/b.Mar 31, 1911
Director, English
Thomas Hobbes: 1679 (was 91)/b.Apr 5, 1588
Philosopher, Writer, English, political
Karen Horney: 1952 (was 67)/b.Sep 16, 1885
Psychiatrist, German, neo freudian psycho analyst
Bert Lahr: 1967 (was 72)/b.Aug 13, 1895
Comedian, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, b. in New York City; Wizard of Oz's Cowardly Lion; RN:Irving Lahrheim
Margaret Landon: 1993 (was 90)/b.Sep 3, 1903?
Author, Anna & the King of Siam; some say b. Sep 7, 1903
Rouben Mamoulian: 1987?/b.Oct 8, 1897?
Movie/Stage Director, Russian, Mark of Zorro; some say b. Oct 8, 1898; ; some say d. Dec 8, 1987
Glenn Martin: 1955 (was 69)/b.Jan 17, 1886
Aviator, Manufacturer, 1st monoplane maker; airplane inventor whose bombers and flying boats played important roles in World War II.
Michael O'Shea: 1973 (was 67)?/b.Mar 17, 1906
Actor, Irish, It's a Great Life; Virginia Mayo's husband; some say d. Dec 3, 1973 (was 67)
Robert Parrish: 1995 (was 79)/b.Jan 4, 1916
Movie Director, Movie Actor, Casino Royale
Perez Prado: 1983 (was 67)/b.Nov 23, 1916
Bandleader, Organist, Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Cuban, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White; Cuban King of Mambo; aka:el ray del Mambo; d. Sep 13 or 14 1989?; some say b. Nov 13 or Dec 11 1918?
John Rock: 1984 (was 94)/b.Mar 24, 1890
Scientist, Clinician; developed birth control pill in 1944
John Tyndall: 1893 (was 73)/b.Aug 2, 1820
Physicist, Irish, demonstrated why the sky is blue
Richard Vernon: 1997 (was 72)/b.Mar 3, 1925
Actor, English
Frank Zappa: 1993 (was 52)/b.Dec 21, 1940
HALL OF FAMER, Novelty Singer, Rock & Roll Guitarist, Philosopher, Movie Actor, Politician, Composer/Songwriter, Humorist, Music Producer, Satarist, Rock & Roll Drummer, b. in Baltimore; lead of Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention; soloist; Gail's hubby; Rock Blues and Jazz Music satarist; 2000 Motels, Baby Snakes; RFMN:Frances Vincent Jr.; The Master of Avant-Garde Rock; now has a planet in the galaxy, Zappafrank, named in his memory

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