What Happened In December 1887 In History

Famous Birthdays on December in 1887

• 3rd » Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese general and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1990)
• 6th » Lynn Fontanne, English-American actress (d. 1983)
• 6th » Joseph Lamb, American pianist and composer (d. 1960)
• 7th » Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)
• 9th » Tim Moore (comedian) known as Tim Moore, American actor (d. 1958)
• 12th » Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer and engineer (d. 1974)
• 13th » George Pólya, Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 1985)
• 13th » Alvin C. York, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964)
• 14th » Xul Solar, Argentinian painter and sculptor (d. 1963)
• 17th » Josef Lada, Czech painter and illustrator (d. 1957)
• 17th » Hermine Reuss of Greiz (d. 1947)
• 18th » Bhikhari Thakur, Indian actor, singer, and playwright (d. 1971)
• 22nd » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (d. 1920)
• 24th » Louis Jouvet, French actor and producer (d. 1951)
• 25th » Conrad Hilton, American businessman, founded the Hilton Hotels & Resorts (d. 1979)
• 26th » Arthur Percival, English general (d. 1966)
• 28th » Werner Kolhörster, German physicist (d. 1946)

Famous Deaths for December 1887

• 5th » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 9th » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 29th » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)

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