| Date | Text | |||
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| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Dec 1924 | John Portman: South Carolina, United States -- Architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964) | |||
| 04 Dec 1924 | John C. Portman, Jr., American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square | |||
| 04 Dec 1924 |
birth Frank Press Born 4 Dec 1924. American geophysicist known for his investigations of the structure of the Earth's crust and mantle and the mechanics of earthquakes. Press pioneered the use of seismic waves to explore subsurface geological structures and for his pioneering use of waves to explore Earth's deep interior. In 1950, with William Maurice Ewing, a major innovator in modern geology at Columbia University, he invented an improved seismograph,and they published a landmark paper recognized as beginning a new era in structural seismology. While at Caltech (1955-65) and later MIT, Press became known in public policy circles for his work on seismic detection of underground nuclear tests and for advocacating a national program for earthquake prediction capabilities. |
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| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Dec 1949 | Mary Bea Porter-King: Everett, Washington -- LPGA golfer (1975 Golf Inns Classic) | |||
| 04 Dec 1949 | Russ Karel: Director | |||
| 04 Dec 1949 | Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run | |||
| 04 Dec 1949 | A. Scott Berg, American journalist and author | |||
| 04 Dec 1949 | Jeff Bridges, American actor, singer, and producer | |||
| 04 Dec 1949 | Paula England, American sociologist and academic | |||
| 04 Dec 1949 | Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand-Australian actress and psychologist | |||
| 04 Dec 1949 | Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Dec 1974 | Anke Huber: Bruchsal, Germany -- Tennis star (1996 finalist Australian) | |||
| 04 Dec 1974 | Lee Kinsolving: Actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36 | |||
| 04 Dec 1974 | Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims | |||
| 04 Dec 1974 | Jean-Paul Sartre visits RAF leader Andreas Baader in prison | |||
| 04 Dec 1974 | Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Dec 1999 | Rose Bird, American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936) | |||
| 04 Dec 1999 | Rapper Jay-Z was released on $50,000 bail, after being accused of attacking Lance Rivera when a fight broke out at a party for rapper Q-Tip at a Manhattan Club. Police declined to say what caused the dispute. | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Dec 2004 | Teo Peter, Romanian bass player (b. 1954) | |||
| 04 Dec 2004 | Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (b. 1943) | |||
| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Dec 2009 | Umaga, American wrestler (b. 1973) | |||
| 04 Dec 2009 | Liam Clancy, Irish singer, guitarist, and actor (The Clancy Brothers) (b. 1935) | |||
| 10 years anniversary | ||||
| 04 Dec 2014 | Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (b. 1957) | |||
| 04 Dec 2014 | V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (b. 1914) | |||
| 04 Dec 2014 | Lynne Kosky, Australian social worker and politician (b. 1958) | |||
| 04 Dec 2014 | Vincent L. McKusick, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921) | |||
| 04 Dec 2014 | Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (b. 1929) | |||
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