Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/December 1

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[edit] Births

• 1761 - Marie Tussaud, creator of wax sculptures (Madame Tussauds) (d. 1850)
• 1913 - Mary Martin, American actor and singer (d. 1990) (pictured)
• 1935 - Woody Allen, American film director, actor, and comedian
• 1935 - Lou Rawls, American singer (d. 2006)
• 1940 - Richard Pryor, American actor, comedian (d. 2005)
• 1945 - Bette Midler, American actress

[edit] Deaths

• 1135 - Henry I of England
• 1707 - Jeremiah Clarke, English composer (b. 1674)
• 1825 - Tsar Alexander I of Russia (b. 1777)
• 1973 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)