Historical Events In December - 08

1886  On December - 08 diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo  

1887  On December - 08 vicente Emilio Sojo, composer  

1888  On December - 08 fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian  

1889  On December - 08 w Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse)  

1890  On this day in history bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti)  

1894  On this day in history the birth of James Thurber, American writer  

1894  James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs) on this day in history.  

1894  On December - 08 willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71  

1895  On December - 08 battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out  

1896  On December - 08 start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG)  

1896  On December - 08 earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75  

1897  On December - 08 leslie Heward, composer  

1899  On this day in history natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith  

1899  On December - 08 james "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist  

1900  On this day in history henry Russell, composer, dies at 87  

1902  On December - 08 oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on Supreme Court  

1903  On December - 08 adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)  

1903  Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 on December - 08.  

1904  Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935) on December - 08.  

1905  On December - 08 charles Cushing, composer  

1906  Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley) on this day in history.  

1907  King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne on this day in history.  

1907  On December - 08 tony Aubin, composer  

1907  On this day in history oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies  

1908  John Volpe, (Gov-Mass)/US Secretary of Treasury (1969-73) on this day in history.  

1909  On this day in history bird banding society found  

1911  Lee J Cobb, NYC, actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront) on December - 08.  

1912  On this day in history jura Soyfer, writer  

1913  On December - 08 construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco  

1913  On this day in history construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF  

1913  Delmore Schwartz, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Shenandoah) on this day in history.  

1914  On December - 08 british & German fleets battle at Falkland Island  

1915  Jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres on December - 08.  

1915  On this day in history denis Harding, soldier  

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1508  On December - 08 birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer  

1574  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)  

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on December - 08.  

1678  On this day in history birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)  

1699  On this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)  

1704  On December - 08 birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)  

1708  On December - 08 birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)  

1715  On this day in history birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)  

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.  

0899  On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies  

1292  On December - 08 john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62  

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on this day in history.  

1596  On December - 08 death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico  

1626  On December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)  

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.  

1643  On December - 08 john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59