Historical Events In December - 08

1916  On this day in history dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep   

1917  Rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ) on December - 08.   

1918  Ian Johnson, cricketer (Australian Test captbetween Hassett & Craig) on this day in history.   

1919  On December - 08 hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer   

1920  Emmanuel McDonald Bailey, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952) on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty   

1921  Johnny Otis, Calif, R&B talent scout (Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up) on December - 08.   

1922  George Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51) on December - 08.   

1923  German-US friendship treaty signed on December - 08.   

1923  On this day in history rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist   

1923  Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88 on December - 08.   

1924  On December - 08 franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74   

1925  On this day in history sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer was born on this day   

1925  On this day in history the birth of Sammy Davis Jr., American actor   

1925  On December - 08 james E "Jimmy" Smith, US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side)   

1925  On this day in history sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer: was born on this day   

1926  Disappearance of Agatha Christie on this day in history.   

1926  Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies on this day in history.   

1927  Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10) on December - 08.   

1930  On this day in history broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway NYC   

1931  On this day in history coaxial cable patented   

1933  Flip (Clerow) Wilson Emmy Award-winning comedy writer was born on this day in history.   

1933  On December - 08 secretary of the Navy establishes Fleet Marine Force, integrating a ready-to-deploy Marine force with own aircraft into Fleet organization.   

1934  On this day in history friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich   

1934  Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history the Japanese military police launches a violent suppression of the religious sect Oomoto, beginning with a crackdown on the sect's operational bases of Ayabe and Kameoka in Kyoto Prefecture and the arrest of its leader Onisaburo Deguchi.   

1936  On this day in history anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua   

1938  Highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif on December - 08.   

1939  On this day in history ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63   

1940  German Luftwaffe launches massive attack on London on December - 08.   

1940  On this day in history 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0   

1941  As a result of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Britain, the United States and Australia declare war on Japan on this day in history.   

1941  US declares war on Japan on December - 08.   

1941  On December - 08 uSS Wake (PR-3), a river gunboat moored at Shanghai, is only U.S. vessel to surrender during World War II.   

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.   

1574  On December - 08 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 this day in history.   

1678  On December - 08 birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

1699  On December - 08 birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on December - 08.   

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.   

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on December - 08.   

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

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on December - 08.   

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on December - 08.   

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

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on this day in history.   

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on December - 08.   

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

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