Historical Events In December - 28

1869  The Knights of Labor, a union of Philadelphia, PA tailors, hold the first Labor Day ceremonies in the US on December - 28.   

1869  William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing gum on this day in history.   

1869  On December - 28 william Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum   

1870  Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72 on December - 28.   

1877  On this day in history john Stevens, WI, applies for patent on flour rolling mill   

1877  On December - 28 john Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill   

1878  On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism   

1878  On this day in history pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism)   

1878  On this day in history jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90   

1879  On this day in history north British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot)   

1880  Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet on this day in history.   

1882  Arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician on December - 28.   

1883  A Wolfenstein, writer on this day in history.   

1884  On December - 28 joseph Pholien, Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter   

1884  On this day in history gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56   

1887  Sir John Layton Jarvis, first British race horse trainer knighted on this day in history.   

1887  Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted on this day in history.   

1887  Charles Dingle on December - 28.   

1888  On this day in history gabriel von Wayditch, composer   

1889  Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau on this day in history.   

1890  On December - 28 frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter (Road to Bali, China)   

1891  Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47 on December - 28.   

1893  French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu on this day in history.   

1894  Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot (Eagle of Flanders) on this day in history.   

1895  World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris on this day in history.   

1895  The Lumiere brothers, 19th century film makers, held their first commercial screening on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks)   

1897  On this day in history edmond Rostand's play, Cyrano de Bergerac, premieres in Paris.   

1897  Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1902  On December - 28 trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US   

1902  On December - 28 1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Phila 6-0 (MSG, NYC)   

1902  Mortimer J Adler, NYC, author (Encyclopedia Brittanica) on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history clyde Fitch's "Glad of It," premieres in NYC   

1903  John von Neumann, mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938) on this day in history.   

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1164  On December - 28 birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

1484  On December - 28 birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

1522  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.   

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on December - 28.   

1631  On December - 28 birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on December - 28.   

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on December - 28.   

1665  On this day in history birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)   

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on December - 28.   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on December - 28.   

1446  On December - 28 clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

1503  On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on December - 28.   

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1663  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on December - 28.   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.