Historical Events In December - 07
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
1872 Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens) on December - 07.
1873 Willa Cather, US, author (My Antonia) on this day in history.
1875 On this day in history natives Sons of the West organized
1876 NY Mutuals & Phila A's expelled from NL for not completing sked on this day in history.
1876 On this day in history ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv)
1877 On December - 07 thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone
1878 Akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair) on this day in history.
1879 Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite) on December - 07.
1881 Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 on December - 07.
1882 Warren Bardsley, cricketer (great NSW & Aussie opening bat 1909-26) on this day in history.
1885 49th Congress (1885-87) convenes on this day in history.
1887 Ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre) on December - 07.
1888 On this day in history hamilton Fish, US congress leader/isolationist
1889 Gilbert & Sullivans "Gondoliers," premieres in London on this day in history.
1889 Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer on this day in history.
1891 52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds first session on December - 07.
1891 On this day in history 52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds 1st session
1891 On this day in history fay Bainter, LA Calif, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair)
1892 On December - 07 nora Nicholson, Leamington England, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow)
1894 On December - 07 stuart Davis, US painter
1894 On December - 07 ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89
1895 Battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies on December - 07.
1895 On this day in history jack Pennick, Portland OR, actor (Lady From Louisiana)
1896 On December - 07 juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer
1899 On this day in history antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82
1900 On this day in history max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of black body emission.
1901 A F [Tony] Pugsley, British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944)) on this day in history.
1902 J G Navle, cricketer (India's 1st Test wicket-keeper) on this day in history.
1902 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies on December - 07.
1905 Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/US astronomer (moons of Uranus, Neptune) on this day in history.
1906 George Richard James, saxophonist on this day in history.
1907 On this day in history eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring
1908 On this day in history jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist
1909 Leo Baekeland, Yonkers NY, patents first thermosetting plastic on December - 07.
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