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 this day in history.  

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

1869  On this day in history william Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum  

1870  On this day in history alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72  

1877  On December - 28 john Stevens, WI, applies for patent on flour rolling mill  

1877  On this day in history john Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill  

1878  Pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism on December - 28.  

1878  On December - 28 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism)  

1878  Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 on December - 28.  

1879  North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot) on this day in history.  

1880  On December - 28 christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet  

1882  Arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician on this day in history.  

1883  A Wolfenstein, writer on this day in history.  

1884  Joseph Pholien, Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter on December - 28.  

1884  On December - 28 gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56  

1887  On December - 28 sir John Layton Jarvis, first British race horse trainer knighted  

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

1887  Charles Dingle on this day in history.  

1888  On this day in history gabriel von Wayditch, composer  

1889  Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau on December - 28.  

1890  Frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter (Road to Bali, China) on this day in history.  

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 December - 28.  

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

1896  On December - 28 roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks)  

1897  Edmond Rostand's play, Cyrano de Bergerac, premieres in Paris on December - 28.  

1897  On December - 28 edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac," premieres in Paris  

1902  On this day in history trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US  

1902  On this day in history 1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Phila 6-0 (MSG, NYC)  

1902  Mortimer J Adler, NYC, author (Encyclopedia Brittanica) on December - 28.  

1903  Clyde Fitch's "Glad of It," premieres in NYC on December - 28.  

1903  On this day in history john von Neumann, mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938)  

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1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on this day in history.  

1484  On this day in history 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  On December - 28 birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)  

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

1635  On December - 28 birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)  

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

1665  On December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)  

0300  On this day in history death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria  

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

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on this day in history.  

1503  On December - 28 death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)  

1542  On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52  

1622  On this day in history francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55  

1663  On December - 28 death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)  

1671  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)