Page 3: Historical Events In December - 08

1886  Diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo on December - 08.   

1887  On this day in history vicente Emilio Sojo, composer   

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

1889  W Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse) on December - 08.   

1890  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti) on this day in history.   

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

1894  On December - 08 james (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs)   

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

1895  Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG)   

1896  Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1897  Leslie Heward, composer on this day in history.   

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  Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on Supreme Court on December - 08.   

1903  Adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946) on this day in history.   

1903  On December - 08 herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83   

1904  On December - 08 wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)   

1905  Charles Cushing, composer on December - 08.   

1906  On this day in history richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley)   

1907  King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne on December - 08.   

1907  Tony Aubin, composer on December - 08.   

1907  Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies on this day in history.   

1908  John Volpe, (Gov-Mass)/US Secretary of Treasury (1969-73) on December - 08.   

1909  Bird banding society found on December - 08.   

1911  Lee J Cobb, NYC, actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront) on this day in history.   

1912  On December - 08 jura Soyfer, writer   

1913  Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on December - 08.   

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

1913  On December - 08 delmore Schwartz, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Shenandoah)   

1914  British & German fleets battle at Falkland Island on this day in history.   

1915  Jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres on this day in history.   

1915  On December - 08 denis Harding, soldier   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.   

1704  On this day in history birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on December - 08.   

1715  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)   

0644  On this day in history death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

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

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

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on December - 08.   

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on December - 08.   

1626  On this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

1643  On this day in history john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59