Page 3: Historical Events In December - 08

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

1887  On December - 08 vicente Emilio Sojo, composer   

1888  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian on this day in history.   

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

1890  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti) on December - 08.   

1894  On December - 08 the birth of James Thurber, American writer   

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

1894  On this day in history willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71   

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

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  On this day in history leslie Heward, composer   

1899  On December - 08 natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith   

1899  James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist on this day in history.   

1900  Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 on December - 08.   

1902  On December - 08 oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on Supreme Court   

1903  On this day in history adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)   

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  On December - 08 charles Cushing, composer   

1906  Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley) on this day in history.   

1907  On December - 08 king Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.   

1907  Tony Aubin, composer on December - 08.   

1907  Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies on December - 08.   

1908  John Volpe, (Gov-Mass)/US Secretary of Treasury (1969-73) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history jura Soyfer, writer   

1913  Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on this day in history.   

1913  Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF on this day in history.   

1913  Delmore Schwartz, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Shenandoah) on this day in history.   

1914  On December - 08 british & German fleets battle at Falkland Island   

1915  On this day in history jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres   

1915  Denis Harding, soldier on this day in history.   

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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  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.   

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

1704  On December - 08 birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

1708  On this day in history birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on this day in history.   

0644  On December - 08 death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

0899  On this day in history arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

1292  On this day in history 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