Page 3: Historical Events In December - 08
Sunday, 22 June 2025
1886 On this day in history diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo
1887 Vicente Emilio Sojo, composer on December - 08.
1888 On December - 08 fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian
1889 On December - 08 w Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse)
1890 Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti) on December - 08.
1894 The birth of James Thurber, American writer on December - 08.
1894 James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs) on this day in history.
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 December - 08.
1896 On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG)
1896 On December - 08 earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75
1897 On this day in history leslie Heward, composer
1899 Natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith on this day in history.
1899 James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist on this day in history.
1900 Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 on December - 08.
1902 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on Supreme Court on this day in history.
1903 On December - 08 adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)
1903 Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 on this day in history.
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 King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne on this day in history.
1907 Tony Aubin, composer on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1909 On December - 08 bird banding society found
1911 Lee J Cobb, NYC, actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront) on December - 08.
1912 Jura Soyfer, writer on December - 08.
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 December - 08.
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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