Historical Events In December - 08

1886  On December - 08 diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo  

1887  On December - 08 vicente Emilio Sojo, composer  

1888  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian on December - 08.  

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

1890  On December - 08 bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti)  

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

1894  On this day in history 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  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)  

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1896  Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 on December - 08.  

1897  Leslie Heward, composer on this day in history.  

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

1899  James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist on December - 08.  

1900  On December - 08 henry Russell, composer, dies at 87  

1902  On this day in history 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  Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 on December - 08.  

1904  Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935) on December - 08.  

1905  On this day in history charles Cushing, composer  

1906  Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley) on December - 08.  

1907  King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne on this day in history.  

1907  On December - 08 tony Aubin, composer  

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 December - 08.  

1909  On this day in history bird banding society found  

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

1912  On December - 08 jura Soyfer, writer  

1913  On December - 08 construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco  

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

1913  On this day in history delmore Schwartz, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Shenandoah)  

1914  On this day in history british & German fleets battle at Falkland Island  

1915  Jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres on December - 08.  

1915  Denis Harding, soldier on December - 08.  

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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 December - 08.  

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.  

1699  On this day in history 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  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on December - 08.  

1715  On this day in history birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)  

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.  

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

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1587  On December - 08 death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed  

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

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on this day in history.  

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)  

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on this day in history.