Page 4: Historical Events In December - 08

1916  Dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep on December - 08.   

1917  On December - 08 rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ)   

1918  On December - 08 ian Johnson, cricketer (Australian Test captbetween Hassett & Craig)   

1919  Hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer on this day in history.   

1920  Emmanuel McDonald Bailey, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952) on December - 08.   

1921  Eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty on this day in history.   

1921  On December - 08 johnny Otis, Calif, R&B talent scout (Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up)   

1922  On this day in history george Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51)   

1923  On December - 08 german-US friendship treaty signed   

1923  Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist on this day in history.   

1923  On December - 08 dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88   

1924  Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer was born on this day   

1925  The birth of Sammy Davis Jr., American actor on December - 08.   

1925  On this day in history james E "Jimmy" Smith, US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side)   

1925  On December - 08 sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer: was born on this day   

1926  On December - 08 disappearance of Agatha Christie   

1926  Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies on December - 08.   

1927  Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10) on December - 08.   

1930  On this day in history broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway NYC   

1931  Coaxial cable patented on December - 08.   

1933  Flip (Clerow) Wilson Emmy Award-winning comedy writer was born on December - 08.   

1933  On December - 08 secretary of the Navy establishes Fleet Marine Force, integrating a ready-to-deploy Marine force with own aircraft into Fleet organization.   

1934  On December - 08 friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich   

1934  Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62 on December - 08.   

1935  The Japanese military police launches a violent suppression of the religious sect Oomoto, beginning with a crackdown on the sect's operational bases of Ayabe and Kameoka in Kyoto Prefecture and the arrest of its leader Onisaburo Deguchi on December - 08.   

1936  Anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif   

1939  On this day in history ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63   

1940  German Luftwaffe launches massive attack on London on December - 08.   

1940  On December - 08 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0   

1941  On December - 08 as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Britain, the United States and Australia declare war on Japan   

1941  On this day in history uS declares war on Japan.   

1941  On this day in history uSS Wake (PR-3), a river gunboat moored at Shanghai, is only U.S. vessel to surrender during World War II.   

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1508  On December - 08 birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer   

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on December - 08.   

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 this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.   

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

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

1587  On this day in history death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed   

1596  On this day in history death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico   

1626  On December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

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

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