Page 4: Historical Events In December - 08

1916  On December - 08 dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep   

1917  On this day in history rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ)   

1918  Ian Johnson, cricketer (Australian Test captbetween Hassett & Craig) on this day in history.   

1919  On December - 08 hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer   

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

1921  On December - 08 eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty   

1921  On this day in history johnny Otis, Calif, R&B talent scout (Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up)   

1922  George Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51) on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history german-US friendship treaty signed   

1923  Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist on December - 08.   

1923  Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88 on December - 08.   

1924  On this day in history franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74   

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

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

1925  James E "Jimmy" Smith, US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side) on December - 08.   

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

1926  Disappearance of Agatha Christie on December - 08.   

1926  On this day in history jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies   

1927  On this day in history vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10)   

1930  Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway NYC on December - 08.   

1931  Coaxial cable patented on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history flip (Clerow) Wilson Emmy Award-winning comedy writer was born   

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

1934  Friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1938  On December - 08 highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif   

1939  Ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63 on December - 08.   

1940  On this day in history german Luftwaffe launches massive attack on London   

1940  1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0 on this day in history.   

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  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 08.   

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 08.   

0899  On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on December - 08.   

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

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 December - 08.   

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