Page 4: Historical Events In December - 08
Sunday, 06 July 2025
1916 On this day in history dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep
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 On December - 08 hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer
1920 Emmanuel McDonald Bailey, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952) on this day in history.
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 George Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51) on December - 08.
1923 German-US friendship treaty signed on December - 08.
1923 On this day in history rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist
1923 On this day in history dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88
1924 Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74 on December - 08.
1925 Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer was born on this day on December - 08.
1925 On December - 08 the birth of Sammy Davis Jr., American actor
1925 James E "Jimmy" Smith, US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side) on this day in history.
1925 On this day in history sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer: was born on this day
1926 Disappearance of Agatha Christie on this day in history.
1926 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies on December - 08.
1927 On December - 08 vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10)
1930 On this day in history broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway NYC
1931 On this day in history coaxial cable patented
1933 Flip (Clerow) Wilson Emmy Award-winning comedy writer was born on this day in history.
1933 Secretary of the Navy establishes Fleet Marine Force, integrating a ready-to-deploy Marine force with own aircraft into Fleet organization on December - 08.
1934 Friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich on December - 08.
1934 On this day in history bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62
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 On this day in history anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua
1938 Highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif on December - 08.
1939 On December - 08 ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63
1940 German Luftwaffe launches massive attack on London on this day in history.
1940 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0 on December - 08.
1941 As a result of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Britain, the United States and Australia declare war on Japan on December - 08.
1941 On this day in history uS declares war on Japan.
1941 USS Wake (PR-3), a river gunboat moored at Shanghai, is only U.S. vessel to surrender during World War II on December - 08.
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