Page 4: Historical Events In December - 08

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 this day in history hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer   

1920  On December - 08 emmanuel McDonald Bailey, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952)   

1921  Eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty on December - 08.   

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 December - 08.   

1923  German-US friendship treaty signed on December - 08.   

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

1923  On this day in history dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88   

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 this day in history.   

1925  On December - 08 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  On December - 08 jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies   

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

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

1931  On this day in history coaxial cable patented   

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 this day in history friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich   

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 this day in history.   

1936  On December - 08 anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua   

1938  Highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif on this day in history.   

1939  Ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1941  As a result of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Britain, the United States and Australia declare war on Japan on this day in history.   

1941  US declares war on Japan on December - 08.   

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

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

1574  On December - 08 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  On December - 08 birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.   

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

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.   

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  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on this day in history.   

1292  On December - 08 john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

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 this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

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 December - 08.