Page 4: Historical Events In December - 08

1916  Dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep on this day in history.   

1917  Rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ) on December - 08.   

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

1919  On December - 08 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 this day in history.   

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

1922  On December - 08 george Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51)   

1923  German-US friendship treaty signed on this day in history.   

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  On December - 08 franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74   

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

1925  The birth of Sammy Davis Jr., American actor on this day in history.   

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  On December - 08 disappearance of Agatha Christie   

1926  On December - 08 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 December - 08.   

1933  On December - 08 flip (Clerow) Wilson Emmy Award-winning comedy writer was born   

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  On December - 08 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 December - 08 anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua   

1938  On this day in history 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  On December - 08 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0   

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  On December - 08 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 this day in history.   

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

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  On this day in history 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 December - 08.   

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.   

1643  On this day in history john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59