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  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  George Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51) on December - 08.  

1923  On December - 08 german-US friendship treaty signed  

1923  On December - 08 rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist  

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 December - 08.  

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

1925  On this day in history the birth of Sammy Davis Jr., American actor  

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

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

1926  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 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  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 this day in history.  

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

1938  Highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif on December - 08.  

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

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

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

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 December - 08 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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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.  

1574  On December - 08 birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)  

1626  On this day in history birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic  

1678  On this day in history birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)  

1699  On this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)  

1704  On December - 08 birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)  

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on December - 08.  

1715  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)  

0644  On December - 08 death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered  

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

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

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  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on this day in history.  

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 December - 08.