Page 4: Historical Events In December - 08

1916  Dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep on December - 08.   

1917  Rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ) on this day in history.   

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

1919  Hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On December - 08 german-US friendship treaty signed   

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

1923  Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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

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

1925  On December - 08 the birth of Sammy Davis Jr., American actor   

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

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

1926  On December - 08 disappearance of Agatha Christie   

1926  Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies on this day in history.   

1927  Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10) on this day in history.   

1930  Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway NYC on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history coaxial cable patented   

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

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

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

1934  On this day in history bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62   

1935  On December - 08 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.   

1936  Anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua on December - 08.   

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

1939  On this day in history ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63   

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

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

1941  On December - 08 as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Britain, the United States and Australia declare war on Japan   

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

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on December - 08.   

1708  On December - 08 birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

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

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.   

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

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

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