Historical Events In December - 08
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1916 Dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep on this day in history.
1917 On December - 08 rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ)
1918 On this day in history ian Johnson, cricketer (Australian Test captbetween Hassett & Craig)
1919 Hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer on December - 08.
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 December - 08 johnny Otis, Calif, R&B talent scout (Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up)
1922 On this day in history 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 December - 08.
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 Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer was born on this day on this day in history.
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 December - 08.
1925 On December - 08 sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer: was born on this day
1926 On December - 08 disappearance of Agatha Christie
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 Coaxial cable patented on this day in history.
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 December - 08.
1934 Friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich on December - 08.
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 December - 08.
1938 Highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif on December - 08.
1939 Ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63 on December - 08.
1940 German Luftwaffe launches massive attack on London on December - 08.
1940 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0 on this day in history.
1941 On this day in history 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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