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

1921  On this day in history eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty  

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

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

1924  Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74 on December - 08.  

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

1926  Disappearance of Agatha Christie on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway NYC  

1931  On December - 08 coaxial cable patented  

1933  Flip (Clerow) Wilson Emmy Award-winning comedy writer was born on December - 08.  

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  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  On December - 08 anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua  

1938  On December - 08 highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif  

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  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 this day in history.  

1941  On this day in history 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  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.  

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.  

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

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

1699  On December - 08 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  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  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 December - 08.  

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

1587  On December - 08 death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed  

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on this day in history.  

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.