Page 4: Historical Events In December - 08

1916  On this day in history 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  On December - 08 hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer   

1920  Emmanuel McDonald Bailey, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952) on December - 08.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1923  German-US friendship treaty signed on December - 08.   

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

1923  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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  Coaxial cable patented on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich   

1934  Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua   

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

1939  On December - 08 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 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 this day in history uS declares war on Japan.   

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 December - 08 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  On this day in history birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

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

0899  On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

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

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on this day in history.   

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 December - 08.   

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

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