Page 5: Historical Events In December - 08

1941  On this day in history destruction Camp Chelmo opens   

1942  Eight PT boats (PT 36, PT 37, PT 40, PT 43, PT 44, PT 48, PT 59, and PT 109) turn back 8 Japanese destroyers attempting to reinforce Japanese forces on Guadalcanal on December - 08.   

1942  On December - 08 8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB)   

1943  John Van Druten's "Voice of the Turtle," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1946  Army rocket plane XS-1 makes 1st powered flight on this day in history.   

1947  Gregg Allman musician keyboards, guitar, singer was born on December - 08.   

1947  "Caribbean Carnival" opens at International Theater NYC for 11 perfs on December - 08.   

1947  On December - 08 gregg Allman musician: keyboards, guitar, singer was born   

1948  On this day in history "Marinka" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 168 performances   

1949  "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 740 perfs on this day in history.   

1951  On December - 08 "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 267 perfs   

1952  On December - 08 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)   

1953  On this day in history kim Basinger actress was born   

1953  Los Angeles became the third largest city in the U.S. The City of Angels slid past Philadelphia for the distinction in a special census on December - 08.   

1953  On December - 08 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB)   

1954  Maxwell Anderson's "Bad Seed," premieres in NYC on December - 08.   

1954  Gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50 on December - 08.   

1955  On December - 08 21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB)   

1955  Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1956  On December - 08 16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia   

1956  Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76 on December - 08.   

1957  Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta   

1960  On December - 08 expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium   

1961  On this day in history surfin’, The Beach Boys first record, was released on Candix Records. It became a local hit in Los Angeles   

1961  Antwerp Belgium diocese forms on December - 08.   

1961  William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 perfs   

1963  On this day in history frank Sinatra, Jr. was kidnapped in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. He was set free four days later.   

1963  "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 112 perfs on this day in history.   

1965  Abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history sinead O’Connor singer was born   

1966  On this day in history sinead O’Connor singer:was born   

1967  On December - 08 robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32   

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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 December - 08.   

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on December - 08.   

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

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

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

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on December - 08.