Page 5: Historical Events In December - 08

1941  On December - 08 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  8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB) on December - 08.   

1943  On December - 08 john Van Druten's "Voice of the Turtle," premieres in NYC   

1946  On December - 08 army rocket plane XS-1 makes 1st powered flight   

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

1947  On this day in history "Caribbean Carnival" opens at International Theater NYC for 11 perfs   

1947  On this day in history gregg Allman musician: keyboards, guitar, singer was born   

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

1949  On December - 08 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 740 perfs   

1951  "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 267 perfs on this day in history.   

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

1953  Kim Basinger actress was born on this day in history.   

1953  On December - 08 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.   

1953  On this day in history 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB)   

1954  On this day in history maxwell Anderson's "Bad Seed," premieres in NYC   

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  On this day in history jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69   

1956  16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia on this day in history.   

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

1957  On December - 08 reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55   

1959  On December - 08 dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta   

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

1961  On December - 08 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 December - 08 "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 perfs   

1963  On December - 08 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  Sinead O’Connor singer was born on this day in history.   

1966  Sinead O’Connor singer:was born on December - 08.   

1967  On this day in history robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32   

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1574  On December - 08 birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on this day in history.   

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  On December - 08 death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico   

1626  On this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.   

1643  On December - 08 john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59