Historical Events In December - 08

1941  Destruction Camp Chelmo opens on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1943  John Van Druten's "Voice of the Turtle," premieres in NYC on December - 08.   

1946  Army rocket plane XS-1 makes 1st powered flight on December - 08.   

1947  Gregg Allman musician keyboards, guitar, singer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1948  On December - 08 "Marinka" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 168 performances   

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

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

1952  On this day in history 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)   

1953  On December - 08 kim Basinger actress was born   

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

1954  On December - 08 maxwell Anderson's "Bad Seed," premieres in NYC   

1954  Gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

1955  On this day in history jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69   

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

1956  On December - 08 edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76   

1957  Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55 on December - 08.   

1959  Dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta on December - 08.   

1960  Expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium on December - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1961  On December - 08 william Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78   

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

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

1963  "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 112 perfs on December - 08.   

1965  Abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower," premieres in NYC on December - 08.   

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

1966  Sinead O’Connor singer:was born on this day in history.   

1967  Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32 on December - 08.   

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

1574  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on this day in history.   

1678  On December - 08 birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

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  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on this day in history.   

0644  On December - 08 death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

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 December - 08.   

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