Page 5: Historical Events In December - 08

1941  Destruction Camp Chelmo opens on December - 08.   

1942  On December - 08 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.   

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

1943  On this day in history 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  Gregg Allman musician keyboards, guitar, singer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1951  On this day in history "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 this day in history kim Basinger actress was born   

1953  On this day in history 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  21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB) on this day in history.   

1955  Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69 on December - 08.   

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

1956  On this day in history edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76   

1957  On this day in history reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55   

1959  Dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history antwerp Belgium diocese forms   

1961  William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78 on December - 08.   

1962  On this day in history "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  On this day in history "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 112 perfs   

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 this day in history.   

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

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1508  On this day in history birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer   

1574  On December - 08 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  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.   

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.   

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

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  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on December - 08.   

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 December - 08.   

1626  On December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  On December - 08 death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

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