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 this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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  "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  1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy) on December - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1954  On December - 08 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 December - 08.   

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

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

1956  Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history antwerp Belgium diocese forms   

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

1962  On December - 08 "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  On December - 08 "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 112 perfs   

1965  On this day in history abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower," premieres in NYC   

1966  On December - 08 sinead O’Connor singer was born   

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

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  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  On December - 08 death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

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

1292  On this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

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  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on December - 08.   

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 this day in history.