Page 5: Historical Events In December - 08

1941  On this day in history destruction Camp Chelmo opens   

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  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  On this day in history 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 December - 08.   

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

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  On December - 08 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 this day in history 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB)   

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

1954  On this day in history gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50   

1955  On this day in history 21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB)   

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

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

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

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  Expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium on this day in history.   

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

1961  Antwerp Belgium diocese forms on December - 08.   

1961  On this day in history william Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1967  Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.   

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 December - 08.   

1678  On this day in history birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

1699  On this day in history 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 December - 08 birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

1715  On this day in history 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  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history 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.