Historical Events In December - 08

1941  On this day in history destruction Camp Chelmo opens  

1942  On this day in history 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  8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB) on December - 08.  

1943  On this day in history john Van Druten's "Voice of the Turtle," premieres in NYC  

1946  On this day in history army rocket plane XS-1 makes 1st powered flight  

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

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

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

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1955  On December - 08 jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69  

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

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

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

1959  On December - 08 dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta  

1960  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  On December - 08 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  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 this day in history.  

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.  

1715  On this day in history birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)  

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.  

0899  On this day in history arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies  

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on December - 08.  

1587  On this day in history death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed  

1596  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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