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 December - 08.  

1942  On this day in history 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  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  "Caribbean Carnival" opens at International Theater NYC for 11 perfs on this day in history.  

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

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

1949  On December - 08 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 740 perfs  

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 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 December - 08.  

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

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

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

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

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  Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76 on December - 08.  

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

1959  On December - 08 dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta  

1960  Expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium on this day in history.  

1961  On December - 08 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 December - 08.  

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

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1508  On December - 08 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  On December - 08 birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic  

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

1708  On December - 08 birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)  

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on December - 08.  

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

0899  On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies  

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  On this day in history death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico  

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

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)  

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