Page 3: Historical Events In December - 28

1869  On this day in history the Knights of Labor, a union of Philadelphia, PA tailors, hold the first Labor Day ceremonies in the US.   

1869  On December - 28 william Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing gum   

1869  On this day in history william Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum   

1870  Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1877  John Stevens, WI, applies for patent on flour rolling mill on December - 28.   

1877  On December - 28 john Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill   

1878  On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism   

1878  On this day in history pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism)   

1878  On this day in history jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90   

1879  North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot) on December - 28.   

1880  On December - 28 christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet   

1882  Arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history a Wolfenstein, writer   

1884  Joseph Pholien, Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter on December - 28.   

1884  Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56 on December - 28.   

1887  Sir John Layton Jarvis, first British race horse trainer knighted on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted   

1887  Charles Dingle on December - 28.   

1888  On this day in history gabriel von Wayditch, composer   

1889  On December - 28 friedrich Wilhelm Murnau   

1890  On December - 28 frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter (Road to Bali, China)   

1891  On December - 28 alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47   

1893  On December - 28 french lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu   

1894  On this day in history andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot (Eagle of Flanders)   

1895  World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris on this day in history.   

1895  The Lumiere brothers, 19th century film makers, held their first commercial screening on this day in history.   

1896  Roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks) on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history edmond Rostand's play, Cyrano de Bergerac, premieres in Paris.   

1897  Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac," premieres in Paris on December - 28.   

1902  Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US on this day in history.   

1902  On December - 28 1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Phila 6-0 (MSG, NYC)   

1902  Mortimer J Adler, NYC, author (Encyclopedia Brittanica) on December - 28.   

1903  On December - 28 clyde Fitch's "Glad of It," premieres in NYC   

1903  On December - 28 john von Neumann, mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938)   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1164  On this day in history birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

1484  On this day in history birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

1522  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on this day in history.   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on December - 28.   

1655  On this day in history birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

1665  On December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)   

0300  On this day in history death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on this day in history.   

1446  On December - 28 clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on December - 28.   

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on this day in history.   

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on December - 28.   

1663  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on December - 28.   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.