Page 3: Historical Events In December - 28

1869  On December - 28 the Knights of Labor, a union of Philadelphia, PA tailors, hold the first Labor Day ceremonies in the US.   

1869  William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing gum on December - 28.   

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

1870  On December - 28 alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72   

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

1877  John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill on this day in history.   

1878  Pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism on this day in history.   

1878  On December - 28 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism)   

1878  Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 on December - 28.   

1879  On December - 28 north British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot)   

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

1882  Arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician on December - 28.   

1883  A Wolfenstein, writer on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history joseph Pholien, Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter   

1884  On this day in history gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56   

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

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

1887  On this day in history charles Dingle   

1888  On this day in history gabriel von Wayditch, composer   

1889  On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Murnau   

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

1891  On this day in history alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47   

1893  On December - 28 french lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu   

1894  Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot (Eagle of Flanders) on December - 28.   

1895  World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris on December - 28.   

1895  On December - 28 the Lumiere brothers, 19th century film makers, held their first commercial screening.   

1896  Roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks) on December - 28.   

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  On December - 28 trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US   

1902  1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Phila 6-0 (MSG, NYC) on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history mortimer J Adler, NYC, author (Encyclopedia Brittanica)   

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

1903  John von Neumann, mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938) on December - 28.   

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1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on this day in history.   

1484  On December - 28 birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

1522  On December - 28 birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  On December - 28 birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

1631  On this day in history birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

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

1655  On December - 28 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 December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  On December - 28 death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

1446  On this day in history clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

1503  On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

1542  On December - 28 albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52   

1622  On December - 28 francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55   

1663  On this day in history death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on December - 28.