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

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

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

1877  On December - 28 john Stevens, WI, applies for patent on flour rolling mill  

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

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

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

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

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

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

1882  On December - 28 arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician  

1883  On December - 28 a Wolfenstein, writer  

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

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  Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted on December - 28.  

1887  On this day in history charles Dingle  

1888  On December - 28 gabriel von Wayditch, composer  

1889  On December - 28 friedrich Wilhelm Murnau  

1890  On this day in history frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter (Road to Bali, China)  

1891  Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history the Lumiere brothers, 19th century film makers, held their first commercial screening.  

1896  On this day in history roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks)  

1897  On December - 28 edmond Rostand's play, Cyrano de Bergerac, premieres in Paris.  

1897  Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

1902  Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US on December - 28.  

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

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

1903  Clyde Fitch's "Glad of It," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

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

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1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on December - 28.  

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on December - 28.  

1522  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.  

1619  On this day in history birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)  

1631  On December - 28 birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist  

1635  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)  

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  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on December - 28.  

1367  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)  

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on December - 28.  

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

1542  On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52  

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

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 December - 28.