Page 3: Historical Events In December - 28

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

1869  William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing gum on this day in history.   

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

1870  Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72 on December - 28.   

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  On December - 28 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  Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet on this day in history.   

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

1883  A Wolfenstein, writer on this day in history.   

1884  Joseph Pholien, Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter on this day in history.   

1884  On December - 28 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  Gabriel von Wayditch, composer on this day in history.   

1889  On December - 28 friedrich Wilhelm Murnau   

1890  Frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter (Road to Bali, China) on December - 28.   

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

1893  French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu on December - 28.   

1894  On December - 28 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 December - 28 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  Edmond Rostand's play, Cyrano de Bergerac, premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1902  On December - 28 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  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 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  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.   

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

1655  On December - 28 birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on December - 28.   

0300  On December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1663  On December - 28 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.