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 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 this day in history john Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill   

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  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  On this day in history arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician   

1883  A Wolfenstein, writer on this day in history.   

1884  On December - 28 joseph Pholien, Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter   

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

1887  Sir John Layton Jarvis, first British race horse trainer knighted on December - 28.   

1887  On December - 28 sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted   

1887  Charles Dingle on December - 28.   

1888  Gabriel von Wayditch, composer on this day in history.   

1889  Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history world's 1st movie theater opens in Paris   

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

1896  On December - 28 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  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 this day in history clyde Fitch's "Glad of It," premieres in NYC   

1903  On this day in history john von Neumann, mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938)   

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

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

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

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

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

1665  On this day in history birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)   

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on December - 28.   

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  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  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.