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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72   

1877  On this day in history john Stevens, WI, applies for patent on flour rolling mill   

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

1878  On December - 28 pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism   

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

1878  Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

1880  Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet on this day in history.   

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

1883  A Wolfenstein, writer on December - 28.   

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

1887  Charles Dingle on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history gabriel von Wayditch, composer   

1889  Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau on this day in history.   

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

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

1893  On this day in history french lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu   

1894  On December - 28 andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot (Eagle of Flanders)   

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

1902  On this day in history trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US   

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

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

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

1903  John von Neumann, mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938) on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1522  On December - 28 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 this day in history.   

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1503  On December - 28 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 December - 28.   

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.