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

1870  On this day in history alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72  

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  On December - 28 pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism  

1878  Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism) on December - 28.  

1878  On December - 28 jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90  

1879  On this day in history north British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot)  

1880  Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet on December - 28.  

1882  On this day in history arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician  

1883  On this day in history a Wolfenstein, writer  

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

1884  Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

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

1887  Charles Dingle on this day in history.  

1888  Gabriel von Wayditch, composer on December - 28.  

1889  Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau on this day in history.  

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

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

1893  French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu on December - 28.  

1894  Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot (Eagle of Flanders) on this day in history.  

1895  On this day in history world's 1st movie theater opens in Paris  

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

1896  On December - 28 roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks)  

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

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

1902  Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US on this day in history.  

1902  1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Phila 6-0 (MSG, NYC) on December - 28.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on December - 28.  

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  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on December - 28.  

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.  

0300  On this day in history 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 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  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 this day in history.