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  On this day in history william Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing gum   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1879  North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot) on December - 28.   

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

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

1883  A Wolfenstein, writer on this day in history.   

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 December - 28 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 December - 28 charles Dingle   

1888  On this day in history gabriel von Wayditch, composer   

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  On this day in history 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 December - 28.   

1895  The Lumiere brothers, 19th century film makers, held their first commercial screening on December - 28.   

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 December - 28.   

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  Mortimer J Adler, NYC, author (Encyclopedia Brittanica) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

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  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 December - 28.   

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

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

1503  On December - 28 death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

1542  On December - 28 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  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.