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 December - 28.   

1869  On this day in history william Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum   

1870  On December - 28 alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72   

1877  On December - 28 john Stevens, WI, applies for patent on flour rolling mill   

1877  John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill on December - 28.   

1878  On December - 28 pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1883  A Wolfenstein, writer on December - 28.   

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

1884  On this day in history gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56   

1887  Sir John Layton Jarvis, first British race horse trainer knighted on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history 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  On December - 28 friedrich Wilhelm Murnau   

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  Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot (Eagle of Flanders) on December - 28.   

1895  On December - 28 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  Edmond Rostand's play, Cyrano de Bergerac, premieres in Paris on December - 28.   

1897  On December - 28 edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac," premieres in Paris   

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

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  On December - 28 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  On December - 28 birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

1484  On December - 28 birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

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 December - 28.   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.   

1635  On December - 28 birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)   

1655  On this day in history 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  On December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

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 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  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on this day in history.   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.