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

1878  Pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1883  On December - 28 a Wolfenstein, writer   

1884  On this day in history joseph Pholien, Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter   

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  Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted on December - 28.   

1887  On December - 28 charles Dingle   

1888  Gabriel von Wayditch, composer on December - 28.   

1889  Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau on this day in history.   

1890  On December - 28 frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter (Road to Bali, China)   

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

1893  On December - 28 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 this day in history.   

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 December - 28 edmond Rostand's play, Cyrano de Bergerac, premieres in Paris.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on December - 28.   

1484  On this day in history birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

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 this day in history.   

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

1635  On this day in history 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  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on December - 28.   

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  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on December - 28.   

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on December - 28.   

1622  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)