Page 3: Historical Events In December - 28

1869  On December - 28 the Knights of Labor, a union of Philadelphia, PA tailors, hold the first Labor Day ceremonies in the US.   

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  Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

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

1878  Pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism on December - 28.   

1878  On this day in history pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism)   

1878  Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 on December - 28.   

1879  North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot) on this day in history.   

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

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

1883  On December - 28 a Wolfenstein, writer   

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

1884  On December - 28 gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56   

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  On this day in history charles Dingle   

1888  On this day in history gabriel von Wayditch, composer   

1889  On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Murnau   

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

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

1893  French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot (Eagle of Flanders)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1902  On December - 28 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 December - 28.   

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1164  On December - 28 birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

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 December - 28.   

1619  On December - 28 birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

1631  On this day in history birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

1635  On December - 28 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  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 this day in history.   

1367  On December - 28 death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

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

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on December - 28.   

1542  On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52   

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  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on December - 28.