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 this day in history.  

1869  William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing gum on December - 28.  

1869  William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum on this day in history.  

1870  Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72 on December - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  Arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician on this day in history.  

1883  A Wolfenstein, writer on December - 28.  

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

1887  Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted on this day in history.  

1887  On December - 28 charles Dingle  

1888  On December - 28 gabriel von Wayditch, composer  

1889  Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau on December - 28.  

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  World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris on this day in history.  

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

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

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 December - 28 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 December - 28.  

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

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

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 December - 28 birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)  

1665  On December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)  

0300  On December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria  

1367  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)  

1446  On December - 28 clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies  

1503  On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)  

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