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  On December - 28 william Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing gum   

1869  On December - 28 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  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  Pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism on this day in history.   

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  On December - 28 north British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot)   

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  On this day in history a Wolfenstein, writer   

1884  Joseph Pholien, Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter on this day in history.   

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 December - 28.   

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

1887  Charles Dingle on December - 28.   

1888  Gabriel von Wayditch, composer on December - 28.   

1889  On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Murnau   

1890  Frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter (Road to Bali, China) on this day in history.   

1891  On December - 28 alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47   

1893  French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu on December - 28.   

1894  Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot (Eagle of Flanders) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1896  Roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks) on December - 28.   

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 December - 28 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  On December - 28 clyde Fitch's "Glad of It," premieres in NYC   

1903  John von Neumann, mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938) on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

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

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on December - 28.   

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  On December - 28 francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55   

1663  On December - 28 death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

1671  On December - 28 death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)