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 this day in history william Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing gum  

1869  On this day in history 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 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  On December - 28 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism)  

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

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 this day in history.  

1882  On this day in history arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician  

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 December - 28.  

1887  On December - 28 sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted  

1887  Charles Dingle on December - 28.  

1888  On this day in history gabriel von Wayditch, composer  

1889  On December - 28 friedrich Wilhelm Murnau  

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

1891  Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47 on December - 28.  

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

1894  Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot (Eagle of Flanders) on December - 28.  

1895  World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris on December - 28.  

1895  On this day in history the Lumiere brothers, 19th century film makers, held their first commercial screening.  

1896  On this day in history roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks)  

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

1897  On this day in history edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac," premieres in Paris  

1902  Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US on December - 28.  

1902  On this day in history 1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Phila 6-0 (MSG, NYC)  

1902  Mortimer J Adler, NYC, author (Encyclopedia Brittanica) on this day in history.  

1903  On this day in history 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  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on this day in history.  

1484  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)  

1631  On December - 28 birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist  

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.  

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.  

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

0300  On this day in history death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria  

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on this day in history.  

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  On December - 28 albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52  

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

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

1671  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)