Historical Events In December - 28

1869  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history john Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill  

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

1878  On December - 28 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  Arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician on this day in history.  

1883  A Wolfenstein, writer on this day in history.  

1884  Joseph Pholien, Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter on December - 28.  

1884  Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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 December - 28.  

1887  Charles Dingle on December - 28.  

1888  On this day in history gabriel von Wayditch, composer  

1889  On December - 28 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  Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot (Eagle of Flanders) on December - 28.  

1895  On December - 28 world's 1st movie theater opens in Paris  

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

1896  On December - 28 roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks)  

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

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

1902  Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US on this day in history.  

1902  On December - 28 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  On this day in history birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)  

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 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 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 December - 28.  

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  On December - 28 death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)  

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on this day in history.  

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on December - 28.  

1663  On this day in history 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)