Page 5: Historical Events In December - 30
Wednesday, 08 April 2026
1927 Bernard Barrow, NYC, actor (Ryan's Hope, Louie Slavinsky-Loving). 

1928 Bo Diddley, [Ellas Bates], Miss, rock `n' roll pioneer (Bo Diddley). 

1929 Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority incorporates. 

1929 Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up and Dream," premieres in NYC 

1929 Barbara Nichols, Jamaica NY, actress (Dear Heart, Disorderly Orderly). 

1930 Jerome Theisen, benedictine. 

1931 Charles A Bassett II, Dayton Ohio, Captain USAF/astronaut. 

1931 Tyrone Power Sr, actor (Big Trial, Test of Donald Norton), dies at 62 

1932 Bradman out for a duck v England at cricket MCG. 

1932 John Hillerman, Denison Tx, actor (Magnum PI, Blazing Saddles). 

1933 -50°F (-46°C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record). 

1934 Barry Briggs, NZ auto maker (World Champion 1957, 58, 64, 66) 

1935 Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia. 

1935 Bruno Canino, composer 

1936 The United Auto Workers union stages its inaugural sit-down strike at the Fisher Body Plant in Flint, Michigan. 

1936 United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant 

1938 Electronic television system patented, VK Zworykin. 

1938 Electronic television system patented (V K Zworykin). 

1939 Bradman scores 267 SA v Vic, world record 34th double cricket century. 

1940 California's 1st freeway, (Arroyo Seco Parkway), opens 

1940 Fritz Volbach, composer, dies at 79 

1941 Al Capone's son Sonny marries in Miami Beach 

1943 Phillies trade Babe Dahlgren to Pitts for Babe Phelps and cash 

1943 Hobart Bosworth, actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade), dies at 76 

1944 King George II of Greece, renounces his throne 

1944 King George II of Greece, abdicates his throne. 

1944 Romain Roland, French writer/pacifist (Nobel 1915), dies at 78. 

1946 Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer, dies at 65. 

1947 King Michael of Romania abdicates the throne, but makes it clear that he is forced out by Communists. 

1947 King Michael of Romania abdicates, allowing a communist republic to be formed. 

1947 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1). 

1947 Han [Henricus A] van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, dies at 58 

1948 Cole Porter's musical Kiss Me, Kate opens on Broadway 

1948 "Kiss Me, Kate" opens at New Century Theater NYC for 1077 performances. 

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