Page 4: Historical Events In December - 08

1916  Dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep on December - 08.   

1917  Rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ) on this day in history.   

1918  Ian Johnson, cricketer (Australian Test captbetween Hassett & Craig) on December - 08.   

1919  Hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer on December - 08.   

1920  Emmanuel McDonald Bailey, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952) on December - 08.   

1921  On this day in history eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty   

1921  Johnny Otis, Calif, R&B talent scout (Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up) on December - 08.   

1922  On December - 08 george Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51)   

1923  German-US friendship treaty signed on December - 08.   

1923  Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist on December - 08.   

1923  On this day in history dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88   

1924  Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74 on December - 08.   

1925  Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer was born on this day on this day in history.   

1925  On December - 08 the birth of Sammy Davis Jr., American actor   

1925  James E "Jimmy" Smith, US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side) on December - 08.   

1925  On this day in history sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer: was born on this day   

1926  Disappearance of Agatha Christie on this day in history.   

1926  Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies on this day in history.   

1927  Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10) on December - 08.   

1930  Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway NYC on this day in history.   

1931  Coaxial cable patented on this day in history.   

1933  On December - 08 flip (Clerow) Wilson Emmy Award-winning comedy writer was born   

1933  On this day in history secretary of the Navy establishes Fleet Marine Force, integrating a ready-to-deploy Marine force with own aircraft into Fleet organization.   

1934  Friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich on December - 08.   

1934  On December - 08 bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62   

1935  On this day in history the Japanese military police launches a violent suppression of the religious sect Oomoto, beginning with a crackdown on the sect's operational bases of Ayabe and Kameoka in Kyoto Prefecture and the arrest of its leader Onisaburo Deguchi.   

1936  Anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1938  On December - 08 highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif   

1939  On this day in history ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63   

1940  German Luftwaffe launches massive attack on London on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0   

1941  On this day in history as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Britain, the United States and Australia declare war on Japan   

1941  On this day in history uS declares war on Japan.   

1941  On this day in history uSS Wake (PR-3), a river gunboat moored at Shanghai, is only U.S. vessel to surrender during World War II.   

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1574  On December - 08 birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on December - 08.   

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1704  On this day in history birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

1708  On this day in history birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on December - 08.   

0644  On December - 08 death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

0899  On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on December - 08.   

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on December - 08.   

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on this day in history.   

1626  On December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on this day in history.