Page 4: Historical Events In December - 08

1916  On this day in history dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep   

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

1918  On this day in history ian Johnson, cricketer (Australian Test captbetween Hassett & Craig)   

1919  On this day in history hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer   

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

1921  Eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty on December - 08.   

1921  Johnny Otis, Calif, R&B talent scout (Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up) on this day in history.   

1922  George Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51) on this day in history.   

1923  German-US friendship treaty signed on this day in history.   

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

1923  On December - 08 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  The birth of Sammy Davis Jr., American actor on December - 08.   

1925  James E "Jimmy" Smith, US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side) on this day in history.   

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

1926  Disappearance of Agatha Christie on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies   

1927  On December - 08 vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10)   

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

1931  Coaxial cable patented on this day in history.   

1933  Flip (Clerow) Wilson Emmy Award-winning comedy writer was born on this day in history.   

1933  On December - 08 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  Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62 on December - 08.   

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  On December - 08 anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua   

1938  Highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif on December - 08.   

1939  Ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1940  German Luftwaffe launches massive attack on London on December - 08.   

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  US declares war on Japan on December - 08.   

1941  USS Wake (PR-3), a river gunboat moored at Shanghai, is only U.S. vessel to surrender during World War II on December - 08.   

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1508  On this day in history birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer   

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic   

1678  On December - 08 birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.   

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on this day in history.   

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  On December - 08 john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

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

1596  On this day in history death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico   

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on December - 08.   

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

1643  On this day in history john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59