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 December - 08 ian Johnson, cricketer (Australian Test captbetween Hassett & Craig)   

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

1920  On this day in history emmanuel McDonald Bailey, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952)   

1921  On December - 08 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 this day in history george Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51)   

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

1923  On this day in history rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist   

1923  On December - 08 dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88   

1924  On this day in history franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74   

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

1925  On this day in history 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  On December - 08 disappearance of Agatha Christie   

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

1927  On this day in history vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10)   

1930  Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway NYC on December - 08.   

1931  Coaxial cable patented on this day in history.   

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

1933  Secretary of the Navy establishes Fleet Marine Force, integrating a ready-to-deploy Marine force with own aircraft into Fleet organization on December - 08.   

1934  On December - 08 friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich   

1934  Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1935  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 on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua   

1938  Highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif on this day in history.   

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

1940  On this day in history german Luftwaffe launches massive attack on London   

1940  1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0 on December - 08.   

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

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  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 December - 08.   

1626  On December - 08 birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic   

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.   

1699  On this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

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

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.   

1715  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)   

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 this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

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

1596  On December - 08 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  On December - 08 death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

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