Page 3: Historical Events In December - 28

1869  The Knights of Labor, a union of Philadelphia, PA tailors, hold the first Labor Day ceremonies in the US on this day in history.   

1869  On December - 28 william Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing gum   

1869  On December - 28 william Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum   

1870  On this day in history alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72   

1877  John Stevens, WI, applies for patent on flour rolling mill on this day in history.   

1877  John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill on this day in history.   

1878  Pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism on this day in history.   

1878  On December - 28 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism)   

1878  On this day in history jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90   

1879  On this day in history north British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot)   

1880  Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet on December - 28.   

1882  Arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician on December - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1887  Charles Dingle on this day in history.   

1888  On December - 28 gabriel von Wayditch, composer   

1889  On December - 28 friedrich Wilhelm Murnau   

1890  Frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter (Road to Bali, China) on December - 28.   

1891  Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1893  On December - 28 french lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu   

1894  Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot (Eagle of Flanders) on this day in history.   

1895  World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris on this day in history.   

1895  On December - 28 the Lumiere brothers, 19th century film makers, held their first commercial screening.   

1896  Roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks) on December - 28.   

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

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

1902  On this day in history trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US   

1902  On December - 28 1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Phila 6-0 (MSG, NYC)   

1902  On this day in history mortimer J Adler, NYC, author (Encyclopedia Brittanica)   

1903  Clyde Fitch's "Glad of It," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1903  John von Neumann, mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938) on this day in history.   

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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 December - 28.   

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  On December - 28 birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)   

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on December - 28.   

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on December - 28.   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on this day in history.   

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on December - 28.   

1503  On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on December - 28.   

1622  On this day in history francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55   

1663  On this day in history death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on December - 28.