Historical Events In December - 28

1869  On December - 28 the Knights of Labor, a union of Philadelphia, PA tailors, hold the first Labor Day ceremonies in the US.   

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

1869  On this day in history william Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum   

1870  Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history john Stevens, WI, applies for patent on flour rolling mill   

1877  On December - 28 john Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill   

1878  On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism   

1878  Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism) on December - 28.   

1878  Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1879  North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot) on December - 28.   

1880  Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet on this day in history.   

1882  On December - 28 arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician   

1883  On this day in history a Wolfenstein, writer   

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  On December - 28 sir John Layton Jarvis, first British race horse trainer knighted   

1887  On December - 28 sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted   

1887  Charles Dingle on December - 28.   

1888  Gabriel von Wayditch, composer on December - 28.   

1889  Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau on December - 28.   

1890  Frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter (Road to Bali, China) on this day in history.   

1891  On December - 28 alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47   

1893  French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu on December - 28.   

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  Edmond Rostand's play, Cyrano de Bergerac, premieres in Paris on December - 28.   

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

1902  On December - 28 trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US   

1902  On this day in history 1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Phila 6-0 (MSG, NYC)   

1902  Mortimer J Adler, NYC, author (Encyclopedia Brittanica) on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history clyde Fitch's "Glad of It," premieres in NYC   

1903  On this day in history john von Neumann, mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938)   

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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  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on this day in history.   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.   

1635  On this day in history 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 December - 28.   

1665  On December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)   

0300  On December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

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

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on December - 28.   

1542  On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52   

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1663  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on December - 28.   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.