Page 3: 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 this day in history william Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing gum   

1869  William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum on this day in history.   

1870  On December - 28 alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72   

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

1877  John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill on December - 28.   

1878  On December - 28 pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism   

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

1878  Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 on December - 28.   

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  Arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history a Wolfenstein, writer   

1884  On this day in history joseph Pholien, Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter   

1884  On December - 28 gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56   

1887  Sir John Layton Jarvis, first British race horse trainer knighted on December - 28.   

1887  On this day in history sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted   

1887  Charles Dingle on this day in history.   

1888  On December - 28 gabriel von Wayditch, composer   

1889  On this day in history 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 December - 28.   

1893  On December - 28 french lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu   

1894  On this day in history andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot (Eagle of Flanders)   

1895  On December - 28 world's 1st movie theater opens in Paris   

1895  On this day in history 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  On December - 28 mortimer J Adler, NYC, author (Encyclopedia Brittanica)   

1903  Clyde Fitch's "Glad of It," premieres in NYC on December - 28.   

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

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1164  On December - 28 birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

1484  On this day in history birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

1522  On December - 28 birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  On this day in history birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 28.   

1665  On this day in history birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)   

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

1367  On December - 28 death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on this day in history.   

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  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.