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

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  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 December - 28.   

1878  Pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism on December - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet   

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

1883  On December - 28 a Wolfenstein, writer   

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

1884  Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56 on December - 28.   

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

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

1887  On December - 28 charles Dingle   

1888  Gabriel von Wayditch, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1893  French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu on this day in history.   

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

1895  World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris on December - 28.   

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

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

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 December - 28 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  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  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

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

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

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on December - 28.   

1446  On December - 28 clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

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

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

1622  On December - 28 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  On December - 28 death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)