Historical Events In December - 08

1916  On this day in history dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep   

1917  On this day in history rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ)   

1918  Ian Johnson, cricketer (Australian Test captbetween Hassett & Craig) on this day in history.   

1919  Hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer on this day in history.   

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

1921  Eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty on this day in history.   

1921  Johnny Otis, Calif, R&B talent scout (Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up) on December - 08.   

1922  George Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51) on December - 08.   

1923  On this day in history german-US friendship treaty signed   

1923  Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist on December - 08.   

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

1924  Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1925  Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer was born on this day on December - 08.   

1925  The birth of Sammy Davis Jr., American actor on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history james E "Jimmy" Smith, US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side)   

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

1926  On this day in history disappearance of Agatha Christie   

1926  Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies on December - 08.   

1927  Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10) on December - 08.   

1930  On December - 08 broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway NYC   

1931  On December - 08 coaxial cable patented   

1933  Flip (Clerow) Wilson Emmy Award-winning comedy writer was born on December - 08.   

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

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

1934  Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62 on December - 08.   

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 December - 08 anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua   

1938  On December - 08 highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif   

1939  Ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63 on December - 08.   

1940  On December - 08 german Luftwaffe launches massive attack on London   

1940  On this day in history 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0   

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  US declares war on Japan on this day in history.   

1941  USS Wake (PR-3), a river gunboat moored at Shanghai, is only U.S. vessel to surrender during World War II on December - 08.   

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1508  On December - 08 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 this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history 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  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.   

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on this day in history.   

1708  On December - 08 birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on this day in history.   

0644  On December - 08 death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on this day in history.   

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on this day in history.   

1596  On December - 08 death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico   

1626  On December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on this day in history.