Page 4: Historical Events In December - 08

1916  Dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep on this day in history.   

1917  On December - 08 rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ)   

1918  On December - 08 ian Johnson, cricketer (Australian Test captbetween Hassett & Craig)   

1919  On this day in history hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer   

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

1921  On December - 08 eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty   

1921  Johnny Otis, Calif, R&B talent scout (Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up) on this day in history.   

1922  On December - 08 george Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51)   

1923  On December - 08 german-US friendship treaty signed   

1923  On December - 08 rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist   

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 December - 08.   

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

1925  The birth of Sammy Davis Jr., American actor on December - 08.   

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

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

1926  Disappearance of Agatha Christie on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies   

1927  On this day in history vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10)   

1930  Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway NYC on this day in history.   

1931  Coaxial cable patented on December - 08.   

1933  Flip (Clerow) Wilson Emmy Award-winning comedy writer was born on this day in history.   

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

1934  Friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich on this day in history.   

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

1935  On this day in history 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.   

1936  Anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua on this day in history.   

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 December - 08 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0   

1941  On December - 08 as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Britain, the United States and Australia declare war on Japan   

1941  On December - 08 uS declares war on Japan.   

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

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.   

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on December - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1704  On this day in history birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

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

1715  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)   

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.   

0899  On this day in history arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

1292  On December - 08 john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

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

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on December - 08.   

1626  On this day in history 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.