Page 4: Historical Events In December - 08

1916  On December - 08 dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep   

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 December - 08 hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer   

1920  Emmanuel McDonald Bailey, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952) on December - 08.   

1921  Eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty on December - 08.   

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

1922  George Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51) on this day in history.   

1923  On December - 08 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 December - 08.   

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

1925  On this day in history the birth of Sammy Davis Jr., American actor   

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

1925  On December - 08 sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer: was born on this day   

1926  On this day in history disappearance of Agatha Christie   

1926  On December - 08 jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies   

1927  On December - 08 vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10)   

1930  Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway NYC on December - 08.   

1931  Coaxial cable patented on December - 08.   

1933  On this day in history flip (Clerow) Wilson Emmy Award-winning comedy writer was born   

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 this day in history friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich   

1934  On December - 08 bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62   

1935  On December - 08 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 December - 08.   

1938  Highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif on December - 08.   

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

1940  German Luftwaffe launches massive attack on London on December - 08.   

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 December - 08.   

1941  On this day in history 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  On December - 08 birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer   

1574  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

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  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on December - 08.   

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.   

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

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.   

0899  On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

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

1587  On this day in history death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed   

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

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on December - 08.   

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.   

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on December - 08.