Page 5: Historical Events In December - 08

1941  On this day in history destruction Camp Chelmo opens   

1942  Eight PT boats (PT 36, PT 37, PT 40, PT 43, PT 44, PT 48, PT 59, and PT 109) turn back 8 Japanese destroyers attempting to reinforce Japanese forces on Guadalcanal on December - 08.   

1942  On this day in history 8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB)   

1943  On December - 08 john Van Druten's "Voice of the Turtle," premieres in NYC   

1946  Army rocket plane XS-1 makes 1st powered flight on December - 08.   

1947  On December - 08 gregg Allman musician keyboards, guitar, singer was born   

1947  "Caribbean Carnival" opens at International Theater NYC for 11 perfs on December - 08.   

1947  Gregg Allman musician: keyboards, guitar, singer was born on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history "Marinka" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 168 performances   

1949  "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 740 perfs on this day in history.   

1951  "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 267 perfs on December - 08.   

1952  1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy) on this day in history.   

1953  On December - 08 kim Basinger actress was born   

1953  On December - 08 los Angeles became the third largest city in the U.S. The City of Angels slid past Philadelphia for the distinction in a special census.   

1953  On this day in history 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB)   

1954  Maxwell Anderson's "Bad Seed," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50   

1955  21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB) on this day in history.   

1955  Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69 on December - 08.   

1956  On this day in history 16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia   

1956  On this day in history edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76   

1957  Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1959  Dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta on December - 08.   

1960  Expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium on this day in history.   

1961  Surfin’, The Beach Boys first record, was released on Candix Records. It became a local hit in Los Angeles on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history antwerp Belgium diocese forms   

1961  On December - 08 william Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78   

1962  "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 perfs on this day in history.   

1963  Frank Sinatra, Jr. was kidnapped in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. He was set free four days later on this day in history.   

1963  "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 112 perfs on this day in history.   

1965  Abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower," premieres in NYC on December - 08.   

1966  Sinead O’Connor singer was born on December - 08.   

1966  Sinead O’Connor singer:was born on this day in history.   

1967  On December - 08 robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32   

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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 this day in history.   

1699  On December - 08 birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on December - 08.   

1708  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on December - 08.   

1292  On this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

1587  On December - 08 death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed   

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

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on this day in history.   

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.