Page 3: Historical Events In December - 28

1869  On December - 28 the Knights of Labor, a union of Philadelphia, PA tailors, hold the first Labor Day ceremonies in the US.   

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 December - 28.   

1870  Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72 on December - 28.   

1877  John Stevens, WI, applies for patent on flour rolling mill on December - 28.   

1877  John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill on December - 28.   

1878  On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism   

1878  Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism) on December - 28.   

1878  Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 on December - 28.   

1879  On this day in history north British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot)   

1880  On December - 28 christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet   

1882  Arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician on this day in history.   

1883  A Wolfenstein, writer on this day in history.   

1884  On December - 28 joseph Pholien, Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter   

1884  On December - 28 gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56   

1887  On December - 28 sir John Layton Jarvis, first British race horse trainer knighted   

1887  On December - 28 sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted   

1887  Charles Dingle on December - 28.   

1888  Gabriel von Wayditch, composer on December - 28.   

1889  Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau on this day in history.   

1890  Frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter (Road to Bali, China) on this day in history.   

1891  Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47 on December - 28.   

1893  On this day in history french lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu   

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

1895  On this day in history world's 1st movie theater opens in Paris   

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 this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac," premieres in Paris   

1902  Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US on December - 28.   

1902  On December - 28 1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Phila 6-0 (MSG, NYC)   

1902  On this day in history mortimer J Adler, NYC, author (Encyclopedia Brittanica)   

1903  On this day in history clyde Fitch's "Glad of It," premieres in NYC   

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  On December - 28 birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

1522  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on December - 28.   

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on this day in history.   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on December - 28.   

1655  On December - 28 birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.   

0300  On December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

1446  On this day in history clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

1503  On December - 28 death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on this day in history.   

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on December - 28.   

1663  On December - 28 death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on December - 28.