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  On December - 28 william Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing gum   

1869  On this day in history william Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum   

1870  On this day in history alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72   

1877  John Stevens, WI, applies for patent on flour rolling mill on this day in history.   

1877  John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill on this day in history.   

1878  On December - 28 pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism   

1878  Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 December - 28.   

1884  Joseph Pholien, Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter on this day in history.   

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

1887  On this day in history sir John Layton Jarvis, first British race horse trainer knighted   

1887  Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted on December - 28.   

1887  On December - 28 charles Dingle   

1888  Gabriel von Wayditch, composer on this day in history.   

1889  Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau on this day in history.   

1890  On December - 28 frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter (Road to Bali, China)   

1891  Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1893  French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu on December - 28.   

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  The Lumiere brothers, 19th century film makers, held their first commercial screening on December - 28.   

1896  On December - 28 roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks)   

1897  On December - 28 edmond Rostand's play, Cyrano de Bergerac, premieres in Paris.   

1897  Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac," premieres in Paris on December - 28.   

1902  Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US on this day in history.   

1902  1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Phila 6-0 (MSG, NYC) on this day in history.   

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 December - 28.   

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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 December - 28.   

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 this day in history birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

1665  On December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)   

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on December - 28.   

1367  On December - 28 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  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on December - 28.   

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on December - 28.   

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

1663  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on this day in history.   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.