Today in History for 8th December 2021:
Historical Events
1915 – John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” appears anonymously in “Punch” magazine
1941 – Che?mno extermination camp opens, 50 kilometres from ?ód?, Poland
1990 – Indians agree to a lease new ballpark in Gateway (Jacobs Field)
1997 – 8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes and Spice Girls win
2009 – Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq kill 127 and injure 448.
2018 – US President Donald Trump announces John Kelly will be stepping down as White House Chief of Staff at the end of the year
Famous Birthdays
1811 – Louis Schindelmeisser, German clarinetist and composer, born in Königsberg, Prussia (d. 1864)
1882 – Manuel Ponce, Mexican composer (Estrellita), born in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico (d. 1948)
1920 – Ronald Gulliford, English educationalist (Dean of the Faculty of Education, Birmingham University 1979-81), born in Manchester (d. 1997)
1923 – Joe Burke, American baseball executive (president KC Royals 1981-92), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1992)
1929 – Ali Bongo [William Oliver Wallace], British comedy musician and magician (President of The Magic Circle – Shriek of Araby), born in England (d. 2009)
1949 – Ray Shulman, British musician, born in Portsmouth
Famous Deaths
1680 – Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606)
1768 – Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter, dies at 66
1982 – Andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered
1983 – Keith Holyoake, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (National: 1960-72), dies of a stroke at 79
1984 – Robert Jay Mathews, White Nationalist (b. 1953)
2019 – Paul Volcker, American economist and Chairman of the US Federal Reserve (1979-87), dies at 92