Historical Events In November - 28

1942  On this day in history nearly 500 die in a fire that destroyed Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston MA   

1942  On this day in history the first production Ford bomber, the B-24 Liberator, rolled off the assembly line at Ford's massive Willow Run plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan   

1942  On this day in history world War II saw the U.S. government ask its people to make a truly noble sacrifice--forgoing coffee. The government put the pinch to caffeine addicts across the nation, announcing coffee rationing to help aid the war effort.   

1942  On November - 28 500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston   

1943  FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy on November - 28.   

1943  FDR, Churchill & Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp   

1944  On this day in history bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn   

1945  On November - 28 aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta   

1945  On November - 28 dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies   

1946  On November - 28 french govt of Bidault, resigns   

1947  Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44 on November - 28.   

1948  "Hopalong Cassidy" premiers on TV on November - 28.   

1948  On this day in history "Hopalong Cassidy" premieres on TV   

1949  On November - 28 "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 293 perfs   

1950  Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager on this day in history.   

1951  John Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1953  "Wish You Were Here" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 perfs on November - 28.   

1954  On November - 28 1st pro football game in Netherlands   

1954  On November - 28 enrico Fermi, Italian/US physicist (Nobel 1938), dies at 53   

1955  KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting on November - 28.   

1956  Photography begins on "... & God Created Women" on this day in history.   

1957  On November - 28 "Look Homeward, Angel" with Anthony Perkins premieres in NYC   

1958  On November - 28 chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French community   

1958  Congo and Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community on November - 28.   

1958  George "Punch" Imlach becomes coach of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history lester Vail, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies on 59th birthday   

1960  On November - 28 mauritania declares independence from France   

1960  Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day) on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history richard N Wright, US author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France   

1962  Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82 on November - 28.   

1963  Beatles "She Loves You" returns to #1 on UK record chart on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history first million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"   

1963  On this day in history fred Uttal, TV host (QED), dies at 55   

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1118  On November - 28 birth of manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)   

1489  Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1570  James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632) was born on November - 28.   

1598  On November - 28 birth of hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)   

1607  On November - 28 birth of pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento   

1628  On this day in history birth of john Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress)   

1640  On this day in history birth of willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)   

1650  John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25] was born on November - 28.   

0741  Gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies on November - 28.   

1058  Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies on November - 28.   

1170  On November - 28 death of owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100)   

1262  On this day in history shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies   

1290  Death of Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241) on November - 28.   

1499  Death of Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded on this day in history.   

1514  On November - 28 hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies   

1545  On November - 28 death of jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded