Historical Events In December - 28
Monday, 23 May 2022
1924 Johnny Otis, [Veliotes], composer (Every Beat of My Heart) on December - 28.
1925 On this day in history george/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in NYC
1925 On December - 28 bill [William] Westwood, British bishop of Peterborough
1926 Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service on December - 28.
1926 On this day in history arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW v Vic
1926 Donald Carr, cricketer (England player in 50's, later MCC honcho) on this day in history.
1927 On this day in history george Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in NYC
1927 On December - 28 anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador (to UK)
1928 On December - 28 last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made
1928 On this day in history kamillo Lendvay, composer
1929 Wilfred Wop May 1896-1952 flies first official air mail north to Aklavik NWT on this day in history.
1929 Maarten Schmidt, Neth/US astronomer (quasars) on December - 28.
1931 On December - 28 lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as president of Nanjing-China
1931 Georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance on December - 28.
1932 On December - 28 henry Vernon 'Harry' Howell hockey player, defenseman, was born at Hamilton, Ontario
1932 John Blackham, cricketer (35 Tests as Aust WK, caught 37), dies on this day in history.
1934 Stalin used the assassination of an aide as an opportunity to execute more than one hundred officials, beginning a series of purges that eliminated most of the old Bolsheviks on this day in history.
1935 W.P.A. Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC on December - 28.
1935 On this day in history w P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC
1935 On this day in history clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies
1937 Fascist Octavian Goga becomes PM of Romania/begins spread of Judaism on December - 28.
1937 Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62 on this day in history.
1938 Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa on this day in history.
1938 Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48 on this day in history.
1939 On this day in history first flight of the Consolidated XB-24 Liberator bomber prototype.
1940 Arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148 on December - 28.
1941 State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia on this day in history.
1942 Robert Sullivan becomes first pilot to fly the Atlantic 100 times on this day in history.
1942 Oberkommando Wehrmacht orders strategist flight out of Kaukasus on this day in history.
1943 Canadian troops enter the medieval town of Ortona after a week of battling enemy paratroopers in house to house fighting; Germans moved out quickly the night before when they were in danger of being cut off on this day in history.
1943 On this day in history all inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed
1944 On this day in history the Broadway musical On the Town opens in New York City.
1944 On December - 28 eisenhower & Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium
1945 Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance" on this day in history.
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