Page 5: Historical Events In December - 28

1924  Johnny Otis, [Veliotes], composer (Every Beat of My Heart) on this day in history.   

1925  George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in NYC on December - 28.   

1925  Bill [William] Westwood, British bishop of Peterborough on December - 28.   

1926  On this day in history imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service   

1926  Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW v Vic on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history donald Carr, cricketer (England player in 50's, later MCC honcho)   

1927  On this day in history george Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in NYC   

1927  On this day in history anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador (to UK)   

1928  On December - 28 last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made   

1928  Kamillo Lendvay, composer on December - 28.   

1929  On this day in history wilfred Wop May 1896-1952 flies first official air mail north to Aklavik NWT   

1929  On December - 28 maarten Schmidt, Neth/US astronomer (quasars)   

1931  On December - 28 lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as president of Nanjing-China   

1931  On December - 28 georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance   

1932  Henry Vernon 'Harry' Howell hockey player, defenseman, was born at Hamilton, Ontario on December - 28.   

1932  John Blackham, cricketer (35 Tests as Aust WK, caught 37), dies on this day in history.   

1934  On December - 28 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   

1935  W.P.A. Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa   

1938  Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48 on December - 28.   

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  On this day in history state of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia   

1942  On this day in history robert Sullivan becomes first pilot to fly the Atlantic 100 times   

1942  On December - 28 oberkommando Wehrmacht orders strategist flight out of Kaukasus   

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 December - 28.   

1943  All inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed on December - 28.   

1944  On this day in history the Broadway musical On the Town opens in New York City.   

1944  On this day in history eisenhower & Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium   

1945  On December - 28 congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance"   

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1164  On this day in history 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  On December - 28 birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

1635  On December - 28 birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)   

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on December - 28.   

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

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.   

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

1446  On December - 28 clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

1503  On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

1542  On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52   

1622  On December - 28 francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55   

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 December - 28.