Page 5: Historical Events In December - 28

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

1926  On December - 28 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  George Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1927  Anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador (to UK) on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made   

1928  Kamillo Lendvay, composer on December - 28.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 December - 28.   

1934  On this day in history 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 December - 28.   

1935  On this day in history w P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC   

1935  On December - 28 clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies   

1937  On this day in history fascist Octavian Goga becomes PM of Romania/begins spread of Judaism   

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  On December - 28 florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48   

1939  First flight of the Consolidated XB-24 Liberator bomber prototype on December - 28.   

1940  Arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148 on this day in history.   

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 December - 28.   

1943  On December - 28 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   

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

1944  On December - 28 the Broadway musical On the Town opens in New York City.   

1944  On December - 28 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 this day in history birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

1522  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on December - 28.   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

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  On December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  On December - 28 death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1663  On this day in history death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

1671  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)