Page 5: Historical Events In December - 28

1924  On this day in history johnny Otis, [Veliotes], composer (Every Beat of My Heart)   

1925  George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1925  On December - 28 bill [William] Westwood, British bishop of Peterborough   

1926  Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service on December - 28.   

1926  Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW v Vic on December - 28.   

1926  Donald Carr, cricketer (England player in 50's, later MCC honcho) on December - 28.   

1927  On December - 28 george Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in NYC   

1927  Anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador (to UK) on December - 28.   

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

1928  On this day in history kamillo Lendvay, composer   

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  Lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as president of Nanjing-China on December - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 28.   

1935  On December - 28 w.P.A. Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC   

1935  W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC on December - 28.   

1935  Clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies on this day in history.   

1937  On December - 28 fascist Octavian Goga becomes PM of Romania/begins spread of Judaism   

1937  On December - 28 maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62   

1938  On this day in history paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa   

1938  On this day in history florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48   

1939  On December - 28 first flight of the Consolidated XB-24 Liberator bomber prototype.   

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

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

1944  Eisenhower & Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium on this day in history.   

1945  Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance" on this day in history.   

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1164  On December - 28 birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on December - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.   

1635  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on this day in history.   

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on December - 28.   

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on this day in history.   

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on December - 28.   

1622  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)