Historical Events In December - 28

1924  Johnny Otis, [Veliotes], composer (Every Beat of My Heart) on December - 28.  

1925  On December - 28 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 December - 28 arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW v Vic  

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

1927  George Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in NYC on December - 28.  

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

1928  Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made on this day in history.  

1928  On December - 28 kamillo Lendvay, composer  

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1929  On December - 28 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 December - 28.  

1932  On this day in history john Blackham, cricketer (35 Tests as Aust WK, caught 37), dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1939  On this day in history first flight of the Consolidated XB-24 Liberator bomber prototype.  

1940  On December - 28 arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148  

1941  State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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 December - 28.  

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1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)  

1631  On December - 28 birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist  

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  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on December - 28.  

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

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on December - 28.  

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

1503  On December - 28 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 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 December - 28.  

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.