Historical Events In December - 28

1924  On December - 28 johnny Otis, [Veliotes], composer (Every Beat of My Heart)  

1925  On December - 28 george/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in NYC  

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

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

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  Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made on December - 28.  

1928  Kamillo Lendvay, composer on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On December - 28 john Blackham, cricketer (35 Tests as Aust WK, caught 37), dies  

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 December - 28.  

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

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

1937  Fascist Octavian Goga becomes PM of Romania/begins spread of Judaism on this day in history.  

1937  Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62 on this day in history.  

1938  On December - 28 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 December - 28 first flight of the Consolidated XB-24 Liberator bomber prototype.  

1940  On this day in history arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148  

1941  On this day in history state of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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 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  On December - 28 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  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on December - 28.  

1655  On December - 28 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  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 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 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  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on December - 28.