Historical Events In December - 28

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

1925  On this day in history george/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in NYC  

1925  Bill [William] Westwood, British bishop of Peterborough on this day in history.  

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 December - 28 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  Anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador (to UK) on this day in history.  

1928  Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made on December - 28.  

1928  On this day in history kamillo Lendvay, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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

1931  Georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance on December - 28.  

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  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  Clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies on December - 28.  

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 December - 28.  

1938  Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1942  On December - 28 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  On this day in history 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  The Broadway musical On the Town opens in New York City on this day in history.  

1944  On December - 28 eisenhower & Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium  

1945  On this day in history congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance"  

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1164  On December - 28 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  On this day in history birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)  

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 December - 28 birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)  

1665  On this day in history 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 December - 28.  

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on December - 28.  

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 December - 28.  

1663  On December - 28 death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)  

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on December - 28.