Historical Events In December - 28

1924  Johnny Otis, [Veliotes], composer (Every Beat of My Heart) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1927  On this day in history 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  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  Lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as president of Nanjing-China on this day in history.  

1931  On December - 28 georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance  

1932  On December - 28 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  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 this day in history w.P.A. Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC  

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

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

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 December - 28.  

1941  On December - 28 state of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia  

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  On December - 28 all inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed  

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

1944  On this day in history eisenhower & Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium  

1945  On December - 28 congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance"  

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

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on this day in history.  

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 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 December - 28.  

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.  

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.  

0300  On December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria  

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

1446  On December - 28 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 December - 28 albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52  

1622  On December - 28 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 this day in history.