Historical Events In December - 28

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

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 December - 28.   

1926  On this day in history imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service   

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  On December - 28 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  Wilfred Wop May 1896-1952 flies first official air mail north to Aklavik NWT on December - 28.   

1929  Maarten Schmidt, Neth/US astronomer (quasars) on December - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 28.   

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

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

1937  On this day in history 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  Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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  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  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  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  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 this day in history birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

1522  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  On December - 28 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 December - 28.   

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  On December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

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

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

1503  On December - 28 death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

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  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.