Page 5: Historical Events In December - 28
Saturday, 12 July 2025
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 On this day in history bill [William] Westwood, British bishop of Peterborough
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 George Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1927 Anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador (to UK) on this day in history.
1928 Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made on this day in history.
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 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 Georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance on December - 28.
1932 Henry Vernon 'Harry' Howell hockey player, defenseman, was born at Hamilton, Ontario on December - 28.
1932 John Blackham, cricketer (35 Tests as Aust WK, caught 37), dies on this day in history.
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 December - 28 w.P.A. Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC
1935 W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC on this day in history.
1935 On this day in history clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies
1937 Fascist Octavian Goga becomes PM of Romania/begins spread of Judaism on December - 28.
1937 On December - 28 maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62
1938 Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa on this day in history.
1938 Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48 on December - 28.
1939 First flight of the Consolidated XB-24 Liberator bomber prototype on this day in history.
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 December - 28.
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 On December - 28 all inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed
1944 The Broadway musical On the Town opens in New York City on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history eisenhower & Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium
1945 Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance" on December - 28.
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