Historical Events In December - 28

1945  The President directed that the Coast Guard be transferred from the Navy and returned to the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department on December - 28.   

1945  Theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74 on December - 28.   

1946  Carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85 on December - 28.   

1947  On this day in history chic Cards beat Phila Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game   

1947  Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1948  On December - 28 the IDF crosses the Egyptian border   

1948  IDF crosses Egyptian border on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, PM of Egypt (19..-48), assassinated   

1949  On December - 28 20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs   

1949  On December - 28 jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/athlete (Olympic-gold-1936), dies at 39   

1950  Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea on December - 28.   

1952  Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game on this day in history.   

1953  On December - 28 wLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1954  43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2) on December - 28.   

1955  On this day in history 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0)   

1956  Miss Frances [Horwich], last Ding Dong School on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

1956  Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76 on December - 28.   

1957  The two-millionth Volkswagen was finished on this day in 1957 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history cBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on   

1958  Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hit #1 on this day in history.   

1960  On December - 28 raymond Bourque hockey player, was born at Montreal, Quebec   

1961  Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1961  On December - 28 edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89   

1962  UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history last ever broadcast of 'That Was The Week That Was'   

1963  On this day in history "Double Dublin" closes at Little Theater NYC after 4 performances   

1963  On December - 28 abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies   

1964  Premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' Stefan Rasin on December - 28.   

1966  On this day in history 13 die in a train crash in Everett Mass   

1967  KTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history béla Schick, Hung/US children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at 90   

1968  On this day in history 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival   

1968  Beatles' "Beatles-The White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks on this day in history.   

1969  Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," premieres in NYC on December - 28.   

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1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on December - 28.   

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on December - 28.   

1522  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.   

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on December - 28.   

1631  On December - 28 birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

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  On this day in history birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)   

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on December - 28.   

1367  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

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 this day in history.   

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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.