Page 6: Historical Events In December - 28

1945  On this day in history the President directed that the Coast Guard be transferred from the Navy and returned to the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department.   

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

1946  On December - 28 carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85   

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

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

1948  The IDF crosses the Egyptian border on December - 28.   

1948  IDF crosses Egyptian border on December - 28.   

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  Jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/athlete (Olympic-gold-1936), dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1950  On December - 28 chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea   

1952  On December - 28 detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game   

1953  On this day in history 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 December - 28 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0)   

1956  Miss Frances [Horwich], last Ding Dong School on NBC-TV on December - 28.   

1956  Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1957  The two-millionth Volkswagen was finished on this day in 1957 on December - 28.   

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

1958  On this day in history chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hit #1   

1960  Raymond Bourque hockey player, was born at Montreal, Quebec on December - 28.   

1961  On December - 28 tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in NYC   

1961  Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89 on December - 28.   

1962  UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga on December - 28.   

1963  On December - 28 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  Abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1966  13 die in a train crash in Everett Mass on December - 28.   

1967  KTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting on December - 28.   

1967  Béla Schick, Hung/US children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at 90 on December - 28.   

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

1968  On December - 28 beatles' "Beatles-The White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks   

1969  Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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1164  On December - 28 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  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on December - 28.   

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on this day in history.   

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

1635  On December - 28 birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)   

1655  On this day in history birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on December - 28.   

0300  On this day in history death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1671  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)