Page 6: 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  On December - 28 theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74   

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

1947  Chic Cards beat Phila Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game on December - 28.   

1947  On December - 28 victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78   

1948  The IDF crosses the Egyptian border on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs   

1949  Jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/athlete (Olympic-gold-1936), dies at 39 on December - 28.   

1950  Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea on this day in history.   

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

1955  44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0) on December - 28.   

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

1956  On December - 28 roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76   

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

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

1958  On December - 28 chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hit #1   

1960  On this day in history raymond Bourque hockey player, was born at Montreal, Quebec   

1961  Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in NYC on December - 28.   

1961  On this day in history edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89   

1962  UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga on December - 28.   

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  Abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies on December - 28.   

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

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

1967  On December - 28 kTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting   

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

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 December - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history 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  On December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)   

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

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

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

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  On December - 28 francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55   

1663  On this day in history 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.