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 this day in history.   

1945  On December - 28 theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74   

1946  On this day in history carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85   

1947  Chic Cards beat Phila Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game on this day in history.   

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

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

1948  On December - 28 iDF crosses Egyptian border   

1948  On December - 28 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 December - 28.   

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

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

1953  WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history the two-millionth Volkswagen was finished on this day in 1957   

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

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

1962  UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga on December - 28.   

1963  Last ever broadcast of 'That Was The Week That Was' on this day in history.   

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

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

1964  On this day in history premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' Stefan Rasin   

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

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

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

1968  100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival on December - 28.   

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 December - 28.   

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1164  On December - 28 birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on this day in history.   

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

1619  On December - 28 birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

1631  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history.   

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on this day in history.   

1542  On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52   

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)