Page 6: Historical Events In December - 28
Monday, 16 June 2025
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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