Page 6: Historical Events In December - 28

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1947  Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78 on December - 28.   

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

1948  IDF crosses Egyptian border on this day in history.   

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

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

1949  Jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/athlete (Olympic-gold-1936), dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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 December - 28.   

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

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

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  CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on on December - 28.   

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

1960  Raymond Bourque hockey player, was born at Montreal, Quebec on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies   

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

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

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

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

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

1968  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On December - 28 birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

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

1631  On this day in history birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on December - 28.   

1655  On December - 28 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 this day in history.   

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.   

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

1446  On December - 28 clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

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

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 December - 28.   

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.