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  Theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

1947  On December - 28 chic Cards beat Phila Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game  

1947  On December - 28 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 this day in history.  

1948  Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, PM of Egypt (19..-48), assassinated on December - 28.  

1949  On this day in history 20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs  

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

1950  Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea on December - 28.  

1952  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history miss Frances [Horwich], last Ding Dong School on NBC-TV  

1956  On this day in history roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76  

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

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 December - 28 raymond Bourque hockey player, was born at Montreal, Quebec  

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

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

1962  UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga on this day in history.  

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 December - 28.  

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

1964  Premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' Stefan Rasin on this day in history.  

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  Béla Schick, Hung/US children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 December - 28.  

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.  

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

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.  

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.  

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

1622  On December - 28 francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55  

1663  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on December - 28.  

1671  On December - 28 death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)