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  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  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  On December - 28 the IDF crosses the Egyptian border   

1948  On December - 28 iDF crosses Egyptian border   

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

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

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

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 December - 28.   

1953  On December - 28 wLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1954  43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2) on this day in history.   

1955  44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0) on this day in history.   

1956  Miss Frances [Horwich], last Ding Dong School on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

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

1957  On December - 28 the two-millionth Volkswagen was finished on this day in 1957   

1957  On December - 28 cBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on   

1958  On this day in history 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  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  Last ever broadcast of 'That Was The Week That Was' on December - 28.   

1963  On December - 28 "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  On this day in history 13 die in a train crash in Everett Mass   

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

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

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

1968  On this day in history beatles' "Beatles-The White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks   

1969  On this day in history neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," premieres in NYC   

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

1484  On December - 28 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1635  On December - 28 birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)   

1655  On December - 28 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  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on December - 28.   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on December - 28.   

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

1503  On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

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.