Historical Events In December - 28

1945  On this day in history the President directed that the Coast Guard be transferred from the Navy and returned to the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department.  

1945  Theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74 on December - 28.  

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  On December - 28 the IDF crosses the Egyptian border  

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  On December - 28 20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs  

1949  On December - 28 jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/athlete (Olympic-gold-1936), dies at 39  

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  WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting on December - 28.  

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

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 December - 28.  

1956  Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1957  On December - 28 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 this day in history raymond Bourque hockey player, was born at Montreal, Quebec  

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 this day in history.  

1963  On this day in history last ever broadcast of 'That Was The Week That Was'  

1963  "Double Dublin" closes at Little Theater NYC after 4 performances on December - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

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 December - 28.  

1968  Beatles' "Beatles-The White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks on December - 28.  

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  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  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 28.  

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on December - 28.  

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  On December - 28 albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52  

1622  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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