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

1946  Carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1947  On this day in history chic Cards beat Phila Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game  

1947  On this day in history victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78  

1948  The IDF crosses the Egyptian border on December - 28.  

1948  On this day in history iDF crosses Egyptian border  

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

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  

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

1952  On December - 28 detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1957  CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on on this day in history.  

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  Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

1961  Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 28 "Double Dublin" closes at Little Theater NYC after 4 performances  

1963  On this day in history 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 December - 28.  

1967  On this day in history 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  On December - 28 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival  

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  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on this day in history.  

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  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  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 December - 28.  

0300  On December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria  

1367  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)  

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on December - 28.  

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

1542  On December - 28 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 this day in history.  

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