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 this day in history.  

1946  Carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85 on December - 28.  

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

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  On this day in history iDF crosses Egyptian border  

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

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

1949  Jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/athlete (Olympic-gold-1936), dies at 39 on December - 28.  

1950  On this day in history chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea  

1952  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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

1957  The two-millionth Volkswagen was finished on this day in 1957 on December - 28.  

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  On this day in history raymond Bourque hockey player, was born at Montreal, Quebec  

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  On this day in history uN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga  

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

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

1966  On December - 28 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  On December - 28 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival  

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

1969  On December - 28 neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," premieres in NYC  

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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 this day in history.  

1619  On December - 28 birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)  

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

1635  On this day in history 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  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on December - 28.  

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

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

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on this day in history.  

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on December - 28.  

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on December - 28.  

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)