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  On December - 28 theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74  

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 December - 28 victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78  

1948  On December - 28 the IDF crosses the Egyptian border  

1948  On December - 28 iDF crosses Egyptian border  

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

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 December - 28.  

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

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  On December - 28 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  Miss Frances [Horwich], last Ding Dong School on NBC-TV on December - 28.  

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 December - 28.  

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

1958  Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hit #1 on this day in history.  

1960  On December - 28 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  On December - 28 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 this day in history.  

1963  On this day in history abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies  

1964  On December - 28 premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' Stefan Rasin  

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 December - 28.  

1968  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 December - 28.  

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  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)  

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

1665  On December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)  

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  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 this day in history death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)  

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.