Page 6: 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  On this day in history theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74   

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 December - 28.   

1947  Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78 on December - 28.   

1948  The IDF crosses the Egyptian border on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history iDF crosses Egyptian border   

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

1949  20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs on December - 28.   

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 December - 28.   

1952  On this day in history detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game   

1953  On this day in history 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  44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0) on December - 28.   

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 December - 28.   

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

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

1958  On December - 28 chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hit #1   

1960  Raymond Bourque hockey player, was born at Montreal, Quebec on December - 28.   

1961  On this day in history tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in NYC   

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

1962  On December - 28 uN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga   

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  On December - 28 abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies   

1964  On this day in history premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' Stefan Rasin   

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 December - 28 béla Schick, Hung/US children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at 90   

1968  On this day in history 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 December - 28.   

1484  On December - 28 birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

1522  On December - 28 birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 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  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1663  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on December - 28.   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on December - 28.