Page 6: Historical Events In November - 28

1942  Nearly 500 die in a fire that destroyed Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston MA on November - 28.   

1942  The first production Ford bomber, the B-24 Liberator, rolled off the assembly line at Ford's massive Willow Run plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan on November - 28.   

1942  On November - 28 world War II saw the U.S. government ask its people to make a truly noble sacrifice--forgoing coffee. The government put the pinch to caffeine addicts across the nation, announcing coffee rationing to help aid the war effort.   

1942  500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston on November - 28.   

1943  On November - 28 fDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy   

1943  On this day in history fDR, Churchill & Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy   

1944  1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp on November - 28.   

1944  On this day in history bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn   

1945  On November - 28 aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta   

1945  Dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies on November - 28.   

1946  French govt of Bidault, resigns on this day in history.   

1947  On November - 28 jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44   

1948  On November - 28 "Hopalong Cassidy" premiers on TV   

1948  "Hopalong Cassidy" premieres on TV on this day in history.   

1949  "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 293 perfs on November - 28.   

1950  On this day in history walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager   

1951  John Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in NYC on November - 28.   

1953  On November - 28 "Wish You Were Here" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 perfs   

1954  On November - 28 1st pro football game in Netherlands   

1954  Enrico Fermi, Italian/US physicist (Nobel 1938), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1955  On November - 28 kMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting   

1956  On this day in history photography begins on "... & God Created Women"   

1957  "Look Homeward, Angel" with Anthony Perkins premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1958  Chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French community on November - 28.   

1958  Congo and Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community on this day in history.   

1958  George "Punch" Imlach becomes coach of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history lester Vail, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies on 59th birthday   

1960  Mauritania declares independence from France on this day in history.   

1960  On November - 28 mauritania gains independence from France (National Day)   

1960  On November - 28 richard N Wright, US author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France   

1962  On November - 28 wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82   

1963  On November - 28 beatles "She Loves You" returns to #1 on UK record chart   

1963  First million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand" on this day in history.   

1963  On November - 28 fred Uttal, TV host (QED), dies at 55   

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1118  On this day in history birth of manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)   

1489  On November - 28 birth of margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)   

1570  On November - 28 birth of james Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)   

1598  On this day in history birth of hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)   

1607  Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento was born on November - 28.   

1628  On this day in history birth of john Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress)   

1640  On this day in history birth of willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)   

1650  John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25] was born on November - 28.   

0741  Gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies on November - 28.   

1058  On November - 28 kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies   

1170  Death of Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100) on this day in history.   

1262  Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies on this day in history.   

1290  On November - 28 death of eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)   

1499  Death of Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded on November - 28.   

1514  On November - 28 hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies   

1545  Death of Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded on November - 28.