Page 6: Historical Events In November - 28

1942  On this day in history nearly 500 die in a fire that destroyed Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston MA   

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

1942  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 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history 500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston   

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

1943  FDR, Churchill & Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy on November - 28.   

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

1944  Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn on November - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1947  On this day in history jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44   

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

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

1949  On this day in history "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 293 perfs   

1950  Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 1st pro football game in Netherlands   

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

1955  KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

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

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

1958  On this day in history chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French community   

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

1958  On November - 28 george "Punch" Imlach becomes coach of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs   

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

1960  On this day in history mauritania declares independence from France   

1960  On this day in history mauritania gains independence from France (National Day)   

1960  Richard N Wright, US author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France on November - 28.   

1962  Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1963  On November - 28 first million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"   

1963  On this day in history fred Uttal, TV host (QED), dies at 55   

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1118  Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180) was born on November - 28.   

1489  Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1570  On this day in history birth of james Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)   

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

1607  On November - 28 birth of pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento   

1628  John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress) was born on November - 28.   

1640  Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1650  John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25] was born on this day in history.   

0741  Gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1058  On this day in history kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies   

1170  Death of Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100) on November - 28.   

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

1290  Death of Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241) on November - 28.   

1499  On November - 28 death of edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded   

1514  On this day in history hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies   

1545  On November - 28 death of jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded