Page 6: Historical Events In November - 28

1942  On November - 28 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 November - 28.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta   

1945  On this day in history dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies   

1946  On this day in history french govt of Bidault, resigns   

1947  Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44 on November - 28.   

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

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

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

1950  Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager on November - 28.   

1951  John Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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

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

1954  On this day in history enrico Fermi, Italian/US physicist (Nobel 1938), dies at 53   

1955  KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting on November - 28.   

1956  Photography begins on "... & God Created Women" on November - 28.   

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

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

1958  On this day in history congo and Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community   

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

1959  On November - 28 lester Vail, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies on 59th birthday   

1960  On November - 28 mauritania declares independence from France   

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

1960  On this day in history richard N Wright, US author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France   

1962  On this day in history 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  On November - 28 first million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"   

1963  On November - 28 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 November - 28.   

1570  James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632) was born on November - 28.   

1598  On November - 28 birth of hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)   

1607  Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento was born on this day in history.   

1628  John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress) was born on this day in history.   

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

1650  On November - 28 birth of john Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25]   

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

1058  Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies on this day in history.   

1170  On this day in history death of owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100)   

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

1290  On this day in history death of eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)   

1499  On this day in history death of edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded   

1514  Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies on November - 28.   

1545  On this day in history death of jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded