Page 6: Historical Events In November - 28

1942  Nearly 500 die in a fire that destroyed Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston MA on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  FDR, Churchill & Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy on this day in history.   

1944  1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp on this day in history.   

1944  On November - 28 bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn   

1945  Aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta on this day in history.   

1945  Dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history "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  On November - 28 walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager   

1951  On this day in history john Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in NYC   

1953  On this day in history "Wish You Were Here" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 perfs   

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

1954  On November - 28 enrico Fermi, Italian/US physicist (Nobel 1938), dies at 53   

1955  On this day in history 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  On November - 28 chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French community   

1958  On November - 28 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  Lester Vail, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies on 59th birthday on this day in history.   

1960  Mauritania declares independence from France on November - 28.   

1960  Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day) on this day in history.   

1960  Richard N Wright, US author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France on this day in history.   

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 November - 28.   

1963  Fred Uttal, TV host (QED), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

1598  Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0741  On November - 28 gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

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