Historical Events In December - 28
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1924 On this day in history johnny Otis, [Veliotes], composer (Every Beat of My Heart)
1925 George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1925 Bill [William] Westwood, British bishop of Peterborough on December - 28.
1926 Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service on December - 28.
1926 Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW v Vic on this day in history.
1926 On this day in history donald Carr, cricketer (England player in 50's, later MCC honcho)
1927 On December - 28 george Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in NYC
1927 Anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador (to UK) on this day in history.
1928 On this day in history last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made
1928 Kamillo Lendvay, composer on December - 28.
1929 Wilfred Wop May 1896-1952 flies first official air mail north to Aklavik NWT on December - 28.
1929 Maarten Schmidt, Neth/US astronomer (quasars) on December - 28.
1931 Lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as president of Nanjing-China on this day in history.
1931 On this day in history georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance
1932 On this day in history henry Vernon 'Harry' Howell hockey player, defenseman, was born at Hamilton, Ontario
1932 On this day in history john Blackham, cricketer (35 Tests as Aust WK, caught 37), dies
1934 Stalin used the assassination of an aide as an opportunity to execute more than one hundred officials, beginning a series of purges that eliminated most of the old Bolsheviks on this day in history.
1935 On this day in history w.P.A. Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC
1935 On this day in history w P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC
1935 On this day in history clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies
1937 On this day in history fascist Octavian Goga becomes PM of Romania/begins spread of Judaism
1937 Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62 on December - 28.
1938 Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa on December - 28.
1938 On this day in history florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48
1939 On this day in history first flight of the Consolidated XB-24 Liberator bomber prototype.
1940 On this day in history arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148
1941 On this day in history state of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia
1942 Robert Sullivan becomes first pilot to fly the Atlantic 100 times on December - 28.
1942 On this day in history oberkommando Wehrmacht orders strategist flight out of Kaukasus
1943 Canadian troops enter the medieval town of Ortona after a week of battling enemy paratroopers in house to house fighting; Germans moved out quickly the night before when they were in danger of being cut off on December - 28.
1943 On this day in history all inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed
1944 The Broadway musical On the Town opens in New York City on December - 28.
1944 On December - 28 eisenhower & Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium
1945 On December - 28 congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance"
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