Historical Events In December - 28

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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1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on December - 28.   

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on December - 28.   

1522  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on December - 28.   

1619  On this day in history birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

1635  On December - 28 birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)   

1655  On this day in history birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on December - 28.   

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on this day in history.   

1446  On this day in history clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

1503  On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on December - 28.   

1622  On this day in history francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55   

1663  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on this day in history.   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.