Historical Events In December - 28

1945  The President directed that the Coast Guard be transferred from the Navy and returned to the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department on December - 28.   

1945  On this day in history theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74   

1946  On December - 28 carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85   

1947  On this day in history chic Cards beat Phila Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game   

1947  Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78 on December - 28.   

1948  The IDF crosses the Egyptian border on this day in history.   

1948  IDF crosses Egyptian border on this day in history.   

1948  Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, PM of Egypt (19..-48), assassinated on December - 28.   

1949  20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs on December - 28.   

1949  Jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/athlete (Olympic-gold-1936), dies at 39 on December - 28.   

1950  On this day in history chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea   

1952  Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game on this day in history.   

1953  On December - 28 wLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1954  On December - 28 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2)   

1955  On this day in history 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0)   

1956  Miss Frances [Horwich], last Ding Dong School on NBC-TV on December - 28.   

1956  Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76 on December - 28.   

1957  The two-millionth Volkswagen was finished on this day in 1957 on this day in history.   

1957  CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on on this day in history.   

1958  Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hit #1 on December - 28.   

1960  Raymond Bourque hockey player, was born at Montreal, Quebec on December - 28.   

1961  Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in NYC on December - 28.   

1961  On this day in history edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89   

1962  UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga on this day in history.   

1963  Last ever broadcast of 'That Was The Week That Was' on December - 28.   

1963  On this day in history "Double Dublin" closes at Little Theater NYC after 4 performances   

1963  On this day in history abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies   

1964  On this day in history premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' Stefan Rasin   

1966  On this day in history 13 die in a train crash in Everett Mass   

1967  KTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting on December - 28.   

1967  On this day in history béla Schick, Hung/US children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at 90   

1968  On December - 28 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival   

1968  On this day in history beatles' "Beatles-The White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks   

1969  On this day in history neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," premieres in NYC   

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1164  On this day in history birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on this day in history.   

1522  On December - 28 birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  On December - 28 birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1655  On December - 28 birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

1665  On December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)   

0300  On this day in history death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on December - 28.   

1446  On December - 28 clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

1503  On December - 28 death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

1542  On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52   

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1663  On this day in history death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

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