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  The first production Ford bomber, the B-24 Liberator, rolled off the assembly line at Ford's massive Willow Run plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan on this day in history.   

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  500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston on this day in history.   

1943  FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history fDR, Churchill & Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy   

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

1944  On this day in history bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn   

1945  On November - 28 aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta   

1945  Dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies on November - 28.   

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

1947  On this day in history jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44   

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

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

1949  "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 293 perfs on this day in history.   

1950  On November - 28 walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager   

1951  On November - 28 john Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in NYC   

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

1954  1st pro football game in Netherlands on this day in history.   

1954  Enrico Fermi, Italian/US physicist (Nobel 1938), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

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

1957  "Look Homeward, Angel" with Anthony Perkins premieres in NYC on November - 28.   

1958  Chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French community on this day in history.   

1958  Congo and Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community on November - 28.   

1958  George "Punch" Imlach becomes coach of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs on this day in history.   

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

1960  Mauritania declares independence from France on this day in history.   

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

1960  On November - 28 richard N Wright, US author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France   

1962  Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82 on November - 28.   

1963  Beatles "She Loves You" returns to #1 on UK record chart on November - 28.   

1963  On November - 28 first million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"   

1963  On this day in history fred Uttal, TV host (QED), dies at 55   

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1118  On this day in history birth of manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)   

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 this day in history.   

1598  Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667) was born on November - 28.   

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

1628  On this day in history birth of john Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress)   

1640  Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648) was born on November - 28.   

1650  John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25] was born on this day in history.   

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

1058  On November - 28 kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies   

1170  On November - 28 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  Death of Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded on November - 28.   

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

1545  Death of Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded on November - 28.