Page 5: Historical Events In December - 28

1924  Johnny Otis, [Veliotes], composer (Every Beat of My Heart) on December - 28.   

1925  On this day in history george/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in NYC   

1925  Bill [William] Westwood, British bishop of Peterborough on December - 28.   

1926  On December - 28 imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service   

1926  Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW v Vic on this day in history.   

1926  On December - 28 donald Carr, cricketer (England player in 50's, later MCC honcho)   

1927  George Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in NYC on December - 28.   

1927  Anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador (to UK) on December - 28.   

1928  Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made on December - 28.   

1928  Kamillo Lendvay, composer on December - 28.   

1929  On December - 28 wilfred Wop May 1896-1952 flies first official air mail north to Aklavik NWT   

1929  On this day in history maarten Schmidt, Neth/US astronomer (quasars)   

1931  On December - 28 lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as president of Nanjing-China   

1931  Georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance on December - 28.   

1932  Henry Vernon 'Harry' Howell hockey player, defenseman, was born at Hamilton, Ontario on December - 28.   

1932  On December - 28 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  W.P.A. Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1935  W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC on December - 28.   

1935  Clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history fascist Octavian Goga becomes PM of Romania/begins spread of Judaism   

1937  On December - 28 maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62   

1938  Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa on December - 28.   

1938  Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1939  First flight of the Consolidated XB-24 Liberator bomber prototype on this day in history.   

1940  Arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148 on this day in history.   

1941  On December - 28 state of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia   

1942  On December - 28 robert Sullivan becomes first pilot to fly the Atlantic 100 times   

1942  Oberkommando Wehrmacht orders strategist flight out of Kaukasus on December - 28.   

1943  On this day in history 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   

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 this day in history.   

1944  Eisenhower & Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium on December - 28.   

1945  Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance" on December - 28.   

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

1484  On December - 28 birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

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

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on this day in history.   

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

1635  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)   

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

1665  On this day in history birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)   

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on December - 28.   

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

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

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on this day in history.   

1542  On December - 28 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 December - 28 death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

1671  On December - 28 death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)