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 December - 28.   

1925  Bill [William] Westwood, British bishop of Peterborough on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador (to UK)   

1928  Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made on this day in history.   

1928  Kamillo Lendvay, composer on this day in history.   

1929  Wilfred Wop May 1896-1952 flies first official air mail north to Aklavik NWT on this day in history.   

1929  Maarten Schmidt, Neth/US astronomer (quasars) on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as president of Nanjing-China   

1931  Georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance on this day in history.   

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

1932  John Blackham, cricketer (35 Tests as Aust WK, caught 37), dies on December - 28.   

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 December - 28.   

1935  On this day in history w.P.A. Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC   

1935  On December - 28 w P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC   

1935  Clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies on December - 28.   

1937  Fascist Octavian Goga becomes PM of Romania/begins spread of Judaism on December - 28.   

1937  Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62 on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa   

1938  Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48 on December - 28.   

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

1940  On December - 28 arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148   

1941  State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia on December - 28.   

1942  On this day in history robert Sullivan becomes first pilot to fly the Atlantic 100 times   

1942  On December - 28 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 this day in history.   

1943  All inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history the Broadway musical On the Town opens in New York City.   

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

1945  Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance" on this day in history.   

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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 December - 28.   

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

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

1631  On this day in history birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on December - 28.   

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

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 28 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  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1663  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on December - 28.   

1671  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)