Page 6: Historical Events In December - 28

1945  On this day in history the President directed that the Coast Guard be transferred from the Navy and returned to the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department.   

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

1946  On this day in history carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85   

1947  Chic Cards beat Phila Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game on December - 28.   

1947  On this day in history victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78   

1948  On this day in history the IDF crosses the Egyptian border   

1948  On December - 28 iDF crosses Egyptian border   

1948  On this day in history mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, PM of Egypt (19..-48), assassinated   

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  On this day in history detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game   

1953  WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting on December - 28.   

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

1955  44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0) on December - 28.   

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  On December - 28 cBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on   

1958  On this day in history chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hit #1   

1960  On December - 28 raymond Bourque hockey player, was born at Montreal, Quebec   

1961  Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1961  Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89 on December - 28.   

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  "Double Dublin" closes at Little Theater NYC after 4 performances on this day in history.   

1963  Abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies on December - 28.   

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

1966  13 die in a train crash in Everett Mass on December - 28.   

1967  On this day in history kTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1967  Béla Schick, Hung/US children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at 90 on December - 28.   

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

1968  On December - 28 beatles' "Beatles-The White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks   

1969  On December - 28 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  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0300  On December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  On December - 28 death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

1446  On December - 28 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 this day in history.   

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