Page 6: Historical Events In November - 28

1942  On November - 28 nearly 500 die in a fire that destroyed Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston MA   

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 November - 28.   

1942  On November - 28 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.   

1942  500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston on November - 28.   

1943  On November - 28 fDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy   

1943  FDR, Churchill & Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy on November - 28.   

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

1944  Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn on November - 28.   

1945  Aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta on November - 28.   

1945  On November - 28 dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies   

1946  French govt of Bidault, resigns on November - 28.   

1947  Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44 on November - 28.   

1948  On November - 28 "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  Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history john Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in NYC   

1953  On November - 28 "Wish You Were Here" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 perfs   

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 this day in history.   

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

1957  On this day in history "Look Homeward, Angel" with Anthony Perkins premieres in NYC   

1958  On November - 28 chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French community   

1958  On November - 28 congo and Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community   

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

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

1960  On November - 28 mauritania declares independence from France   

1960  Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day) on November - 28.   

1960  Richard N Wright, US author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France on November - 28.   

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  First million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand" on November - 28.   

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  On November - 28 birth of margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)   

1570  James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history birth of hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)   

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

1628  On November - 28 birth of john Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress)   

1640  On November - 28 birth of willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)   

1650  John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25] was born on November - 28.   

0741  Gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1058  Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies on this day in history.   

1170  Death of Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100) on this day in history.   

1262  Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies on November - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1514  Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies on this day in history.   

1545  On November - 28 death of jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded