Page 6: Historical Events In November - 28

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

1942  On this day in history the first production Ford bomber, the B-24 Liberator, rolled off the assembly line at Ford's massive Willow Run plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan   

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

1943  On this day in history 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  1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp on November - 28.   

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

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

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

1946  French govt of Bidault, resigns on this day in history.   

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

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

1948  "Hopalong Cassidy" premieres on TV on this day in history.   

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

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

1951  John Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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

1954  On November - 28 1st pro football game in Netherlands   

1954  On this day in history enrico Fermi, Italian/US physicist (Nobel 1938), dies at 53   

1955  KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history photography begins on "... & God Created Women"   

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

1958  On this day in history chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French community   

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

1958  On this day in history george "Punch" Imlach becomes coach of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs   

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

1960  On this day in history mauritania declares independence from France   

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

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

1962  On this day in history wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82   

1963  Beatles "She Loves You" returns to #1 on UK record chart on this day in history.   

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

1963  Fred Uttal, TV host (QED), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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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 November - 28.   

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

1607  On this day in history birth of pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento   

1628  John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress) was born on November - 28.   

1640  On this day in history birth of willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)   

1650  On this day in history birth of john Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25]   

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

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

1170  On this day in history death of owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100)   

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  On this day in history death of edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded   

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

1545  Death of Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded on this day in history.