Historical Events In November - 28

1942  Nearly 500 die in a fire that destroyed Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston MA on this day in history.   

1942  On November - 28 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  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  On November - 28 500 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  On this day in history fDR, Churchill & Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy   

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  Dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1948  "Hopalong Cassidy" premiers on TV on November - 28.   

1948  "Hopalong Cassidy" premieres on TV on November - 28.   

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 November - 28.   

1951  John Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in NYC on November - 28.   

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  On November - 28 kMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting   

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

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

1958  Chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French community on November - 28.   

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

1958  George "Punch" Imlach becomes coach of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs on November - 28.   

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

1960  On this day in history mauritania declares independence from France   

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

1960  On November - 28 richard N Wright, US author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France   

1962  On November - 28 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  Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180) was born on November - 28.   

1489  On November - 28 birth of margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)   

1570  On this day in history birth of james Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)   

1598  On November - 28 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  John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  On November - 28 shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies   

1290  On this day in history death of eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)   

1499  On November - 28 death of edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded   

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