Page 5: Historical Events In December - 28

1924  On December - 28 johnny Otis, [Veliotes], composer (Every Beat of My Heart)   

1925  On this day in history george/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in NYC   

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

1926  Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service on this day in history.   

1926  On December - 28 arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW v Vic   

1926  Donald Carr, cricketer (England player in 50's, later MCC honcho) on December - 28.   

1927  George Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1927  Anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador (to UK) on December - 28.   

1928  Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made on December - 28.   

1928  On this day in history kamillo Lendvay, composer   

1929  Wilfred Wop May 1896-1952 flies first official air mail north to Aklavik NWT on December - 28.   

1929  On December - 28 maarten Schmidt, Neth/US astronomer (quasars)   

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

1931  On this day in history georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance   

1932  Henry Vernon 'Harry' Howell hockey player, defenseman, was born at Hamilton, Ontario on this day in history.   

1932  John Blackham, cricketer (35 Tests as Aust WK, caught 37), dies on this day in history.   

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

1935  Clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies on this day in history.   

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

1937  On December - 28 maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62   

1938  On December - 28 paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa   

1938  Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1939  First flight of the Consolidated XB-24 Liberator bomber prototype on December - 28.   

1940  Arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148 on December - 28.   

1941  On this day in history state of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia   

1942  On December - 28 robert Sullivan becomes first pilot to fly the Atlantic 100 times   

1942  Oberkommando Wehrmacht orders strategist flight out of Kaukasus on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history all inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed   

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

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

1945  On this day in history congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance"   

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1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on this day in history.   

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on this day in history.   

1522  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  On this day in history birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.   

1635  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)   

1655  On December - 28 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  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.   

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

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on this day in history.   

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on December - 28.   

1542  On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52   

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on December - 28.   

1663  On this day in history death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on December - 28.