Page 6: Historical Events In December - 28

1945  The President directed that the Coast Guard be transferred from the Navy and returned to the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department on December - 28.   

1945  Theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1946  Carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1947  On December - 28 chic Cards beat Phila Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game   

1947  Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78 on December - 28.   

1948  On December - 28 the IDF crosses the Egyptian border   

1948  On this day in history iDF crosses Egyptian border   

1948  On December - 28 mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, PM of Egypt (19..-48), assassinated   

1949  20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs on this day in history.   

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  On December - 28 wLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting   

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 this day in history.   

1956  Miss Frances [Horwich], last Ding Dong School on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76   

1957  On December - 28 the two-millionth Volkswagen was finished on this day in 1957   

1957  On December - 28 cBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on   

1958  Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hit #1 on December - 28.   

1960  Raymond Bourque hockey player, was born at Montreal, Quebec on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in NYC   

1961  On December - 28 edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89   

1962  UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga on this day in history.   

1963  On December - 28 last ever broadcast of 'That Was The Week That Was'   

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 this day in history.   

1964  Premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' Stefan Rasin on December - 28.   

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

1967  KTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history béla Schick, Hung/US children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at 90   

1968  On this day in history 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival   

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

1969  Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," premieres in NYC on December - 28.   

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1164  On December - 28 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  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on December - 28.   

1631  On December - 28 birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on December - 28.   

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on December - 28.   

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 this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on December - 28.   

1503  On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

1542  On December - 28 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.