Page 6: 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1943  On this day in history fDR, Churchill & Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy   

1944  On November - 28 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp   

1944  On this day in history bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn   

1945  Aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta on this day in history.   

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

1946  On November - 28 french govt of Bidault, resigns   

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  On this day in history "Hopalong Cassidy" premieres on TV   

1949  On November - 28 "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 293 perfs   

1950  Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager on November - 28.   

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

1953  On this day in history "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  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  Photography begins on "... & God Created Women" on November - 28.   

1957  "Look Homeward, Angel" with Anthony Perkins premieres in NYC on November - 28.   

1958  Chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French community on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history congo and Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community   

1958  On November - 28 george "Punch" Imlach becomes coach of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs   

1959  On this day in history lester Vail, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies on 59th birthday   

1960  On November - 28 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  On this day in history beatles "She Loves You" returns to #1 on UK record chart   

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 this day in history 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  Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667) was born on November - 28.   

1607  Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento was born on November - 28.   

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  On this day in history gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies   

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

1290  On November - 28 death of eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)   

1499  Death of Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded on November - 28.   

1514  On November - 28 hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies   

1545  Death of Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded on November - 28.