Page 6: Historical Events In November - 28

1942  On November - 28 nearly 500 die in a fire that destroyed Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston MA   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1943  On November - 28 fDR, Churchill & Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy   

1944  1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp on this day in history.   

1944  On November - 28 bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn   

1945  On this day in history aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta   

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  On November - 28 jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44   

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

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

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

1950  Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager on this day in history.   

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

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

1954  On this day in history 1st pro football game in Netherlands   

1954  On November - 28 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  On November - 28 photography begins on "... & God Created Women"   

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

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

1958  On November - 28 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  Lester Vail, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies on 59th birthday on this day in history.   

1960  Mauritania declares independence from France on this day in history.   

1960  Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day) on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history 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 November - 28.   

1963  First million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand" on this day in history.   

1963  Fred Uttal, TV host (QED), dies at 55 on November - 28.   

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1118  Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180) was born on this day in history.   

1489  Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541) was born on November - 28.   

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

1628  On this day in history birth of john Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress)   

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

1650  On November - 28 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 November - 28 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  Death of Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241) on this day in history.   

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

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

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