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December 28 in recent years
2023 (Thursday)
2022 (Wednesday)
2021 (Tuesday)
2020 (Monday)
2019 (Saturday)
2018 (Friday)
2017 (Thursday)
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2015 (Monday)
2014 (Sunday)
DateTemplate:SHORTDESC:Date
December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . Three days remain until the end of the year.
Events [ ]
418 – A papal conclave begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I .[1]
457 – Majorian is acclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire and recognized by Emperor Leo I the Thracian .
484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths . He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul ).
893 – An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin , Armenia .
1065 – Edward the Confessor 's Romanesque monastic church at Westminster Abbey is consecrated .[2]
1308 – The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins.
1659 – The Marathas defeat the Adilshahi forces in the Battle of Kolhapur .
1768 – King Taksin 's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
1795 – Construction of Yonge Street , formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto ).
1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.
1835 – Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
1836 – South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
1836 – Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty .
1846 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state .
1879 – Tay Bridge disaster : The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee , Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
1885 – Indian National Congress , a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency , British India.
1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines .
1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation , which later will be known as x-rays .
1902 – The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians , 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden .
1908 – The 7.1 Template:M Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme ), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.
1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco .
1918 – Constance Markievicz , while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons .
1941 – World War II : Operation Anthropoid , the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich , commences.
1943 – Soviet authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia.
1943 – World War II : After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting , the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona .
1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey .
1948 – The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami .
1956 – Chin Peng , David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling , Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played" : Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium .
1973 – The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by Pres. Richard Nixon .
1989 – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales , Australia, killing 13 people.
2006 – War in Somalia : The militaries of Somalia 's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.
2009 – Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi , Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura .
2014 – Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore , killing all 162 people aboard.
2014 – Nine people die and another 19 are reported missing, when the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire in the Strait of Otranto , in the Adriatic Sea , in Italian waters.
Births [ ]
1164 – Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)
1461 – Louise of Savoy , French nun (d. 1503)
1510 – Nicholas Bacon , English politician (d. 1579)
1522 – Margaret of Parma (d. 1583)
1535 – Martin Eisengrein , German theologian (d. 1578)
1619 – Antoine Furetière , French author and scholar (d. 1688)
1635 – Elizabeth Stuart , second daughter of King Charles I of England (d. 1650)
1651 – Johann Krieger , German organist and composer (d. 1735)
1655 – Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (d. 1698)
1665 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (d. 1716)
1722 – Eliza Lucas , Caribbean-American agriculturalist (d. 1793)
1763 – John Molson , English-Canadian brewer, founded the Molson Brewery (d. 1836)
1775 – Jean-Gabriel Eynard , Swiss banker and photographer (d. 1863)
1789 – Catharine Maria Sedgwick , American novelist of "domestic fiction" (d. 1867)[3]
1798 – Thomas Henderson , Scottish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1844)
1818 – Carl Remigius Fresenius , German chemist and academic (d. 1897)
1842 – Calixa Lavallée , Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (d. 1891)
1856 – Woodrow Wilson , American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1865 – Félix Vallotton , Swiss/French painter (d. 1925)
1870 – Charles Bennett , English runner (d. 1949)
1882 – Arthur Eddington , English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1944)
1882 – Lili Elbe , Danish model and painter (d. 1931)
1887 – Werner Kolhörster , German physicist and academic (d. 1946)
1888 – F. W. Murnau , German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1931)
1890 – Quincy Wright , American political scientist, historian, and academic (d. 1970)
1895 – Carol Ryrie Brink , American author and playwright (d. 1981)
1898 – Carl-Gustaf Rossby , Swedish-American meteorologist and academic (d. 1957)
1898 – Shigematsu Sakaibara , Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
1902 – Mortimer J. Adler , American philosopher and author (d. 2001)
1902 – Shen Congwen , Chinese author and educator (d. 1988)
1903 – Earl Hines , American pianist and bandleader (d. 1983)
1903 – John von Neumann , Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (d. 1957)
1907 – Ze'ev Ben-Haim , Ukrainian-Israeli linguist and academic (d. 2013)
1908 – Lew Ayres , American actor (d. 1996)
1910 – Billy Williams , American singer (d. 1972)
1911 – Wil van Beveren , Dutch sprinter and journalist (d. 2003)
1913 – Lou Jacobi , Canadian-American actor (d. 2009)
1914 – Bidia Dandaron , Russian author and educator (d. 1974)
1914 – Pops Staples , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
1917 – Ellis Clarke , Trinidadian politician, 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2010)
1919 – Emily Cheney Neville , American author (d. 1997)
1920 – Tufty Mann , South African cricketer (d. 1952)
1920 – Bruce McCarty , American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building (d. 2013)
1920 – Steve Van Buren , Honduran-American football player (d. 2012)
1920 – Al Wistert , American football player and coach (d. 2016)
1921 – Johnny Otis , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
1922 – Stan Lee , American publisher, producer, and actor (d. 2018)
1924 – Girma Wolde-Giorgis , Ethiopian politician; President of Ethiopia (d. 2018)
1925 – Hildegard Knef , German actress and singer (d. 2002)
1925 – Milton Obote , Ugandan engineer and politician, 2nd President of Uganda (d. 2005)
1926 – Donald Carr , German-English cricketer and referee (d. 2016)
1928 – Moe Koffman , Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 2001)
1929 – Brian Redhead , English journalist and author (d. 1994)
1929 – Terry Sawchuk , Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1970)
1930 – Mariam A. Aleem , Egyptian illustrator and academic (d. 2010)
1931 – Guy Debord , French theorist and author (d. 1994)
1931 – Martin Milner , American actor (d. 2015)
1932 – Dhirubhai Ambani , Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (d. 2002)
1932 – Dorsey Burnette , American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
1932 – Roy Hattersley , English journalist and politician, Shadow Home Secretary
1932 – Harry Howell , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2019)
1932 – Nichelle Nichols , American actress
1932 – Manuel Puig , Argentinian author and playwright (d. 1990)
1933 – John Y. Brown Jr. , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky
1934 – Rudi Faßnacht , German footballer and manager (d. 2000)
1934 – Maggie Smith , English actress
1934 – Chieko Aioi , Japanese actress and voice actress (d. 2013)
1936 – Alan Coleman , English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1936 – Lawrence Schiller , American journalist, director, and producer
1937 – Ratan Tata , Indian businessman and philanthropist
1938 – Dick Sudhalter , American trumpet player, scholar, and critic (d. 2008)
1939 – Philip Anschutz , American businessman, founded Anschutz Entertainment Group
1939 – Frank McLintock , Scottish footballer and manager
1939 – Michelle Urry , American journalist and illustrator (d. 2006)
1940 – A. K. Antony , Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence
1940 – Don Francisco , Chilean-American journalist and talk show host
1941 – Intikhab Alam , Indian-Pakistani cricketer and coach
1942 – Roger Swerts , Belgian cyclist
1943 – Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne , Peruvian cardinal
1943 – David Peterson , Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Ontario
1943 – Joan Ruddock , Welsh politician
1944 – Sandra Faber , American astronomer and academic
1944 – Johnny Isakson , American sergeant and politician
1944 – Kary Mullis , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
1944 – Gordon Taylor , English footballer
1945 – Birendra , King of Nepal (d. 2001)
1945 – Max Hastings , English journalist, historian, and author
1946 – Mike Beebe , American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Arkansas
1946 – Pierre Falardeau , Canadian director, screenwriter, and activist (d. 2009)
1946 – Hubert Green , American golfer (d. 2018)
1946 – Tim Johnson , American lawyer and politician
1946 – Barbara, Lady Judge , American-English lawyer and businesswoman
1946 – Bill Lee , American baseball player and author
1946 – Laffit Pincay Jr. , Panamanian jockey
1946 – Edgar Winter , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1947 – Dick Diamonde , Dutch-Australian rock bass player
1947 – Aurelio Rodríguez , Mexican baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2000)
1948 – Ziggy Modeliste , American drummer
1950 – Alex Chilton , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
1950 – Clifford Cocks , English mathematician and cryptographer
1950 – Rainer Maria Latzke , German-American painter and academic
1952 – Arun Jaitley , Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Indian Minister of Law and Justice (d. 2019)
1952 – Bridget Prentice , Scottish educator and politician
1953 – Richard Clayderman , French pianist
1953 – Tatsumi Fujinami , Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded Dradition wrestling promotion
1953 – Charlie Pierce , American journalist and author
1953 – Martha Wash , American singer-songwriter
1954 – Gayle King , American television journalist
1954 – Denzel Washington , American actor, director, and producer
1955 – Stephen Frost , English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1955 – Liu Xiaobo , Chinese author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
1956 – Nigel Kennedy , English violinist
1958 – Terry Butcher , English footballer and manager
1958 – Curt Byrum , American golfer
1958 – Zoran Gajić , Serbian volleyball trainer
1959 – Hansjörg Kunze , German runner and sportscaster
1959 – Daniel Léo Simpson , American composer
1959 – Ana Torroja , Spanish singer-songwriter
1960 – Ray Bourque , Canadian ice hockey player
1960 – John Fitzgerald , Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
1960 – Melvin Turpin , American basketball player (d. 2010)
1961 – Kent Nielsen , Danish footballer and manager
1962 – Michel Petrucciani , French jazz pianist (d. 1999)
1964 – Tex Perkins , Australian singer-songwriter
1964 – Maite Zúñiga , Spanish runner
1965 – Allar Levandi , Estonian skier
1967 – Chris Ware , American illustrator
1968 – Akihiko Hoshide , Japanese engineer and astronaut
1969 – Linus Torvalds , Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel
1970 – Elaine Hendrix , American actress
1970 – James Jett , American sprinter and football player
1970 – Brenda Schultz-McCarthy , Dutch tennis player
1971 – Benny Agbayani , American baseball player
1971 – Sergi Barjuán , Spanish footballer and manager
1971 – Anita Doth , Dutch singer-songwriter
1971 – William Gates , American basketball player
1972 – Roberto Palacios , Peruvian footballer
1972 – Patrick Rafter , Australian-Bermudian tennis player and model
1972 – Adam Vinatieri , American football player
1973 – Holger Blume , German sprinter
1973 – Marc Blume , German sprinter
1973 – Seth Meyers , American actor, producer, screenwriter, and talk show host
1973 – Ids Postma , Dutch speed skater
1974 – Jocelyn Enriquez , American singer
1974 – Rob Niedermayer , Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Markus Weinzierl , German footballer and manager
1975 – B. J. Ryan , American baseball player
1976 – Ben Tune , Australian rugby player
1976 – Igor Žiković , Croatian footballer
1976 – Trond Nymark , Norwegian race walker
1977 – Derrick Brew , American sprinter
1977 – Shane Elford , Australian rugby league player
1977 – Seun Ogunkoya , Nigerian sprinter
1978 – Chris Coyne , Australian footballer and manager
1978 – John Legend , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
1979 – James Blake , American tennis player
1979 – Zach Hill , American musician and artist
1979 – Senna Guemmour , German singer-songwriter
1979 – Bill Hall , American baseball player
1979 – Noomi Rapace , Swedish actress
1980 – Lomana LuaLua , Congolese footballer
1980 – Ryta Turava , Belarusian race walker
1981 – Narsha , South Korean singer and dancer
1981 – Khalid Boulahrouz , Dutch footballer
1981 – Elizabeth Jordan Carr , American journalist
1981 – Sienna Miller , American-born British actress and fashion designer
1981 – Frank Turner , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Mika Väyrynen , Finnish footballer
1982 – Cedric Benson , American football player (d. 2019)
1982 – François Gourmet , Belgian decathlete
1982 – Ferry Rotinsulu , Indonesian footballer
1982 – Curtis Glencross , Canadian hockey player
1984 – Martin Kaymer , German golfer
1984 – Duane Solomon , American runner
1985 – Kamani Hill , American soccer player
1986 – Tom Huddlestone , English footballer
1987 – Matthias Schwarz , German footballer
1989 – Salvador Sobral , Portuguese singer and Eurovision winner
1990 – Ayele Abshero , Ethiopian runner
1990 – Bastiaan Lijesen , Dutch swimmer
1990 – David Archuleta , American singer-songwriter
1994 – Adam Peaty , English swimmer
Deaths [ ]
925 – Wang Zongbi , general of the Chinese state of Former Shu
1218 – Robert II, Count of Dreux (b. 1154)
1297 – Hugh Aycelin , French cardinal (b. 1230)
1326 – Sir David II Strathbogie , Earl of Atholl , Constable of Scotland , and Chief Warden of Northumberland
1367 – Ashikaga Yoshiakira , Japanese shōgun (b. 1330)
1394 – Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina , queen of Epirus (b. 1350)
1446 – Antipope Clement VIII (b. 1369)
1491 – Bertoldo di Giovanni , Italian sculptor (b. c. 1435)
1503 – Piero the Unfortunate , Italian ruler (b. 1471)
1538 – Andrea Gritti , Doge of Venice (b. 1455)[4]
1547 – Konrad Peutinger , German humanist and antiquarian (b. 1465)
1558 – Hermann Finck , German organist and composer (b. 1527)
1622 – Francis de Sales , French bishop and saint (b. 1567)
1663 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi , Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
1671 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius , German scholar and critic (b. 1611)
1694 – Mary II of England (b. 1662)
1703 – Mustafa II , Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664)
1706 – Pierre Bayle , French philosopher and author (b. 1647)
1708 – Joseph Pitton de Tournefort , French botanist and mycologist (b. 1656)
1715 – William Carstares , Scottish minister and academic (b. 1649)[5]
1734 – Rob Roy MacGregor , Scottish outlaw (b. 1671)
1736 – Antonio Caldara , Italian composer (b. 1670)
1785 – Peter Ernst Wilde , Polish-Estonian physician and journalist (b. 1732)
1795 – Eugenio Espejo , Ecuadorian physician and lawyer (b. 1747)
1859 – Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay , English historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800)
1872 – James Van Ness , American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)
1890 – Dennis Miller Bunker , American painter (b. 1861)
1897 – William Corby , American priest and academic (b. 1833)
1900 – Alexandre de Serpa Pinto , Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
1907 – Louise Granberg , Swedish playwright (b. 1812)[6]
1913 – Ahmet Mithat Efendi , Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
1916 – Eduard Strauss , Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)
1917 – Alfred Edwin McKay , Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
1918 – Olavo Bilac , Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)
1919 – Johannes Rydberg , Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1854)
1924 – Léon Bakst , Russian painter and costume designer (b. 1866)
1932 – Jack Blackham , Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
1935 – Clarence Day , American author and illustrator (b. 1874)
1937 – Maurice Ravel , French pianist and composer (b. 1875)
1938 – Florence Lawrence , Canadian actress (b. 1886)
1942 – Alfred Flatow , German gymnast (b. 1869)
1943 – Steve Evans , American baseball player (b. 1885)
1945 – Theodore Dreiser , American novelist and journalist (b. 1871)
1946 – Elie Nadelman , Polish-American sculptor (b. 1882)
1947 – Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869)
1949 – Jack Lovelock , New Zealand runner and soldier (b. 1910)
1959 – Ante Pavelić , Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (b. 1889)
1960 – Philippe Panneton , Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895)
1963 – Paul Hindemith , German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
1967 – Katharine McCormick , American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875)
1968 – David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie , Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (b. 1893)
1971 – Max Steiner , Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1888)
1976 – Katharine Byron , American politician (b. 1903)
1981 – Allan Dwan , Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
1983 – William Demarest , American actor (b. 1892)
1983 – Dennis Wilson , American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1944)
1984 – Sam Peckinpah , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
1984 – Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch , British politician and educator (b. 1903)
1986 – John D. MacDonald , American colonel and author (b. 1916)
1986 – Jan Nieuwenhuys , Dutch painter (b. 1922)
1989 – Hermann Oberth , Romanian-German physicist and engineer (b. 1894)
1990 – Warren Skaaren , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
1992 – Sal Maglie , American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
1993 – William L. Shirer , American journalist and historian (b. 1904)
1994 – Jean-Louis Lévesque , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911)
1999 – Clayton Moore , American actor (b. 1914)
2001 – Samuel Abraham Goldblith , American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (b. 1919)
2001 – William X. Kienzle , American priest and author (b. 1928)
2003 – Benjamin Thurman Hacker , American admiral (b. 1935)
2004 – Jerry Orbach , American actor and singer (b. 1935)
2004 – Susan Sontag , American novelist, essayist, critic, and playwright (b. 1933)
2006 – Jamal Karimi-Rad , Iranian politician, Iranian Minister of Justice (b. 1956)
2008 – Irene Lieblich , Polish-American painter and illustrator (b. 1923)
2009 – Jimmy Sullivan , American musician, composer and songwriter. Known by his stage name The Rev (b. 1981)
2010 – Billy Taylor , American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
2012 – Nicholas Ambraseys , Greek-English seismologist and engineer (b. 1929)
2012 – Mark Crispin , American computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP (b. 1956)
2012 – Václav Drobný , Czech footballer (b. 1980)
2012 – Frankie Walsh , Irish hurler and manager (b. 1936)
2013 – Halton Arp , American-German astronomer and critic (b. 1927)
2013 – Esther Borja , Cuban soprano and actress (b. 1913)
2013 – Harry C. Goode Jr. , American soldier and politician, 51st Mayor of Melbourne, Florida (b. 1938)
2013 – Andrew Jacobs, Jr. , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932)
2013 – Alfred Marshall , American businessman, founded Marshalls (b. 1919)
2013 – Joseph Ruskin , American actor and producer (b. 1924)
2013 – Ilya Tsymbalar , Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (b. 1969)
2014 – Vahan Hovhannisyan , Armenian politician (b. 1956)
2014 – Frankie Randall , American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
2014 – Leelah Alcorn , American transgender teenager (b. 1997)
2015 – John Bradbury , English drummer and songwriter (b. 1953)
2015 – Eloy Inos , Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 8th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (b. 1949)
2015 – Lemmy , English musician, singer, and songwriter (b. 1945)
2016 – Debbie Reynolds , American actress, singer and dancer (b. 1932)
2016 – Jean-Christophe Victor , French political scientist (b. 1947)
2017 – Rose Marie , American actress and comedienne (b. 1923)[7]
Holidays and observances [ ]
Christian feast day :
Abel (Coptic Church )
Caterina Volpicelli
Feast of the Holy Innocents or Childermas; in Spain and Latin American countries the festival is celebrated with pranks (inocentadas ), similar to April Fools' Day (Catholic Church , Church of England , Lutheran Church ), and its related observances:
Els Enfarinats (Ibi, Spain )
Simon the Athonite
December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
King Taksin Memorial Day (Thailand )
Proclamation Day (South Australia) , celebration started on the day following Christmas (South Australia )
Republic Day (South Sudan)
The fourth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity )
References [ ]
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