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Revision as of 03:06, 28 December 2002 by Mav (talk | contribs) (sp)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining.
Events:
- 1065 - Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
- 1832 - John C. Calhoun becomes the first vice president of the United States to resign.
- 1836 - Mexican independence is recognized by Spain.
- 1846 - Iowa becomes the 29th U.S. state.
- 1879 - The central part of the Tay Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passed over it killing 75.
- 1895 - The Lumiere brothers have their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines--this date is commonly considered the debut of the motion picture.
- 1897 - The play Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand, premiers Paris.
- 1902 - The first indoor pro American football game is played in New York City at Madison Square Garden.
- 1908 - An earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily killing over 75,000.
- 1937 - The Irish Free State becomes the Republic of Ireland.
- 1950 - The Peak District becomes Great Britain's first National Park.
- 1973 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes Gulag Archipelago.
- 1981 - The first American test-tube baby Elizabeth Jordan Carr is born (Norfolk, Virginia).
- 1991 - Nine are crushed while a crowd pushes their way into a basketball game at City College, New York.
- 1995 - CompuServe sets a precedent by blocking access to sex-oriented newsgroups after being pressured by German prosecutors.
Births:
- 1856 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States (+ 1924)
- 1882 - Arthur Eddington, astronomer and physicist (+ 1944)
- 1888 - Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, film director (+ 1931)
- 1902 - Mortimer Adler, philosopher
- 1905 - Earl Hines, jazz musician (+ 1983)
- 1925 - Hildegard Knef, actress, singer and writer
- 1932 - Roy Hattersley, British politician
- 1937 - Mary Tyler Moore
- 1953 - Richard Clayderman, pianist
- 1954 - Denzel Washington, actor
- 1969 - Linus Torvalds, programmer and initiator of Linux
Deaths:
- 1963 - Paul Hindemith, German composer
- 1986 - Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian movie director
Holidays and Observances:
- Catholicism: Massacre of the Saint Innocents
- Fools' day in Spain (no 1st of April there)
See Also:
December 27 - December 29 - November 28 - January 28 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December