December 28 Events |
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| December 28th, 2007 (December 28 2007) | Event | Nepal declared a federal democratic Republic by interim parliament, abolishing the monarchy. | |
| December 28th, 2005 (December 28 2005) | Event | A U.S. immigration judge orders John Demjanjuk deported to Ukraine for crimes against humanity committed during World War II. | |
| December 28th, 2000 (December 28 2000) | Event | U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years. | |
| December 28th, 1999 (December 28 1999) | Event | Saparmurat Niyazov is proclaimed President for Life in Turkmenistan. | |
| December 28th, 1989 (December 28 1989) | Event | A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people. | |
| December 28th, 1981 (December 28 1981) | Event | The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born in Norfolk, Virginia. | |
| December 28th, 1974 (December 28 1974) | Event | Senegalese marxist group Reenu-Rew founds the political movement And-Jef at a clandestine congress. | |
| December 28th, 1973 (December 28 1973) | Event | The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States. | |
| December 28th, 1950 (December 28 1950) | Event | The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom s first National Park. | |
| December 28th, 1948 (December 28 1948) | Event | The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida. | |
| December 28th, 1945 (December 28 1945) | Event | The Congress of the United States officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance. | |
| December 28th, 1939 (December 28 1939) | Event | First flight of the Consolidated XB-24 Liberator bomber prototype. | |
| December 28th, 1935 (December 28 1935) | Event | Pravda publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union. | |
| December 28th, 1929 (December 28 1929) | Event | "Black Saturday" in Samoa: New Zealand colonial police kill 11 unarmed demonstrators, an event which leads the Mau movement to demand independence for Samoa.[1] | |
| December 28th, 1912 (December 28 1912) | Event | The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California. | |
| December 28th, 1908 (December 28 1908) | Event | An earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily killing over 75,000. | |
| December 28th, 1895 (December 28 1895) | Event | The Lumiere brothers have their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines marking the debut of the cinema. | |
| December 28th, 1879 (December 28 1879) | Event | The Tay Bridge Disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passed over it, killing 75. | |
| December 28th, 1867 (December 28 1867) | Event | United States claims Midway Island, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits. | |
| December 28th, 1846 (December 28 1846) | Event | Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state. | |
| December 28th, 1836 (December 28 1836) | Event | South Australia and Adelaide are founded. | |
| December 28th, 1836 (December 28 1836) | Event | Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico. | |
| December 28th, 1835 (December 28 1835) | Event | Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army. | |
| December 28th, 1832 (December 28 1832) | Event | John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign. | John C. Calhoun Quotes |
| December 28th, 1612 (December 28 1612) | Event | Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star. | Galileo Galilei Quotes |
| December 28th, 1308 (December 28 1308) | Event | The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins. | |
| December 28th, 1065 (December 28 1065) | Event | Westminster Abbey is consecrated. | |
