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28 Dec 1308
The reign of Emperor Hanazono Emperor of Japan begins
28 Dec 1732
1st known ad for Poor Richards Almanack (Pennsylvania Gazette)
28 Dec 1767
King Taksin crowned King of Thailand and establishes Thonburi as his capital
28 Dec 1828
6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan 30000 killed
28 Dec 1836
Proclamation of South Australia as a British Province. Formal proclamation was read out in what is now the Adelaide suburb of Glenelg North by Captain (later Rear Admiral Governor Sir) John Hindmarsh
28 Dec 1836
The colony of Adelaide South Australia is formally proclaimed
28 Dec 1849
M Jolly-Bellin discovers dry-cleaning he accidentally upset lamp containing turpentine & oil on his clothing & sees cleaning effect
28 Dec 1867
United States claims Midway Island the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.
28 Dec 1869
William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon Ohio patents chewing gum
28 Dec 1877
John Stevens applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill
28 Dec 1878
Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism)
28 Dec 1879
North British Railways train falls as Tay bridge collapses (Scotland)
28 Dec 1887
Sir John Layton Jarvis 1st British race horse trainer knighted
28 Dec 1895
Filmmakers the Lumiere brothers hold the first commercial film screening at Salon Indien du Grand Caf Paris
28 Dec 1897
Edmond Rostands Cyrano de Bergerac premieres in Paris
28 Dec 1902
1st indoor pro football game Syracuse beats Philadelphia 6-0 (Madison Square Garden NYC)
28 Dec 1904
1st daily wireless weather forecasts published (London)
28 Dec 1905
Intercollegiate Athletic Association of US founded (becomes NCAA in 1910)
28 Dec 1905
NSW all out for 805 vs Victoria win by innings & 253
28 Dec 1906
Ecuador adopts its second liberal constitution
28 Dec 1908
Earthquake strikes Messina Italy killing nearly 80000
28 Dec 1912
1st municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco California as SF Municipal Railway starts operation at Geary St (MUNI)
28 Dec 1914
Turks are repulsed by the Russians after fighting in Armenia for weeks
28 Dec 1915
San Francisco City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph
28 Dec 1915
Today the British Cabinet recognizes the true nature of the war by deciding to institute compulsory military service with single men to be conscripted before married ones
28 Dec 1921
The beginning of the Rand Rebellion in Southern Africa the rebellion started as a strike by white mineworkers on and became an open armed rebellion against the state
28 Dec 1925
George and Ira Gershwins musical Tip-Toes premieres in New York City
28 Dec 1926
Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW v Vic
28 Dec 1926
Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service
28 Dec 1926
Victoria all out for 1107 against NSW at the MCG Crowd 22348
28 Dec 1928
Last recording of Ma Rainey Mother of the Blues made
28 Dec 1934
First ever Womens cricket international begins England vs Australia in Australia
28 Dec 1935
W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC
28 Dec 1935
Pravda publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union
28 Dec 1937
Fascist Octavian Goga becomes Prime Minister of Romania
28 Dec 1938
Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa
28 Dec 1940
Cricketer Arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148
28 Dec 1941
State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia and Moravia
28 Dec 1942
Oberkommando Wehrmacht orders strategist flight out of Kaukasus
28 Dec 1942
Robert Sullivan becomes 1st pilot to fly Atlantic 100 times
28 Dec 1943
All Kalmyk inhabitants of the Republic of Kalmukkie deported by the Soviet Union to Central Asia and Siberia. Many die en route.
28 Dec 1944
Former Wash 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross
28 Dec 1944
Leonard Bernsteins musical On the Town premieres in NYC
28 Dec 1944
Montreal right wing Maurice Rocket Richard becomes first player in NHL history to score 8 points in one game with 5 goals and 3 assists in the Canadiens 9-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings
28 Dec 1945
Congress officially recognizes Pledge of Allegiance
28 Dec 1947
Chic Cards beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game
28 Dec 1948
US announced a study to launch an Earth satellite
28 Dec 1948
The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami Florida.
28 Dec 1949
20th Century Fox announces it will produce TV programs
28 Dec 1950
Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel into South Korea
28 Dec 1950
The Peak District becomes the United Kingdoms first National Park.
28 Dec 1952
Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game
28 Dec 1953
WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson MS (NBC) begins broadcasting
28 Dec 1954
43rd Davis Cup USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2)
28 Dec 1954
KEPR TV channel 19 in Pasco-Kennewick-Richl WA (CBS) 1st broadcast
28 Dec 1955
44th Davis Cup Australia beats USA in New York (5-0)
28 Dec 1956
Miss Frances [Horwich] last Ding Dong School on NBC-TV
28 Dec 1957
CBS states it wont broadcast baseball where minor league games are on
28 Dec 1957
46th Davis Cup Australia beats USA in Melbourne (3-2)
28 Dec 1958
Baltimore Colts win the 26th NFL championship game against the New York Giants
28 Dec 1958
Chipmunks (Alvin Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hits 1
28 Dec 1958
The Greatest Game Ever Played Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 in the first every sudden-death overtime game in NFL history (17 future members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were involved in the game)
28 Dec 1960
49th Davis Cup Australia beats Italy in Sydney (4-1)
28 Dec 1961
50th Davis Cup Australia beats Italy in Melbourne (5-0)
28 Dec 1962
51st Davis Cup Australia beats Mexico in Brisbane (5-0)
28 Dec 1963
Double Dublin closes at Little Theater NYC after 4 performances
28 Dec 1963
Jennie closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 82 performances
28 Dec 1963
14th Formula One WDC Jim Clark wins by 21 points
28 Dec 1963
Scottish Lotus driver Jim Clark wins his record 7th Grand Prix of the F season the South African event at Prince George Circuit first Scotsman to win the World Championship of Drivers title
28 Dec 1965
Ballon dOr Benfica striker Eusbio wins award for best European football player first Portuguese national to win and still only Benfica player
28 Dec 1966
13 die in a train crash in Everett Massachusetts
28 Dec 1966
55th Davis Cup Australia beats India in Melbourne (4-1)
28 Dec 1967
KTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka KS (NBC) begins broadcasting
28 Dec 1967
Muriel Siebert is 1st woman to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange
28 Dec 1967
56th Davis Cup Australia beats Spain in Brisbane (4-1)
28 Dec 1968
57th Davis Cup USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1)
28 Dec 1968
Beatles White Album goes 1 & stays 1 for 9 weeks
28 Dec 1968
KVOF (KUDO now KWBB) TV channel 38 in San Francisco California (IND) 1st broadcast
28 Dec 1969
Dallas Cowboy kicker Mike Clark attempting an on-side kick against Cleveland missed the ball
28 Dec 1970
Lovely Ladies Kind Gentlemen opens at Majestic NYC for 19 performances
28 Dec 1970
Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) adopts constitution
28 Dec 1971
Hashish now falls under the Dutch Opium Law (Opiumwet)
28 Dec 1971
Ballon dOr Ajax forward Johan Cruyff wins award for best European football player ahead of Inter forward Sandro Mazzola and Manchester United winger George Best first Dutch national and Ajax player to win award
28 Dec 1972
2 people are killed in a Loyalist bomb attack on the village of Belturbet County Cavan Republic of Ireland
28 Dec 1973
US President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
28 Dec 1973
Akron Ohios Chamber of Commerce terminates itself from Soap Box Derby
28 Dec 1973
Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes Gulag Archipelago - a literary investigation of the police-state system in the Soviet Union
28 Dec 1974
Senegalese marxist group Reenu-Rew founds the political movement And-Jf at a clandestine congress.
28 Dec 1975
1st broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music)
28 Dec 1975
Gary Cosier scores 109 v West Indies at MCG on Test Cricket debut
28 Dec 1975
Red Army beats NY Rangers 7-3 at Madison Square Garden
28 Dec 1975
The Hail Mary with 32 seconds left in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach throws a desperate 50-yard winning touchdown pass to Drew Pearson to defeat the Minnesota Vikings and the Hail Mary play is born
28 Dec 1975
In the aftermath of the Cold War the New York Rangers become first team in NHL history to face a touring Soviet hockey squad Soviet Army beats the Rangers 7-3 at Madison Square Garden
28 Dec 1976
Fiddler on the Roof opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 167 performances
28 Dec 1976
Genie Francis joins General Hospital as Laura Vining
28 Dec 1976
Ballon dOr Bayern Munich defender Franz Beckenbauer wins title of Europes best football player for a 2nd time beats Anderlecht winger Rob Rensenbrink and Dukla Prague goalkeeper Ivo Viktor
28 Dec 1981
Cleveland Metroparks Administrative offices move from downtown to Zoo
28 Dec 1981
Warner-Elektra-Atlantic raises price of 45 records from 1.68 to 1.98
28 Dec 1981
1st American test-tube baby Elizabeth Jordan Carr is born in Norfolk Virginia
28 Dec 1982
Ballon dOr Juventus striker Paolo Rossi is named best European football player beats Bordeaux midfielder Alain Giresse and Juventus Polish midfielder Zbigniew Boniek
28 Dec 1983
72nd Davis Cup Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2)
28 Dec 1983
Warren Cromartie signs 3 year 2.5M contract with Yomiuri Giants
28 Dec 1984
Creosote bush determined to be 11700 years old
28 Dec 1984
Rajiv Gandhis Congress party wins election in India
28 Dec 1985
Warring Lebanese Muslim & Christian leaders sign peace agreement
28 Dec 1986
75th Davis Cup Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2) helped by Pat Davis ranked 412th in the world
28 Dec 1987
In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 2 later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover Ark
28 Dec 1988
John Tarrant 1st Aust born Zen teacher receives Dharma Transmission
28 Dec 1988
US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism
28 Dec 1989
Alexander Dubek elected Chairman of the Federal Assembly (Parliament) of Czechslovakia
28 Dec 1990
2 die and 188 injured in a NYC subway electrical fire in tunnel near Clark Street Brooklyn
28 Dec 1990
Blockbuster Bowl 1 Florida State beats Penn State 24-17
28 Dec 1991
8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College NYC
28 Dec 1991
Irene the Icon of Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen
28 Dec 1991
Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiminez 20 of Venez crowned 41st Miss World
28 Dec 1993
Dutch Antilles government of Yandi Paula forms
28 Dec 1993
John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time NJ Devils scorer (521 pts)
28 Dec 1993
Ballon dOr Juventus Italian striker Roberto Baggio is named Europes best football player ahead of Inter forward Dennis Bergkamp and Manchester United striker Eric Cantona
28 Dec 1994
Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 v England MCG)
28 Dec 1996
India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st innings
28 Dec 1997
Sting beats Hollywood Hogan for WCW Championship
28 Dec 1999
Saparmurat Niyazov is proclaimed President for Life in Turkmenistan
28 Dec 2000
U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
28 Dec 2001
OPEC oil ministers meeting in Cairo agree to reduce their crude oil output quotas by a combined 1.5 million barrels per day
28 Dec 2005
A U.S. immigration judge orders John Demjanjuk deported to Ukraine for crimes against humanity committed during World War II.
28 Dec 2007
Nepal declared a federal democratic Republic by interim parliament abolishing the monarchy.
28 Dec 2008
Detroit Lions crash to a 31-21 loss to Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field first team in NFL history to go winless in a 16-game season
28 Dec 2009
43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi Pakistan where Shia Muslims were observing the Day of Ashura.
28 Dec 2012
13 people are killed and 19 are injured after a bus plunges into a river in western Nepal
28 Dec 2013
Chris WeidmandefeatsAnderson Silvato retain the UFC Middleweight Championship
28 Dec 2013
Early signs of Ebola epidemic 2 year old child in Guinea dies of an unidentified hemorrhagic fever mother sister and grandmother soon follow
28 Dec 2014
Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 crashes in bad weather in the Java Sea killing all 162 people on board
28 Dec 2015
Japan and South Korea reach agreement over WWII comfort women Japan apologies and pays 1bn yen compensation
28 Dec 2017
Iranian woman Vida Mohaved arrested for protesting against policy of compulsory hijab sparking other protests
28 Dec 2017
Protests in Mashhad Iran against price rises and corruption
28 Dec 1887
John Layton Jarvis is the 1st British race horse trainer knighted
28 Dec 1947
National Football League Championship Comiskey Park Chicago Chicago Cardinals beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 Cardinals only title victory
28 Dec 1950
The Peak District becomes the United Kingdoms 1st National Park
28 Dec 1952
National Football League Championship Cleveland Municipal Stadium Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7
28 Dec 1958
National Football League Championship Yankee Stadium NYC Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 first NFL playoff game to go into sudden death overtime
28 Dec 1963
Scottish Lotus driver Jim Clark wins his record 7th Grand Prix of the F1 season the South African event at Prince George Circuit first Scotsman to win the World Drivers Championship
28 Dec 1994
David Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 v England MCG)
28 Dec 1946
1st Davis Cup Melbourne Australia Jack Kramer & Ted Schroeder give US unassailable 3-0 lead beat Australians John Bromwich & Adrian Quist 6-2 7-5 6-4 ends 5-0
28 Dec 1958
The Greatest Game Ever Played Baltimore Colts win the 26th NFL championship against the New York Giants 23-17 at Yankee Stadium in the first ever sudden-death overtime game in NFL history. 17 future members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were involved in the game.
28 Dec 1975
The Hail Mary with 32 seconds left in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach throws a legendary 50-yard winning touchdown pass to Drew Pearson to defeat the Minnesota Vikings and the Hail Mary play is born
28 Dec 1983
US threatens to leave UNESCO after objecting to its domination by a coalition of third world and Soviet bloc nations
28 Dec 1846
Iowa becomes 29th state of the United States of America
28 Dec 1887
John Layton Jarvis becomes first British race horse trainer to be knighted for services to racing
28 Dec 1908
Earthquake strikes Messina in Italy killing nearly 80000
28 Dec 1965
Davis Cup Mens Tennis Sydney John Newcombe & Tony Roche beat Jos Luis Arilla & Manuel Santana of Spain 6-3 4-6 7-5 6-2 to give Australia unassailable 3-0 lead ends 4-1
28 Dec 1966
55th Davis Cup Melbourne Australian Roy Emerson beats Ramanathan Krishnan of India 6-0 6-2 10-8 for an unassailable 3-1 lead ends 4-1
28 Dec 1981
Cleveland Metroparks Administrative offices move from downtown to Zoo (Cleveland Ohio)
28 Dec 1835
Second Seminole War between United States and Native Americans begins with the Dade Massacre in Sumter County Florida Senminole fighters kill nearly all 110 of US Army troops under Major Francis Langhorne Dade [1] [2]
28 Dec 1836
Proclamation of South Australia as a British Province. Formal proclamation was read out near The Old Gum Tree in what is now the Adelaide suburb of Glenelg North by Captain (later Rear Admiral Governor Sir) John Hindmarsh
28 Dec 1928
Ma Rainey Mother of the Blues makes her last record Big Feelin Blues
28 Dec 1946
Davis Cup Mens Tennis Melbourne Australia Jack Kramer & Ted Schroeder give US unassailable 3-0 lead beat Australians John Bromwich & Adrian Quist 6-2 7-5 6-4 ends 5-0
28 Dec 1951
Davis Cup Mens Tennis White City Sydney Frank Sedgman outclasses Vic Seixas 6-4 6-2 6-2 in the deciding rubber as Australia beats US 3-2 in Sydney to retain Cup
28 Dec 1849
Jean Baptiste Jolly opens Teinturerier Jolly Belin 1st modern dry cleaning shop in Paris
28 Dec 1897
Edmond Rostands play Cyrano de Bergerac premieres in Paris
28 Dec 1944
Dutch Resistance fighter Corrie ten Boom is accidentally released from the Ravensbrck concentration camp living to speak and educate of her experience in The Hiding Place
28 Dec 1963
Davis Cup Mens Tennis Adelaide American Chuck McKinley beats Australias John Newcombe 10-12 6-2 9-7 6-2 in the deciding rubber to give US a thrilling 3-2 victory
28 Dec 1987
Ronald Gene Simmons kills 2 former employers and wounds 4 in a shooting spree and surrenders to police later bodies of 14 of his relatives he had murdered are found at his home near Dover Arkansas
28 Dec 1988
John Tarrant 1st Australian born Zen teacher receives Dharma Transmission
28 Dec 1308
Japanese Emperor Hanazono ascends to the throne at age 11
28 Dec 1767
King Taksin is crowned King of Thailand and establishes Thonburi as his capital
28 Dec 1828
6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan 30000 people are killed
28 Dec 1849
Jean Baptiste Jolly opens the first modern dry cleaning shop Teinturerier Jolly Belin in Paris
28 Dec 1886
American inventor Josephine Cochrane is granted a patent for the dishwasher [1]
28 Dec 1895
Filmmakers the Lumire brothers hold the first commercial film screening at the Salon Indien du Grand Caf in Paris
28 Dec 1908
Earthquake strikes Messina in Italy killing nearly 80000 people
28 Dec 1910
Englebert Humperdinks opera Konigskinder premiers at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City
28 Dec 1928
Ma Rainey Mother of the Blues makes her last record - Big Feelin Blues
28 Dec 1943
Kalmyk inhabitants of the Republic of Kalmykia are deported by the Soviet Union to Central Asia and Siberia with many dying en route
28 Dec 1958
The Chipmunk Song by the Chipmunks (Alvin Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hits 1
28 Dec 1958
The Greatest Game Ever Played Baltimore Colts win the 26th NFL championship against the New York Giants 23-17 at Yankee Stadium in the first sudden-death overtime game in NFL history. 17 future members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame are involved in the game.
28 Dec 1968
The Beatles The Beatles aka The White Album goes 1 & stays 1 for 9 weeks
28 Dec 1975
The Hail Mary with 32 seconds left in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach throws a legendary 50-yard winning touchdown pass to Drew Pearson to defeat the Minnesota Vikings and the Hail Mary play gains national recognition
28 Dec 1975
1st broadcast of Dutch public radio service Hilversum IV programming chiefly classical music
28 Dec 1993
Dow Jones Industrial Average hits record 3793.49
28 Dec 1997
Sting defeats Hollywood Hogan for the WCW Championship
28 Dec 2000
US retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years
28 Dec 2005
US immigration judge orders John Demjanjuk deported to Ukraine for crimes against humanity committed during World War II
28 Dec 2007
Nepals interim parliament abolishes the monarchy and declares the country a federal democratic republic
28 Dec 2008
Detroit Lions crash to a 31-21 loss to the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field the first team in NFL history to go winless in a 16-game season
28 Dec 2009
43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi Pakistan as Shia Muslims observe the Day of Ashura
28 Dec 2013
Early signs of Ebola epidemic 2-year-old child in Guinea dies of an unidentified hemorrhagic fever mother sister and grandmother soon follow
28 Dec 2018
UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes of Brazil moves up in weight and KOs dominant featherweight Cris Cyborg Justino just 51 seconds into the opening round at the Forum in Inglewood CA first female to win UFC titles in multiple weight classes
28 Dec 2019
52nd Peach Bowl (College Football Playoff semi final) 1 LSU beats 4 Oklahoma 63-28
28 Dec 2019
Jihadist fundamentalist group al-Shabaab sets off a truck bomb in Mogadishu Somalia killing at least 84 people and wounding over 150
28 Dec 2021
Test cricket debutant Scott Boland takes 6 for 7 as Australia retain the Ashes (3-0) with an innings & 14 run win against England in the 3rd Test in Melbourne
28 Dec 2023
LOral heiress and businesswoman Franoise Bettencourt Meyers is the first woman to be worth 100 billion after a rise in the companys share price [1]
28 Dec 1767
King Taksin is crowned King of Siam and establishes Thonburi as his capital
28 Dec 1836
Proclamation of South Australia as a British province. Formal proclamation is read near The Old Gum Tree in what is now the Adelaide suburb of Glenelg North by Captain John Hindmarsh
28 Dec 1849
Jean Baptiste Jolly opens the first modern dry cleaning shop in Paris Teinturerie Jolly-Belin
28 Dec 1869
William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon Ohio patents a form of chewing gum
28 Dec 1877
John Stevens applies for a patent for his flour-rolling mill
28 Dec 1904
First daily wireless weather forecasts are published in London
28 Dec 1905
NSW is all out for 805 against Victoria winning by an innings and 253 runs
28 Dec 1908
Earthquake strikes Messina in Italy killing nearly 80000 people and causing widespread destruction and a devastating tsunami in the Strait of Messina
28 Dec 1912
First municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco California as the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) begins service on Geary Street
28 Dec 1921
Beginning of the Rand Rebellion in South Africa with a strike by white mineworkers and becomes an armed uprising against the state
28 Dec 1926
Imperial Airways begins mail and passenger service from England to India
28 Dec 1926
Ponsford scores 352 and Ryder 295 as Victoria is all out for 1107 against NSW at the MCG with a crowd of 22348
28 Dec 1935
WPA Federal Art Project Gallery opens in New York City
28 Dec 1944
Former Wash third baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross
28 Dec 1948
Dutch forces complete their occupation of major urban centers in Central Java during the Second Police Action
28 Dec 1950
Advance units of Chinese Communist forces cross the 38th Parallel into South Korea in preparation for the massive New Years Offensive that captures Seoul a week later
28 Dec 1953
WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson Mississippi (NBC) begins broadcasting
28 Dec 1957
CBS says it will not broadcast baseball games in markets where minor league games are being played
28 Dec 1958
The Greatest Game Ever Played Baltimore Colts win the 26th NFL Championship against the NY Giants 23-17 at Yankee Stadium in the first sudden-death overtime game in NFL history with 17 future members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame involved
28 Dec 1967
Muriel Siebert is the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange
28 Dec 1974
6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Pakistan killing 5200