What Happened On December 28

What Happened On Dec 28 Events

1732 Dec 28 Benjamin Franklin Begins Publishing "Poor Richard's Almanac"
Poor Richard's Almanack (sometimes Almanac) was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose. The pu...
1835 Dec 28 A Group Of Seminoles And Escaped Slaves Ambush A U.S. Army Company Attempting To Forcibly Remove The Seminole
The US acquired Florida from Spain via the Adams-Onís Treaty and took possession in 1821. In 1832 the Seminoles were called to a meeting at Payne's Landing on the Ocklawaha River. The tre...
1846 Dec 28 Iowa is the 29th State Admitted to the Union
The first American settlers officially moved to Iowa in June 1833. Primarily, they were families from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana, Kentucky, and Virginia. On July 4, 1838, the U...
1856 Dec 28 Thomas Woodrow Wilson Is Born
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born on December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia. The twenty-eighth president of the United States, Wilson served two consecutive terms in the White House, from...
1861 Dec 28 Battle of Mount Zion Church - Confederate Forces Defeated in Northeastern Missouri
The Battle of Mount Zion Church was a battle of the American Civil War, which occurred on December 28, 1861, in Boone County, southeast of Hallsville, Missouri. The resulting Union victor...
1879 Dec 28 Tay Bridge Disaster
At approximately 7:15 p.m. on the stormy night of 28 December 1879, the central navigation spans of the Tay bridge collapsed into the Firth of Tay at Dundee, taking with them a train, 6 c...
1894 Dec 28 Castle & Cooke is incorporated under the laws of Hawaii.
The Castle & Cooke partnership was incorporated and Joe Atherton was elected president. At this time the company was just coming out of a financial slump caused by its 1889 investment in ...
1908 Dec 28 Messina Earthquake of 1908
On the early morning of December 28, 1908, the Italian city of Messina awoke to the deadliest earthquake in European history. Striking just days after Christmas in the Straits of Messina,...
1920 Dec 28 Amelia Earhart experiences her first flight with Frank Hawks
By 1919 Earhart prepared to enter Smith College but changed her mind and enrolled at Columbia University signing up for a course in medical studies among other programs. She quit a year l...
1931 Dec 28 Gandhi Arrives in Bombay After His Visit to Europe
While Gandhi was on the high seas, the arrests of Jawaharlal Nehru and Abdul Ghaffar Khan, two of his ablest lieutenants, had created a crisis. Most of the British officers in India had r...
1940 Dec 28 Ronald Reagan Appears as George Armstrong Custer in "Santa Fe Trail"
Santa Fe Trail is a 1940 western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. Despite glaring historical inaccuracies and racist overtones, the film w...
1944 Dec 28 On The Town Premieres On Broadway
On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on Jerome Robbins' idea for his 1944 ballet Fancy Free to Bernstein's ...
1948 Dec 28 Airborne Transport's NC16002 Disappears
The disappearance of the Airborne Transporter DC-3 airliner, NC16002 occurred the night of December 28, 1948 near the end of a scheduled flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Miami, Florid...
1958 Dec 28
to 1959 Jan 1
 Battle of Santa Clara
The Battle of Santa Clara was a series of events in late December 1958 that led to the capture of the Cuban city of Santa Clara by revolutionaries under the command of Che Guevara. The ba...
1963 Dec 28 Stevie Wonder Releases With a Song in My Heart
With A Song In My Heart is a 1963 album by Stevie Wonder on the Tamla (Motown) label. The album was the first to drop Wonder's Little nickname as the 13-year-old singer went the same rout...
1980 Dec 28 Rendlesham Forest Incident
The Rendlesham Forest UFO case has taken on the mantle of the “British Roswell”, but in truth it is a far more significant event than Roswell. There is scarcely any other UFO case anywher...
1983 Dec 28 Kuwait Bombings
The Kuwait Bombings were attacks on six key foreign installations. Shiite truck bombers attacked the US embassy and other targets. This attack resulted in the fatalaties of 5 and injuring...
1993 Dec 28 FDA Approves Wyeth Pharm's Effexor
Effexor is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SSNRIs). Effexor works by restoring the balance of certain natural subs...
1994 Dec 28 "The Madness Of King George" Is Released
The Madness of King George is a 1994 film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own play, The Madness of George III. It tells the true story of George III's det...
1999 Dec 28 Jay-Z releases fourth studio album "Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter"
Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter is the fourth studio release by American rapper Jay-Z. It is, for the most part, his return to a more street-oriented sound. However, it did manage to ...
2004 Dec 28 Gran Turismo 4 released
Gran Turismo 4 (also known as GT4) is a racing video game for Sony PlayStation 2 which was developed by Polyphony Digital. It was released on January 10, 2005 in Japan and Hong Kong (NTSC...
2008 Dec 28 Boston Bruins defeat Atlanta Thrashers, 2-1
ATLANTA - After last night's 2-1 win, Boston's eighth straight victory, Cam Neely entered the visiting dressing room, spotted Manny Fernandez, and stuck out his paw for the goalie to shak...
2008 Dec 28 Boston Celtics defeat Sacramento Kings, 108-63
SACRAMENTO - The Celtics returned to their successful form last night by royally flushing the Kings. Boston snapped its first two-game losing streak of the season with a stunning 108-6...
2008 Dec 28 New England Patriots defeat Buffalo Bills, 13-0
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - On a day that featured oddities such as a second-quarter delay to adjust the wind-tilted goal posts, two punts on third down (one by a quarterback), and an extra-poin...
2009 Dec 28 Al Qaeda Group Claims Responsibility for Airline Bombing Attempt
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the branch of the extremist group based in Yemen, appeared to claim responsibility for the Christmas Day attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound jet, ratch...
2009 Dec 28 Barack Obama Vows Full Investigation of Attempted Plane Bombing and Review of Terrorism Watchlist
President Barack Obama yesterday ordered an urgent review of how authorities use terrorist watch-lists to foil attacks on US targets after a Nigerian allegedly tried to destroy a transatl...
2009 Dec 28 Charlotte Bobcats defeat Milwaukee Bucks, 94-84
Charlotte, N.C. — After being in the starting lineup and playing much of the first half for the Milwaukee Bucks in Monday's game against the Charlotte Bobcats, Michael Redd, Andrew Bogut ...
2009 Dec 28 Chicago Bears defeat Minnesota Vikings, 36-30
CHICAGO - The Vikings defense suffered a tough loss before Monday's game when Pro Bowl nose tackle Pat Williams was declared out because of an injury to his right elbow. Williams was l...
2009 Dec 28 Democrats Announce Final Health-Care Bill will Resemble Senate Version More Than House Version
Any health-care legislation that reaches President Barack Obama’s desk will be close to the version the Senate passed last week, top Democrats said yesterday. The Senate garnered the m...
2009 Dec 28 Golden State Warriors defeat Boston Celtics, 103-99
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Celtics gave their fans delusions of dominance with their win Friday at Orlando without Paul Pierce. Their stellar defensive effort masked their offensive shortcomin...
2009 Dec 28 Minnesota Wild defeat Los Angeles Kings, 4-3
LOS ANGELES - Last season, December ruined the Wild's season. This season, December might have saved it. After going belly-up during a 10-loss December a year ago, the Wild continued i...
2009 Dec 28 President Obama Condemns Iranian Crackdown on Protesters
US President Barack Obama has condemned the Iranian government's attempts to quell recent protests, in which eight people have been killed. He said the "iron fist of brutality" had bee...
2009 Dec 28 Second Day of Renewed Clashes Between Opposition Movement and Iranian Government
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi says her sister has been arrested by the intelligence services, hours after opposition figures were detained. Ms Ebadi said her sister Noo...
2009 Dec 28 Tampa Bay Lightning defeat Boston Bruins, 2-1
TAMPA - In the first 40 minutes, when the Bruins decided that hard work and emotional engagement weren’t going to be part of their plan, they still had a chance to erase a 1-0 deficit. ...
2009 Dec 28 Transportation Security Administration Announce Tighter Security Following Failed Terror Attack
The Transportation Security Administration on Monday tweaked some new restrictions imposed on flights to the U.S. from international destinations, giving additional discretion to cockpit ...
2010 Dec 28 Protesters Clash with Police in Algiers Over Housing Shortages
At least 53 people have been injured and 29 others arrested during protests over inadequate housing in a suburb of the Algerian capital. Clashes broke out on Wednesday as residents fil...
2011 Dec 28 North Korea Holds Funeral for Kim Jong-il
A uniformed man tries to control crowds attending the funeral procession for Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. Kim Jong Un saluting during his father Kim Jong Il's funeral at Kumsusan Memorial Pa...