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| December 28th |
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| About December 28th is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are three days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1856 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th U.S. President 1894 - Ed Healey, Hall of Fame offensive tackle 1920 - Steve Van Buren, Hall of Fame running back 1922 - Stan Lee, comic book writer (Spider-Man) 1944 - Johnny Isakson, U.S. Senator (Georgia) 1946 - Tim Johnson, U.S. Senator (South Dakota) 1954 - Denzel Washington, actor, screenwriter, producer (Training Day) 1973 - Seth Meyers, actor, comedian (Saturday Night Live) 1978 - John Legend, musician, actor Deaths 1694 - Mary II of England, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland 1897 - Rev. William Corby, famed Catholic priest 1945 - Theodore Dreiser, novelist, journalist 1972 - William R. Lyman, Hall of Fame football tackle 1976 - Freddie King, blues guitarist, singer 1983 - Dennis Wilson, drummer (The Beach Boys) 2003 - Benjamin Thurman Hacker, U.S. Navy officer, achieved flag rank Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is consecrated. 1832 - U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun resigns from office. 1846 - Iowa is admitted to the Union, becoming the 29th state. 1895 - The Lumiere brothers hold the world's first commercial movie screening at the Grand Cafe in Paris, France. 1905 - The predecessor of the NCAA, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States, is founded in New York City. 1968 - The Doors releases their new single "Touch Me". 1973 - The Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon. 1981 - The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born in Norfolk, Virginia. |
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