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Notable anniversaries in history for today: December 28
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Johnny Otis [Veliotes]; composer ("Every Beat of My Heart").
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Rod Serling in Syracuse, New York, USA; writer/host (The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of David Warrilow; actor (Simon, Radio Days, Dakota Road, Barton Fink).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Maggie Smith in Ilford, England; actress (Death on the Nile, Clash of the Titans).
- 70th: 1954 - 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Denzel Washington in Mount Vernon, New York, USA; actor (Dr Chandler - St. Elsewhere).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Rosie Vela; British singer (Zazu, Fools Paradise).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Tony Rosato in Naples, Italy; comedian (SCTV, Saturday Night Live, Amanda's).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Charles Sinek; dance skater (and Beata Handra-1997 Pacific Coast Senior third).
- 50th: 1974 - In Pakistan, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurs. 5,300 killed, 17,000 injured; a total of 97,000 people affected. The village of Pattan and nearby hamlets were completely destroyed.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Rob Niedermayer Cassiar; NHL center (Florida Panthers).
- 40th: 1984 - A Soviet cruise missile plunges into Inarinjärvi lake in Finnish Lapland.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Sam Peckinpah, American film director (born 1925).
- 40th: 1984 - Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old.
- 40th: 1984 - TV soap Edge of Night ends 28-year run.
- 40th: 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 30th: 1994 - Billy Ray Cyrus (Achy Breaky Heart) weds Leticia Finley.
- 30th: 1994 - Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 versus England, Melbourne Cricket Ground).
- 30th: 1994 - Julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at age 60.
- 30th: 1994 - Off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs. Two people killed, more than 200 injured and damage in the Hachinohe area. Felt as far away as Tokyo.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Jerry Orbach of pancreatic cancer at age 69; actor (Law and Order, Dirty Dancing).
- 20th: 2004 - The Ukrainian transport minister, Heorhiy Kyrpa, is found shot dead, in a suspected suicide.
- 10th: 2014 - Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore crashes into the Java Sea just southwest of Borneo, killing all 162 people on board.
- 5th: 2019 - A truck bomb attributed to al-Shabaab kills at least 78 and wounds 125 in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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