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What happened in history on this day: December 28?
On December 28 in ...
- 1895 - The world's first commercial movie screening to a paying audience takes place at the Grand Cafe in Paris. The film was made by Louis and Auguste Lumière, showing a series of short scenes from everyday French life.
- 1971 - The NBC TV network airs the last The Funny Side TV show in the USA.
Births on December 28
- 1890 - Birth of Frank Butler in Oxford, England; actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China).
- 1908 - Birth of Lew Ayres in Minnesota, USA; actor (All Quiet on the Western Front, Dr Kildare).
- 1914 - Birth of Bernard Youens; British actor (Coronation Street).
- 1914 - Birth of Lee Bowman in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover).
- 1916 - Birth of Noel Johnson; British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash).
- 1923 - Birth of Andrew Duggan; actor (Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War).
- 1925 - Birth of Hildegarde Neff in Ulm, Germany; actress (Touch of Class, Mozambique).
- 1927 - Birth of Martin Milner in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Route 66, Adam 12, Life of Riley).
- 1932 - Birth of Nichelle Nichols in Robbins, Illinois, USA; actress (Uhura-Star Trek), writer, singer.
- 1934 - Birth of David Warrilow; actor (Simon, Radio Days, Dakota Road, Barton Fink).
- 1934 - Birth of Maggie Smith in Ilford, England; actress (Death on the Nile, Clash of the Titans).
- 1936 - Birth of Nichelle Nichols in Robbins, Illinois, USA; actress (Uhura - Star Trek).
- 1938 - Birth of Bruce Yarnell in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Outlaws).
- 1952 - Birth of S Epatha Merkerson in Saginaw, Michigan, USA; actress (Lieutenant Van Buren - Law and Order).
- 1954 - Birth of Denzel Washington in Mount Vernon, New York, USA; actor (Dr Chandler - St. Elsewhere).
- 1960 - Birth of Chad McQueen; actor (Nightforce).
- 1963 - Birth of Malcolm Gets, actor (Richard Karinsky - Caroline In the City).
- 1975 - Birth of Tannis Vallely in New York City, New York; actress (Janice Lazorotto - Head of the Class).
Deaths on December 28
- 1938 - Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at age 48.
- 1969 - Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at age 78.
- 1983 - William Demarest, actor ("Uncle Charlie" on My Three Sons), dies in Palm Springs at age 92.
- 1990 - Death of Kiel Martin of lung cancer at age 46; actor (Detective John "J.D." La Rue - Hill Street Blues).
- 1991 - Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at age 39.
- 1991 - Jacques Aubuchon, actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure.
- 1993 - Death of Howard Caine at age 64; actor (Hogan's Heroes, War and Remembrance), voice actor (Jonny Quest, Challenge of the Go-Bots, Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo).
- 2004 - Death of Jerry Orbach of pancreatic cancer at age 69; actor (Law and Order, Dirty Dancing).
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