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What happened in history on this day: December 28?
On December 28 in ...
- 1816 - American Colonization Society organizes.
- 1832 - John Calhoun becomes first US Vice-President to resign (differences with President Andrew Jackson).
- 1846 - Iowa admitted as 29th state of the USA.
- 1861 - New York bankers unanimously decide to suspend specie payments on December 30.
- 1861 - US government suspends specie payments (gold) for paper money.
- 1864 - Battle of Egypt Station, Mississippi.
- 1869 - William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA, patents chewing gum.
- 1877 - John Stevens, Wisconsin, applies for a patent on his flour rolling mill.
- 1898 - US President William McKinley proclaims US currency will circulate in Puerto Rico as of January 1, 1899.
- 1912 - The first municipally-owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.
- 1933 - US President Franklin Roosevelt orders private holders of gold certificates to deliver them to the US Treasurer.
- 1939 - The Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber prototype first flies.
- 1945 - US Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance".
- 1966 - Thirteen die in a train crash in Everett, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1968 - 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival, Florida.
- 1969 - Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers premieres in New York City, New York.
- 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1980 - México terminates fishing agreements with US.
- 1983 - US says they will leave UNESCO on December 31, 1984.
- 1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1987 - In Arkansas, USA, R Gene Simmons kills two, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover.
- 1988 - US second Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism.
- 1990 - Two die in a New York City subway accident.
- 1991 - Ted Turner is named Time magazine Man of the Year.
- 2000 - U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business, after 128 years.
Births on December 28
- 1856 - Birth of Thomas Woodrow Wilson in Staunton, Virginia, USA; American politician (28th US President, Democrat, 1913-21, Nobel Prize 1919).
- 1896 - Birth of Roger Huntington Sessions in Brooklyn, New York, USA; composer (Black Maskers).
- 1902 - Birth of Mortimer J Adler in New York City, New York, USA; author (Encyclopedia Brittanica).
- 1905 - Birth of Cliff Arquette in Toledo, Ohio, USA; comedian (Charlie Weaver).
- 1905 - Birth of Earl "Fatha" Hines in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, USA; jazz pianist ("Deep Forest").
- 1908 - Birth of Lew Ayres in Minnesota, USA; actor (All Quiet on the Western Front, Dr Kildare).
- 1909 - Birth of Billy Williams in Waco, Texas, USA; singer (Your Show of Shows).
- 1911 - Birth of Sam Levenson in New York City, New York, USA; humorist (Sam Levenson Show, Masquerade Party).
- 1914 - Birth of Lee Bowman in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover).
- 1915 - Birth of Roebuck Staples AKA Pops Staples in Winona, Mississippi, USA; gospel/singer (The Staple Singers - "This May Be the Last Time", "I'll Take You There").
- 1924 - Birth of Rod Serling in Syracuse, New York, USA; writer/host (The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery).
- 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.
- 1932 - Birth of Dorsey Burnette in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; rocker ("Tall Oak Tree", "Hey Little One").
- 1933 - Birth of Jack Perkins in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; newscaster (Prime Time Sunday, NBC Magazine).
- 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).
- 1942 - Birth of Paul Horowitz in New York City, New York, USA; physicist, META project (Sloan Award 1971-3).
- 1946 - Birth of Edgar Winter in Beaumont, Texas, USA; rocker (Edgar Winter Group - "They Only Come Out at Night", "Frankenstein").
- 1950 - Birth of Alex Chilton in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; rock guitarist/vocalist (Box Tops - "Let Me Get Close to You", "The Letter").
- 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).
- 1958 - Birth of Joe Diffie in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; country singer/guitarist ("Home").
- 1958 - Birth of Mike McGuire in Haleyville, Alabama, USA; singer (Shenandoah - "Sunday in the South").
- 1960 - Birth of Marty Roe in Lebanon, Ohio, USA; singer (Diamond Rio - "Meet in the Middle").
- 1960 - Birth of Zane Smith in Madison, Wisconsin, USA; pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates).
- 1961 - Birth of Heather Hafner in Santa Barbara, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (National-7th-1990).
- 1965 - Birth of Mary Waddell Gainey in Hartsville, South Carolina, USA; Miss South Carolina-America (1991-second).
- 1968 - Birth of Jennifer Palmquest in Wilmot, South Dakota, USA; Miss South Dakota-America (1991).
- 1970 - Birth of Elizabeth McIntyre in Dunbar, West Virginia, USA; Miss America-West Virginia (1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Melvin Nieves in San Juan, Puerto Rico; outfielder (Detroit Tigers).
- 1972 - Birth of Adam Clawson in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; slalom single canoe (Olympics-19th-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Jean-Francois Jomphe Havre in St-Pierre, California, USA; NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks).
- 1975 - Birth of Tannis Vallely in New York City, New York; actress (Janice Lazorotto - Head of the Class).
- 1981 - Birth of Elizabeth Jordan Carr in Norfolk, Virginia, USA; first American test-tube baby birth.
Deaths on December 28
- 1918 - George H White, last post-Reconstruction congressman (Pennsylvania), dies.
- 1946 - Carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at age 85.
- 1949 - W Hervey Allen, American writer/poet (Anthony Adverse), dies at age 60.
- 1961 - Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, first lady (1915-21), dies at age 89.
- 1963 - Abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies.
- 1967 - Béla Schick, Hungarian/American children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at age 90.
- 1978 - Harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich and famous", dies at age 82.
- 1983 - Death of Dennis Wilson at age 39 in a drowning accicent; drummer/singer (Beach Boys).
- 1983 - William Demarest, actor ("Uncle Charlie" on My Three Sons), dies in Palm Springs at age 92.
- 1984 - Death of Sam Peckinpah, American film director (born 1925).
- 1992 - Mort Greene, US songwriter ("My Grandfather's Clock"), dies at age 80.
- 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).
- 2006 - Death of Don Edgren at age 83 in Oregon, USA; engineer leader of Disneyland's engineering team, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, named Disney Legend in 2006.
- 2015 - Death of Eloy Inos, American politician, Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (born 1949).
- 2015 - Death of Ian Murdock, German-American software programmer (born 1973).
- 2021 - Death of Harry Reid at age 82 from pancreatic cancer in Henderson, Nevada, USA; US Senator from Nevada, US Senate majority leader.
- 2021 - Death of John Madden at age 85 in Pleasanton, California, USA; American football coach (Oakland Raiders 1969-1978, Super Bowl win 1977), NFL TV commentator (1979-2008, 16 Sports Emmy awards), voice actor (Madden NFL video games).
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