What happened this day in history December 28

What are the important events that happened on December 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

December 28: Facts & Myths About This Day

December 28 is the 363rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 3 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 15, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,735,344,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectahexacontatrigon’ day.

Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 32 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,390 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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December 28 Historical Events

  • 1065
    Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
  • 1768
    King Taksin’s coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
  • 1835
    Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
  • 1836
    South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
  • 1885
    Indian National Congress a political party of India is founded in Bombay, British India.
  • 1895
    Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
  • 1918
    Constance Markievicz while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.
  • 1944
    Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score 8 points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
  • 1956
    Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
  • 2008
    War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.

Who were born on December 28?

  • 1856
    Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, Nobel laureate, and 34th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1924)
  • 1910
    Billy Williams, American singer (d. 1972)
  • 1936
    Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (d. 1979)
  • 1940
    Don Francisco, Chilean television host
  • 1942
    Roger Swerts, Belgian cyclist
  • 1947
    Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player (d. 2000)
  • 1981
    Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
  • 1982
    Cedric Benson, American football player
  • 1982
    Ferry Rotinsulu, Indonesian footballer
  • 1990
    David Archuleta, American Idol runner-up, American singer

Who died on December 28?

  • 1446
    Antipope Clement VIII
  • 1671
    Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)
  • 1952
    Fletcher Henderson, American musician (b. 1897)
  • 1976
    Freddie King, American musician (b. 1934)
  • 1976
    Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903)
  • 1991
    Cassandra Harris, Australian actress (b. 1952)
  • 1999
    Clayton Moore, American actor (b. 1914)
  • 2004
    Susan Sontag, American writer (b. 1933)
  • 2007
    Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iran national basketball team player (b. 1982)
  • 2008
    Irene Lieblich, Polish-born painter (b. 1923)

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