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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