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 362^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 3 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 15, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,448,000 minutes 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 ‘trihectahexacontadigon’ 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 51 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 4,755 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

December 28 Historical Events

• 1308 –
  The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins.
• 1912 –
  The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.
• 1918 –
  Constance Markievicz while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.
• 1943 –
  World War II – After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.
• 1944 –
  Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score 8 points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
• 1958 –
  “Greatest Game Ever Played” – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York’s Yankee Stadium.
• 1974 –
  Senegalese marxist group Reenu-Rew founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.
• 1978 –
  With the crew investigating a problem with the landing gear, United Airlines Flight 173 runs out of fuel and crashes in Portland, Oregon, killing 10. As a result, United Airlines instituted the industry’s first crew resource management program.
• 2008 –
  War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.
• 2009 –
  43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.

Who were born on December 28?

• 1929 –
  Terry Sawchuk, Canadian hockey player (d. 1970)
• 1931 –
  Guy Debord, French writer (d. 1994)
• 1932 –
  Harry Howell, Canadian hockey player
• 1939 –
  Philip Anschutz, American businessman
• 1944 –
  Johnny Isakson, American politician
• 1950 –
  Øivind Blunck, Norwegian comedian and actor
• 1953 –
  Richard Clayderman, French pianist
• 1960 –
  Ray Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 –
  Maite Zúñiga, Spanish athlete
• 1970 –
  Francesca Le, American porn star

Who died on December 28?

• 1367 –
  Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)
• 1663 –
  Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
• 1715 –
  William Carstares, Scottish minister (b. 1649)
• 1916 –
  Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (b. 1835)
• 1918 –
  Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet (b. 1865)
• 1937 –
  Maurice Ravel, French composer (b. 1875)
• 1949 –
  Jack Lovelock, New Zealand athlete (b. 1910)
• 1959 –
  Ante Pavelić, leader of Nazi Germany puppet Independent State of Croatia (b. 1889)
• 1983 –
  Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (b. 1910)
• 2006 –
  Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian Minister of Justice (b. 1956)