December 28th Events in History | |
| 1997 | Sting beats Hollywood Hogan for WCW Championship |
| 1996 | India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st inning |
| 1994 | Billy Ray Cyrus, Achy Breaky Heart, weds Leticia Finley |
| 1994 | Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 vs. Eng, MCG) |
| 1994 | Tammy Wynette admitted to the hospital with bile duct infection |
| 1993 | Dow-Jones hits record 3793.49 |
| 1993 | Dutch Antilles government of Yandi Paula forms |
| 1993 | John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time New Jersey Devils scorer (521 pts) |
| 1991 | 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, New York City |
| 1991 | Blockbuster Bowl 2: Alabama beats Colorado, 30-25 |
| 1991 | Irene the Icon of Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen |
| 1991 | Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiminez, 20, of Venezuela, crowned 41st Miss World |
| 1991 | Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of Year |
| 1990 | 2 die in a New York City subway accident |
| 1990 | Blockbuster Bowl 1: Florida State beats Penn State, 24-17 |
| 1989 | Alexander Dubcek elected parliament chairman of Czechoslovakia |
| 1989 | Earthquake at Newcastle Australia, 11 die |
| 1988 | John Tarrant, 1st Australia born Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission |
| 1988 | U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism |
| 1988 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1987 | In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 2, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover Ark |
| 1986 | Pat Davis, ranked 412th among world tennis competitors wins Davis Cup |
| 1985 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1985 | Warring Lebanese Moslem and Christian leaders sign peace agreement |
| 1984 | Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old |
| 1984 | Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India |
| 1984 | TV soap "Edge of Night" ends 28 year run |
| 1984 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1983 | 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2) |
| 1983 | Gavaskar achieves his 30th century, beating Bradman's 29 |
| 1983 | U.S. say they will leave UNESCO on Dec 31, 1984 |
| 1983 | Warren Cromartie signs 3 year $2.5M contract with Yomiuri Giants |
| 1981 | Cleveland Metroparks Administrative offices move from downtown to Zoo |
| 1981 | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic raises price of 45 records from $1.68 to $1.98 |
| 1980 | Mexico terminated fishing agreements with US |
| 1978 | 30th hat trick in Islander history (Mike Bossy) |
| 1976 | Fiddler on the Roof opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 167 performances |
| 1976 | Genie Francis joind "General Hospital" as Laura Vining |
| 1976 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1976 | Winnie Mandela banished in South Africa |
| 1975 | Hail Mary Pass-Cowboys beat Vikings 17-14 on last second pass |
| 1975 | 1st broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music) |
| 1975 | Earthquake in Pakistan, 4,000 die |
| 1975 | Gary Cosier scores 109 vs. West Indies at MCG on Test Cricket debut |
| 1975 | Red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG |
| 1974 | 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed |
| 1973 | Akron Ohio's Chamber of Commerce terminates itself from Soap Box Derby |
| 1973 | Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes "Gulag Archipelag" |
| 1973 | Comet Kohoutek at perihelion |
| 1972 | Kim Il-song, becomes president of North Korea |
| 1972 | Martin Bormanns skeleton found in Berlin (Hitlers deputy) |
| 1972 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1971 | Hasj falls from now on under(neath) the Opiumwet |
| 1970 | Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen opens at Majestic New York City for 19 performances |
| 1970 | Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) adopts constitution |
| 1969 | Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," premieres in New York City |
| 1969 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1969 | Dallas Cowboy kicker Mike Clark, attempting an on-side kick against Cleveland, missed the ball |
| 1968 | 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival |
| 1968 | 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1) |
| 1968 | Beatles' "Beatles-White Album," goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks |
| 1968 | Israeli assault on Beirut Airport |
| 1968 | KVOF (KUDO, now KWBB) TV channel 38 in SF, California (IND) 1st broadcast |
| 1967 | KTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1967 | Muriel Siebert is 1st women to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange |
| 1966 | 13 die in a train crash in Everett Mass |
| 1966 | China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC |
| 1964 | Premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' Stefan Rasin |
| 1964 | Principal filming of "Dr. Zhivago," begins |
| 1963 | Double Dublin closes at Little Theater New York City after 4 performances |
| 1963 | Jennie closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 82 performances |
| 1963 | Merle Haggard 1st appearance on country chart with "Sing a Sad Song" |
| 1962 | U.N. troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga |
| 1961 | Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in New York City |
| 1958 | Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon and Theodore with David Seville) hit #1 |
| 1958 | What might be called greatest NFL game, Colts beat Giants 23-17 |
| 1957 | CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on |
| 1957 | U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test |
| 1956 | Miss Frances [Horwich], last Ding Dong School on NBC-TV |
| 1955 | 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0) |
| 1954 | 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2) |
| 1954 | KEPR TV channel 19 in Pasco-Kennewick-Richl, WA (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| 1953 | WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1952 | Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game |
| 1950 | Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea |
| 1949 | 20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs |
| 1948 | Israeli Defence Forces crosses Egyptian border |
| 1948 | Middel-Java as a whole in Dutch hands |
| 1948 | U.S. announced a study to launch an Earth satellite |
| 1947 | Chicago Cards beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game |
| 1945 | Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance |
| 1944 | Eisenhower and Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium |
| 1944 | Former Washington 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross |
| 1944 | Leonard Bernstein's musical "On the Town," premieres in New York City |
| 1943 | All inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed |
| 1942 | Oberkommando Wehrmacht orders strategist flight out of Kaukasus |
| 1942 | Robert Sullivan becomes 1st pilot to fly Atlantic 100 times |
| 1941 | State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia |
| 1940 | Arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148 |
| 1938 | Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut vs. South Africa |
| 1937 | Fascist Octavian Goga becomes Prime Minister of Romania/begins spread of Judaism |
| 1935 | W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in New York City |
| 1931 | Lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as president of Nanjing-China |
| 1928 | Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made |
| 1928 | Louis Armstrong makes 78 recording of "West End blues" |
| 1927 | George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in New York City |
| 1926 | Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW vs. Vic |
| 1926 | Imperial Airways begins England-India mail and passenger service |
| 1926 | Ponsford scores 352 and Ryder 295 against NSW |
| 1926 | Victoria all out for 1107 against NSW at the MCG Crowd 22,348 |
| 1925 | George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in New York City |
| 1923 | George Bernard Shaw's "St. Joan," premieres in New York City |
| 1915 | SF City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph |
| 1912 | National Council of Young Israel convenes |
| 1912 | SF Municipal Railway starts operation at Geary St. (MUNI) |
| 1910 | Opera "Konigskinder" is produced (New York City) |
| 1908 | Earthquake strikes Messina, Italy; 80,000 die |
| 1908 | Messina, Italy struck by an earthquake (nearly 80,000 died) |
| 1906 | Ecuador adopts its constitution |
| 1905 | Intercollegiate Athletic Association of U.S. founded (becomes NCAA in 1910) |
| 1905 | NSW all out for 805 vs Victoria, win by innings and 253 |
| 1904 | 1st daily wireless weather forecasts published (London) |
| 1903 | Clyde Fitch's "Glad of It," premieres in New York City |
| 1903 | Electric lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago; 602 die |
| 1902 | 1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Philadelphia 6-0 (MSG, New York City) |
| 1902 | Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US |
| 1897 | Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac," premieres in Paris |
| 1895 | World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris |
| 1893 | French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu |
| 1887 | Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted |
| 1879 | North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot) |
| 1878 | Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism) |
| 1877 | John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill |
| 1869 | William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum |
| 1864 | Battle of Egypt Station, MS |
| 1850 | Rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire |
| 1849 | M Jolly-Bellin discovers dry-cleaning, he accidentally upset lamp containing turpentine and oil on his clothing and sees cleaning effect |
| 1846 | Iowa becomes 29th state |
| 1836 | Spain recognizes independence of Mexico |
| 1832 | John Calhoun becomes 1st Vice President to resign over differences with President Jackson |
| 1828 | 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed |
| 1821 | Naples: Gioacchini Rossini moves to Bologna |
| 1816 | American Colonization Society organizes |
| 1732 | 1st known ad for "Poor Richard's Almanack" (Pennsylvania Gazette) |
| 1614 | Sperm whale beached at Noordwijk |
| 1065 | Westminister Abbey opens in London |
| 801 | Louis the Vrome occupies Barcelona |
| 418 | St. Boniface I begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
December 28th Birthdays in History | |
| 1987 | Thomas Dekker, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, musician, singer, actor, played Zach on 'Heroes', John Connor in 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' |
| 1981 | Elizabeth Jordan Carr, 1st American test tube baby |
| 1981 | Sienna Miller, American Actress |
| 1978 | John Legend, American Musician |
| 1975 | Kesley Perrin, CFL defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1975 | Tannis Vallely, New York City, actress, Janice Lazorotto-Head of the Class |
| 1974 | Rob Niedermayer, Cassiar, NHL center for the Florida Panthers |
| 1973 | Bobby Taylor, NFL cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1973 | Garth John Da Silva, Auckland New Zealand, heavyweight boxer 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Adam Clawson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, slalom single canoe, Olympic-19th-96 |
| 1972 | Adam Vinatieri, WLAF punter/kicker, Amsterdam Admirals, New England Patriots |
| 1972 | Jean-Francois Jomphe, Havre St-pierre California, NHL right wing, Anaheim |
| 1972 | Jim Kitts, WLAF running back, Frankfurt Galaxy, Miami Dolphins |
| 1972 | Patrick Rafter, born in Queensland, Australia, tennis star, 1993 USTA/Aptos California |
| 1971 | Melvin Nieves, San Juan Puerto Rico, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers |
| 1971 | Michael Watkins, NFL wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1971 | Steve Morrison, NFL linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts |
| 1970 | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Haarlem, Netherlands, tennis star, 95, 96 Oklahoma City |
| 1970 | Elizabeth McIntyre, Dunbar, West Virginia, Miss America-WV 1996 |
| 1970 | James Jett, NFL wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1969 | James Trapp, NFL cornerback for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1969 | Linus Torvalds, born in Helsinki, Finland, inventor, software engineer, pioneered development of the Linux kernel, a free, open source software operating system |
| 1968 | Darrick Brownlow, NFL linebacker for the Washington Redskins |
| 1968 | Jennifer Palmquest, Wilmot, South Dakota, Miss SD-America 1991 |
| 1968 | Jozef Dano, born in Skalica, Czechoslovakia, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1998 |
| 1968 | Kurt Schulz, NFL safety for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1967 | Paul Lynch, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Chris Ware, American Artist |
| 1966 | Joe Wolf, NFL guard for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1965 | Colleen Dion, actress, Brett Gardner-Another World |
| 1965 | Martine Robine, newspaper writer/Miss Junior Miss-France, 1984 |
| 1965 | Mary Waddell Gainey, Hartsville, South Carolina, Miss SC-America, 1991-2nd |
| 1964 | Charles Sinek, dance skater, & Beata Handra-1997 Pac Coast Sr 3rd |
| 1963 | Malcolm Gets, actor, Richard Karinsky-Caroline In the City |
| 1963 | Mel Stottlemyre, Jr., pitcher, Toronto Blues Jays |
| 1963 | Willow Bay, TV host, Good Morning America |
| 1962 | Keith Lee, basketball player, Memphis State |
| 1961 | Heather Hafner, born in Santa Barbara, California, WPVA volleyballer, National-7th-90 |
| 1960 | Chad McQueen, actor, Nightforce |
| 1960 | John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star |
| 1960 | Marty Roe, Lebanon Ohio, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle |
| 1960 | Raymond Bourque, Montreal, NHL defenseman, Team Canada, Boston |
| 1960 | Terri Garber, born in Miami, Florida, actress, Leslie Carrington-Dynasty |
| 1960 | Zane Smith, Madison WI, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 1959 | Everson Walls, NFL cornerback, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants |
| 1959 | Andy McNab, British Novelist |
| 1958 | Carlos Carson, football player |
| 1958 | Joe Diffie, Tulsa, Oklahoma, country singer/guitarist, Home |
| 1958 | Mike McGuire, Haleyville Ala, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South |
| 1958 | Terry Butcher, British soccer player |
| 1956 | Kenneth Grant, bass/vocalist, Midnight Star-No Parking, Operator |
| 1956 | Michael Gibbons, rocker, Bo Donaldson and Heywoods-Billy Dont be a Hero |
| 1956 | Nigel Kennedy, English violinist |
| 1954 | Denzel Washington, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Dr. Chandler-St. Elsewhere |
| 1954 | Rosie Vela, British singer, Zazu, Fools Paradise |
| 1954 | Tony Rosato, Naples Italy, comedian, SCTV, SNL, Amanda's |
| 1953 | Richard Clayderman, pianist, Amour, Romantic America |
| 1953 | Robert Pittman, TV executive/developer, MTV |
| 1952 | Ray Knight, 3rd baseman, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles |
| 1952 | S Epatha Merkerson, Saginaw, Michigan, actress, Lt Van Buren-Law and Order |
| 1950 | Alex Chilton, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock guitarist and vocalist, Box Tops |
| 1948 | Jorge Velasquez, jockey, Kentucky Derby-1981, Preakness-1981 |
| 1947 | Aurelio Rodriguez, baseball player |
| 1947 | Dick Diamonde, Van Der Sluys, Hilversum, rock bassist, Easybeats |
| 1947 | Robert Gilliot, father of Gerda Havertongs daughter Zulema |
| 1946 | Edgar Winter, Beaumont, Texas, rocker, They Only Come Out at Night |
| 1946 | Hubie Green, golfer, U.S. Open-1977, PGA-1985 |
| 1946 | Jorge Velasquez, sportsman |
| 1946 | Tim Johnson, American Politician |
| 1945 | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal, 1972- |
| 1945 | Dwight Bement, rocker, Gary Puckett and Union Gap-Young Girl |
| 1945 | Max Hastings, British editor-in-chief, Daily Telegraph |
| 1944 | Kary Mullis, American Scientist |
| 1943 | David Peterson, Toronto, premier of Ontario Canada, L, 1982- |
| 1943 | Oscar D. Dhlomo, South African Secretary-General of Inkatha, 1978 - 1990 |
| 1942 | Paul Horowitz, New York City, physicist, META project, Sloan Award 1971-3 |
| 1941 | Don Francisco, Spanish variety show host, Sabado Gigante |
| 1941 | Intikhab Alam, Pakistan cricket leg-spinner, 1959-77 |
| 1940 | Alvin Elliot Singleton, composer |
| 1940 | Lonnie Liston Smith, U.S. jazz performer, Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady |
| 1938 | Bruce Yarnell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Outlaws |
| 1938 | Charles Neville, U.S. rock vocalist/saxophonist, Neville Brothers |
| 1938 | Janet Hough Bryant, author/performing artist/educator |
| 1938 | Richard Sudhalter, British writer/jazz musician |
| 1936 | Nichelle Nichols, Robbins, Illinois, actress, Uhura-Star Trek |
| 1936 | Jim McDermott, American Politician |
| 1935 | Fernando Lopes, Portugal, director, Encoberto, Matar Saudades |
| 1934 | David Warrilow, actor, Simon, Radio Days, Dakota Road, Barton Fink |
| 1934 | John Akers, business executive |
| 1934 | Maggie Smith, born in Ilford, England, actress, Death on Nile, Clash of Titans |
| 1933 | Jack Perkins, born in Cleveland, Ohio, newscaster, Prime Time Sunday, NBC Magazine |
| 1932 | Clem Schouwenaars, Flemish poet/writer |
| 1932 | Dorsey Burnette, Memphis, rocker, Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One |
| 1932 | Manuel Puig, Argentina, writer, Blood of Requited Love |
| 1932 | Roy Hattersley, British journalist/Labour-parliament leader |
| 1931 | Georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance |
| 1931 | Guy Debord, born in Paris, France, filmmaker, hypergraphist, theorist, founding member of Lettrist International, Situationist International |
| 1931 | John de Mol, Dutch vocalist/composer/producer |
| 1929 | Maarten Schmidt, Netherlands/U.S. astronomer, quasars |
| 1929 | Owen Bieber, United Auto Workers president |
| 1929 | Terry Sawchuk, NHL goaltender, Redwings, Bruins, Maple Leaf, Rangers |
| 1928 | Kamillo Lendvay, composer |
| 1927 | Anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador, to UK |
| 1927 | Martin Milner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Route 66, Adam 12, Life of Riley |
| 1927 | Simon Raven, English playwright/critic, Alms for Oblivion |
| 1926 | Donald Carr, cricketer, England player in 50's, later MCC honcho |
| 1925 | Bill [William] Westwood, British bishop of Peterborough |
| 1925 | Hildegarde Neff, Ulm Germany, actress, Touch of Class, Mozambique |
| 1925 | Hildegard Knef, German Actress |
| 1924 | Johnny Otis, Veliotes, composer, Every Beat of My Heart |
| 1924 | Rod Serling, born in Syracuse, New York, writer/host, Twilight Zone, Night Gallery |
| 1923 | Andrew Duggan, actor, Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War |
| 1922 | Nyron Sultan Asgarali, cricketer, West Indian opening bat 1957 |
| 1922 | Stan Lee, writer, editor and co-creator of Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four and many more comic characters |
| 1921 | Eddy Doorenbos, Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist |
| 1921 | Johnny Otis, R&B singer |
| 1920 | Steve Van Buren, NFL halfback for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1919 | Inocenti Carreno, composer |
| 1917 | Ellis Clarke, president Trinidad and Tobago, 1976-87 |
| 1916 | Noel Johnson, British actor, Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash |
| 1915 | Roebuck "Pops" Staples, U.S. gospel/singer, Staple Singers |
| 1914 | Bernard Youens, British actor, Coronation Street |
| 1914 | Lee Bowman, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover |
| 1913 | Lou Jacobi, born in Toronto, Ontario, comedian, Dean Martin Show, Melba |
| 1911 | Phani Majumdar, film maker |
| 1911 | Sam Levenson, New York City, humorist, Sam Levenson Show, Masquerade Party |
| 1910 | John Kerr, New Zealand, cricketer, opening batsman in 1930's |
| 1909 | Billy Williams, Waco, Texas, singer, Your Show of Shows |
| 1909 | Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet, Subrani Sutsjinenija |
| 1908 | Lew Ayres, Minnesota, actor, All Quiet on Western Front, Dr. Kildare |
| 1907 | Roman Palester, Polish composer: The Weichsel |
| 1905 | Cliff Arquette, born in Toledo, Ohio, comedian, Charlie Weaver |
| 1905 | Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, jazz pianist, Deep Forest |
| 1905 | Gajapatairaj Vijaya Ananda the Rajkumar of Vizianagram, Ind |
| 1904 | Clabon W. Allen, Australian/British astronomer |
| 1904 | Sergei Yutkevich, St. Petersburg Russia, director, Otello, Banya |
| 1903 | John von Neumann, mathematician and astronomer, Bocher Award 1938 |
| 1903 | Earl Hines, American Musician |
| 1902 | Mortimer J Adler, New York City, author, Encyclopedia Brittanica |
| 1902 | Shen Congwen, writer |
| 1902 | Mortimer Adler, American Philosopher |
| 1896 | Roger Huntington Sessions, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, Black Masks |
| 1895 | Auguste Lumiere, twin brothers who opened 1st commercial cinema |
| 1895 | Louis Lumiere, twin brothers who opened 1st commercial cinema |
| 1894 | Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot, Eagle of Flanders |
| 1894 | Ed Healey, NFL tackle, Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears |
| 1890 | Frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter, Road to Bali, China |
| 1889 | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau |
| 1888 | Gabriel von Wayditch, composer |
| 1887 | Charles Dingle, born in Wabash, Indiana, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes' |
| 1884 | Joseph Pholien, Belgian premier, 1950 - 1952, communist hunter |
| 1883 | A Wolfenstein, writer |
| 1882 | Arthur Eddington, born in England, astrophysicist, cosmologist, and mathematician |
| 1880 | Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet |
| 1879 | Billy Mitchell, American Soldier |
| 1872 | Pio Baroja Y Nessa, San Sebastion Spain, writer, Caminode Parfeccion |
| 1868 | Marie van Regteren Altena, Dutch painter, Amsterdam's Joffers |
| 1865 | Felix E. Vallotton, Swiss/French painter/writer, Chaste Suzanna |
| 1860 | Alexander von Fielitz, composer |
| 1859 | Gerard Brucken Fock, composer |
| 1859 | John W Fortescue, military historian |
| 1856 | Woodrow Wilson, Staunton, Virginia, 28 president-D 1912 - 1921, Nobel 1919 |
| 1856 | Woodrow Wilson, American President |
| 1855 | Juan Zorrilla de San Martin, Uruguay's diplomat/poet, Tabare |
| 1849 | Herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto of Bismarck |
| 1845 | Homer Newton Bartlett, composer |
| 1842 | Calixa Lavallee, composer |
| 1837 | Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer |
| 1835 | Archibald Geikie, British geologist |
| 1833 | Charles Miller Shelley, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1828 | Karl L Kahlbaum, German psychiatrist, katatonie |
| 1827 | Robert Latimer McCook, volunteers Brigadier General, Union |
| 1826 | Conrad Busken Huet, Dutch vicar/literary, Country of Rubens |
| 1823 | Thomas Alexander Scott, Assistant Secretary War, Union |
| 1822 | William Booth Taliaferro, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1812 | Julius Reitz, composer |
| 1805 | Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer |
| 1801 | James Barnes, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1787 | Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch writer/engineer on Curaeao |
| 1783 | Robert Gallenberg, composer |
| 1763 | John Molson, founded Montreal brewery, Molsons |
| 1753 | Johan Wikmanson, composer |
| 1751 | Josef Blazej Smrcek, composer |
| 1738 | Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer |
| 1731 | Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master |
| 1694 | Ceslav Vanura, composer |
| 1631 | Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist |
| 1484 | Joachim Vadianus, von Watt, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen |
December 28th Deaths in History | |
| 2004 | Jerry Orbach, actor, Law and Order, dies at 69 |
| 2004 | Susan Sontag, "writer, activist", On Photography, dies at 71 |
| 1999 | Clayton Moore, actor, The Lone Ranger, dies at 85 |
| 1997 | George Fleming, cyclist, dies at 80 |
| 1997 | James Lees-Milne, architecural historian, dies at 89 |
| 1997 | Ronald Clive Williams, actor/comedian, dies at 68 |
| 1995 | Harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84 |
| 1994 | Julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60 |
| 1993 | Howard Caine, dies |
| 1993 | Joop Vervoort, Dutch soccer referee, dies at 61 |
| 1993 | William L Shirer, writer (Rise and Fall of 3rd Reich), dies at 89 |
| 1992 | Mort Greene, U.S. songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80 |
| 1991 | Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39 |
| 1991 | Jacques Aubuchon, actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure |
| 1990 | Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65 |
| 1990 | Kiel Martin, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 46 |
| 1990 | Lucas Polhaupessy, Moluccan leader, dies |
| 1989 | Robert Wickler, dies |
| 1988 | Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59 |
| 1987 | Charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81 |
| 1986 | Andrei Tarkovsky, dies |
| 1986 | Louis van Lint, Belgian painter, dies at 77 |
| 1984 | Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59 |
| 1983 | Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39 |
| 1983 | William Demarest, actor (My 3 Sons), dies in Palm Springs at 91 |
| 1982 | Frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84 |
| 1981 | Allan Dwan, Canadian Director |
| 1980 | Amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die |
| 1980 | Jersey calf, lived 222 days with an artificial heart |
| 1978 | Harry Winston, U.S. jeweler for the "rich and famous", dies at 82 |
| 1976 | Freddie King, rocker, dies at 42 |
| 1971 | Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83 |
| 1970 | Charles "Sonny" Liston, heavyweight boxer champ (1962-64), dies |
| 1970 | L. Mendel Rivers, Representative-D-South Carolina 1941 - 1970, dies at 65 |
| 1969 | Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 |
| 1967 | Bela Schick, Hungarian/U.S. children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at 90 |
| 1963 | A. J. Liebling, American journalist and writer, dies |
| 1963 | Paul Hindemith, German composer (Composer's World), dies at 68 |
| 1961 | Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89 |
| 1956 | Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76 |
| 1949 | Jack Lovelock, New Zealand/U.S. surgeon/athlete 1936 Olympics gold, dies at 39 |
| 1949 | W Hervey Allen, U.S. writer/poet (Anthony Adverse), dies at 60 |
| 1949 | Hervey Allen, American Author |
| 1948 | Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt, assassinated |
| 1947 | Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78 |
| 1946 | Carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85 |
| 1945 | Theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74 |
| 1938 | Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48 |
| 1937 | Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62 |
| 1935 | Clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies |
| 1923 | Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91 |
| 1918 | George H White, last post Reconstruction congressman (Penn), dies |
| 1918 | George H. White, American Politician |
| 1916 | Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81 |
| 1915 | Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78 |
| 1903 | George [Robert] Gissing, English novelist, dies at 46 |
| 1891 | Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47 |
| 1884 | Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56 |
| 1878 | Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 |
| 1876 | Frederik Paludan-Muller, Danish poet (Abels dod), dies at 67 |
| 1874 | Gerrit Smith, American Politician |
| 1870 | Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1870 | Peter van Schendel, Dutch painter, dies at 64 |
| 1862 | Joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54 |
| 1860 | Cornelius Broere, Dutch RC clergyman/poet, dies at 57 |
| 1859 | Thomas Babington Macaulay, English essayist/historian, dies |
| 1830 | Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 83 |
| 1793 | Louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75 |
| 1779 | Gennaro Manna, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1775 | Peter A van de Parra, Governor-General of (Netherlands Indies), dies at 61 |
| 1772 | Ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82 |
| 1706 | Pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59 |
| 1694 | Mary II, Queen of England, dies after 5 years of rule at 32 |
| 1673 | Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77 |
| 1622 | Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 |
| 1622 | Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman |
| 1542 | Albert Pigge, Pighius, Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 |
| 1446 | Clemens VIII, Aegyd Munoz, Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies |
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