About December 28
December 28, 2021 is the 362nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 3 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Capricorn is the sun 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 35 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On December 28
- 893 –An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia.
- 1065 –Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
- 1308 –The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins.
- 1612 –Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
- 1768 –King Taksin’s coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
- 1832 –John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.
- 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.
- 1836 –Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.
- 1867 –United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.
- 1879 –The Tay Bridge Disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
- 1885 –Indian National Congress a political party of India is founded in Bombay, British India.
- 1895 –The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema.
- 1935 –Pravda publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union.
- 1944 –Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score 8 points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
- 1948 –The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.
- 1973 –The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.
- 1989 –A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
- 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.
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