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History Events on December 28

By  Jess Alderwood  28 Dec   124 Views

History Events on December 28

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The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.

#Auguste_and_Louis_Lumière

In 1895

South Australia and Adelaide are founded.

#South_Australia

In 1836

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.

#1989_Newcastle_earthquake

In 1989

Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

#Wilhelm_Röntgen

In 1895

Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto).

#Yonge_Street

In 1795

World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.

#World_War_II

In 1941

Edward the Confessor's Romanesque monastic church at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.

#Edward_the_Confessor

In 1065

Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.

#Chin_Peng

In 1956

The 7.1 Mw? Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

#1908_Messina_earthquake

In 1908

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.

#World_War_II

In 1943

Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.

#Tay_Bridge_disaster

In 1879

The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins.

#Emperor_Hanazono

In 1308

The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.

#Douglas_DC-3

In 1948

"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.

#1958_NFL_Championship_Game

In 1958

The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by Pres. Richard Nixon.

#United_States

In 1973

Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

#Indian_National_Congress

In 1885

Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths. He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul).

#Alaric_II

In 484

Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María-Calatrava Treaty.

#Spanish_attempts_to_reconquer_Mexico

In 1836

The Marathas defeat the Adilshahi forces in the Battle of Kolhapur.

#Maratha_Empire

In 1659

An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia.

#893_Dvin_earthquake

In 893

Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.

#Indonesia_AirAsia_Flight_8501

In 2014

King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

#Taksin

In 1768

Majorian is acclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire and recognized by Emperor Leo I the Thracian.

#Majorian

In 457

John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.

#John_C._Calhoun

In 1832

Nine people die and another 19 are reported missing, when the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire in the Strait of Otranto, in the Adriatic Sea, in Italian waters.

#MS_Norman_Atlantic

In 2014

The menorah is lit to rededicate the Holy Temple of Jerusalem after two centuries of foreign rule and religious oppression and a seven-year revolt. The menorah burns for eight days without the sufficient fuel needed to do so, birthing the holiday Hanukkah.

#Menorah_(Temple)

In 169 BC

Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.

#Iowa

In 1846

Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.

#Maurice_Richard

In 1944

Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

#Constance_Markievicz

In 1918

Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.

#Osceola

In 1835

The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

#San_Francisco_Municipal_Railway

In 1912

Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.

In 2009

War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.

In 2006

Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.

In 1967

Soviet authorities launch operation Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia.

In 1943

The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5-0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

In 1902

Pope Boniface I is elected.

In 418

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