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| Birthday December 28, 1763 John Molson, founder of a Montreal brewery |
| Birthday December 28, 1822 William Booth Taliaferro born |
| Birthday December 28, 1856 Woodrow Wilson born in Staunton, Virginia |
| Birthday December 28, 1856 Woodrow Wilson is born |
| Birthday December 28, 1856 Woodrow Wilson, (D), 28th pres (1912-21) (Nobel 1919) |
| Birthday December 28, 1882 Sir Arthur Eddington, astronomer, physicist, mathematician |
| Birthday December 28, 1882 Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist and cosmologist |
| Birthday December 28, 1894 Ed Healey, NFL tackle (Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears) |
| Birthday December 28, 1896 Roger Sessions, American composer |
| Birthday December 28, 1903 John Von Neumann |
| Birthday December 28, 1905 Earl 'Fatha' Hines, jazz pianist |
| Birthday December 28, 1908 Lew Ayres, Actor (All Quiet on the Western Front) |
| Birthday December 28, 1920 Steve Van Buren, NFL halfback (Eagles) |
| Birthday December 28, 1925 Heldegarde Neff, in Ulm Germany |
| Birthday December 28, 1929 Owen Bieber, president of United Auto Workers |
| Birthday December 28, 1931 Martin Milner, (Adam-12) |
| Birthday December 28, 1932 Argentine novelist Manuel Puig is born |
| Birthday December 28, 1934 Maggie Smith, in Ilford Eng (Death on the Nile, Clash of Titans) |
| Birthday December 28, 1954 Denzel Washington born |
| History December 28, 1669 William Semple patents chewing gum |
| History December 28, 1781 British post troops on John's Island |
| History December 28, 1793 An American hero is arrested in France |
| History December 28, 1832 John Calhoun became the 1st Vice-president to resign |
| History December 28, 1832 Calhoun resigns vice presidency |
| History December 28, 1846 Iowa becomes 29th state |
| History December 28, 1869 America's first Labor Day |
| History December 28, 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee SD - Last major conflict with Indians |
| History December 28, 1900 Carry Nation attacks a Kansas saloon |
| History December 28, 1902 Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US |
| History December 28, 1908 Worst European earthquake |
| History December 28, 1908 Earthquake strikes Messina Italy; 80 000 die |
| History December 28, 1908 Earthquake rocks Sicily |
| History December 28, 1912 SF Municipal Railway starts operation at Geary St. (MUNI) |
| History December 28, 1915 SF City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph |
| History December 28, 1938 Silent-film star and inventor of mechanical turn signal dies |
| History December 28, 1941 Request made for creation of construction battalions |
| History December 28, 1950 Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel into South Korea |
| History December 28, 1964 South Vietnamese win costly battle at Binh Gia |
| History December 28, 1972 Hanoi announces return to the Paris peace talks |
| History December 28, 1973 Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago published |
| History December 28, 1975 Central Red Army defeats New York Rangers at MSG |
| History December 28, 1978 30th hat trick in Islander history - Mike Bossy |
| History December 28, 1985 Warring Lebanese Moslem and Christian leaders sign peace agreement |
| History December 28, 1989 Dubcek returns to public office |
| History December 28, 1991 Nine killed in a stampede outside a hip-hop celebrity basketball game |