December 28 in History

Historical Events on December 28

1832 John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.

1846 Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.

1879 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.

1885 Indian National Congress, a political party of India is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

1912 The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

1941 World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.

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.

1973 The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.

2014 Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.

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Famous Birthdays on December 28

1856 Woodrow Wilson

1903 John von Neumann

1922 Stan Lee

1955 Liu Xiaobo

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Famous Deaths on December 28

1937 Maurice Ravel

1947 Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

1959 Ante Pavelić

1971 Max Steiner

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