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1 - 20 of 20 Interesting & Fun 28th of December Facts: |
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| 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins. |
| 1832 - John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign. |
| 1835 - Osceola led his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the U.S. Army. |
| 1836 - South Australia and Adelaide are founded. |
| 1869 - William E. Semple of Mt. Vernon, Ohio patents chewing gum. |
| 1879 - The Tay Bridge Disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passed over it, killing 75. |
| 1897 - The play Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand, premieres in Paris. |
| 1902 - The first indoor professional American football game is played in New York City at Madison Square Garden. |
| 1908 - An earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily killing over 75,000. |
| 1928 - The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco. |
| 1945 - The U.S. Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance. |
| 1950 - The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park. |
| 1968 - Israeli commando troops destroy 13 civilian aircraft at Beirut International Airport. |
| 1981 - The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born in Norfolk, Virginia. |
| 1981 - The HBO pay cable television service expanded its schedule offering to 24 hours a day, seven days a week. |
| 1989 - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people. |
| 1995 - CompuServe sets a precedent by blocking access to sex-oriented newsgroups after being pressured by German prosecutors. |
| 1999 - Saparmurat Niyazov is proclaimed President for Life in Turkmenistan. |
| 2000 - U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years. |
| 2005 - A U.S. immigration judge orders John Demjanjuk deported to the Ukraine for crimes against humanity committed during World War II. |
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