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What happened in history on this day: December 28?
On December 28 in ...
- 418 - Saint Boniface I begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 801 - Louis the Vrome occupies Barcelona.
- 1065 - Westminster Abbey opens in London.
- 1233 - The Charter of Culm is issued by the Teutonic Knights as a part of their efforts to colonize Prussia. The charter granted settlers civic freedoms including the right to elect local judges, the right to free travel, and the right to hereditary possession of land and buildings, guarantees against excessive taxation, and against quartering troops in private homes.
- 1446 - Clemens VIII [Aegyd Muñoz] Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies.
- 1484 - Birth of Joachim Vadianus [von Watt] Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen.
- 1542 - Albert Pigge [Pighius] Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about age 52.
- 1612 - Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogues it as a fixed star.
- 1614 - Sperm whale beached at Noordwijk.
- 1622 - François de Sales French bishop of Genèva/writer/saint, dies at age 55.
- 1631 - Birth of Ludolf Backhuysen Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist.
- 1673 - Joan Blaeu Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at age 77.
- 1706 - Pierre Bayle French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at age 59.
- 1731 - Birth of Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master.
- 1732 - First known ad for "Poor Richard's Almanack" (Pennsylvania Gazette).
- 1763 - Birth of John Molson; founded Montréal brewery (Molson Canadian).
- 1772 - Ernst J Earl van/of Biron Russian duke of Courland, dies at age 82.
- 1775 - Death of Peter A van de Parra at age 61; Governor-General of (Netherlands Indies).
- 1801 - Birth of James Barnes; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1869).
- 1816 - American Colonization Society organizes.
- 1822 - Birth of William Booth Taliaferro; Brigadier-General (Confederate Army) (dies 1898).
- 1823 - Birth of Thomas Alexander Scott; US Assistant Secretary War (Union) (dies 1881).
- 1826 - Birth of Conrad Busken Huet; Dutch vicar/literary (Country of Rubens).
- 1827 - Birth of Robert Latimer McCook; volunteers Brigadier-General (US) (dies 1862).
- 1828 - 6.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Echigo, Japan; 30,000 killed.
- 1828 - Birth of Karl L Kahlbaum; German psychiatrist (katatonie).
- 1832 - John Calhoun becomes first US Vice-President to resign (differences with President Andrew Jackson).
- 1833 - Birth of Charles Miller Shelley; Brigadier-General (Confederate Army) (dies 1907).
- 1836 - Spain recognizes independence of México.
- 1846 - Iowa admitted as 29th state of the USA.
- 1849 - Birth of Herbert von Bismarck; German politician/son of Otto von Bismarck.
- 1849 - M Jolly-Bellin discovers dry-cleaning, he accidentally upset lamp containing turpentine and oil on his clothing and sees cleaning effect.
- 1850 - Rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire.
- 1852 - William Gladstone becomes British chancellor of the exchequer.
- 1855 - Birth of Juan Zorrilla de San Martin; Uruguay's diplomat/poet (Tabaré).
- 1856 - Birth of Thomas Woodrow Wilson in Staunton, Virginia, USA; American politician (28th US President, Democrat, 1913-21, Nobel Prize 1919).
- 1861 - US government suspends specie payments (gold) for paper money.
- 1865 - Birth of Félix E Vallotton; Swiss/French painter/writer (Chaste Suzanna).
- 1868 - Birth of Marie van Regteren Altena; Dutch painter (Amsterdam's Joffers).
- 1869 - William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA, patents chewing gum.
- 1872 - Birth of Pio Baroja Y Nessa in San Sebastian, Spain; writer (Camino de Perfección).
- 1876 - Frederik Paludan-Müller, Danish poet (Abels död), dies at age 67.
- 1877 - John Stevens, Wisconsin, applies for a patent on his flour rolling mill.
- 1878 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism).
- 1879 - In Scotland, North British Railway's train falls as Tay Bridge collapses into the Firth of Tay, killing 75.
- 1884 - Birth of Joseph Pholien; Belgian premier (1950-52), communist hunter.
- 1887 - Sir John Layton Jarvis becomes first British race horse trainer to be knighted.
- 1890 - Birth of Frank Butler in Oxford, England; actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China).
- 1893 - French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu.
- 1894 - Birth of André de Meulemeester; Belgian WWI pilot (Eagle of Flanders).
- 1894 - Birth of Ed Healey; NFL tackle (Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears).
- 1895 - The world's first commercial movie screening to a paying audience takes place at the Grand Cafe in Paris. The film was made by Louis and Auguste Lumière, showing a series of short scenes from everyday French life.
- 1896 - Birth of Roger Huntington Sessions in Brooklyn, New York, USA; composer (Black Maskers).
- 1898 - US President William McKinley proclaims US currency will circulate in Puerto Rico as of January 1, 1899.
- 1902 - First indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Philadelphia 6-0 (Madison Square Garden, New York City).
- 1902 - Birth of Mortimer J Adler in New York City, New York, USA; author (Encyclopedia Brittanica).
- 1903 - Birth of John Von Neumann; mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938).
- 1904 - First daily wireless weather forecasts published (London, England).
- 1904 - Birth of Sergei Yutkevich in Saint Petersburg, Russia; director (Otello, Banya).
- 1905 - Birth of Cliff Arquette in Toledo, Ohio, USA; comedian (Charlie Weaver).
- 1905 - Birth of Earl "Fatha" Hines in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, USA; jazz pianist ("Deep Forest").
- 1905 - Intercollegiate Athletic Association of US founded (becomes NCAA in 1910).
- 1906 - Ecuador adopts its constitution.
- 1907 - Birth of Roman Palester; Polish composer (The Weichsel).
- 1908 - Birth of Lew Ayres in Minnesota, USA; actor (All Quiet on the Western Front, Dr Kildare).
- 1908 - Messina, Italy struck by an earthquake (nearly 80,000 dead).
- 1909 - Birth of Billy Williams in Waco, Texas, USA; singer (Your Show of Shows).
- 1909 - Birth of Nikola J Vaptsarov; Bulgaria poet (Subrani Sutsjinenija).
- 1910 - Birth of John Kerr in New Zealand; cricket player (opening batsman in 1930s).
- 1911 - Birth of Sam Levenson in New York City, New York, USA; humorist (Sam Levenson Show, Masquerade Party).
- 1912 - The first municipally-owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.
- 1913 - Birth of Lou Jacobi in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; comedian (Dean Martin Show, Melba).
- 1914 - Birth of Bernard Youens; British actor (Coronation Street).
- 1914 - Birth of Lee Bowman in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover).
- 1915 - Birth of Roebuck Staples AKA Pops Staples in Winona, Mississippi, USA; gospel/singer (The Staple Singers - "This May Be the Last Time", "I'll Take You There").
- 1916 - Birth of Noel Johnson; British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash).
- 1916 - Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at age 81.
- 1917 - Birth of Ellis Clarke; President of Trinidad and Tobago (1976-87).
- 1918 - George H White, last post-Reconstruction congressman (Pennsylvania), dies.
- 1920 - Birth of Steve Van Buren; NFL halfback (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1922 - Birth of Nyron Sultan Asgarali; cricket player (West Indian opening bat 1957).
- 1922 - Birth of Stan Lee; comics artist/creator (Spiderman, The Incredible Hulk).
- 1923 - Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at age 91.
- 1923 - Birth of Andrew Duggan; actor (Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War).
- 1924 - Birth of Johnny Otis [Veliotes]; composer ("Every Beat of My Heart").
- 1924 - Birth of Rod Serling in Syracuse, New York, USA; writer/host (The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery).
- 1925 - Birth of Bill [William] Westwood; British bishop of Peterborough.
- 1925 - Birth of Hildegarde Neff in Ulm, Germany; actress (Touch of Class, Mozambique).
- 1926 - Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) New South Wales versus Victoria in cricket.
- 1926 - Birth of Donald Carr; cricket player (England player in 1950s, later MCC honcho).
- 1926 - Imperial Airways begins England-India mail and passenger service.
- 1926 - Bill Ponsford scores 352 and Ryder 295 in cricket against New South Wales.
- 1927 - Birth of Anne Legendre Armstrong; ambassador (to United Kingdom).
- 1927 - Birth of Martin Milner in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Route 66, Adam 12, Life of Riley).
- 1927 - Birth of Simon Raven; English playwright/critic (Alms for Oblivion).
- 1929 - Birth of Maarten Schmidt; Netherlands/US astronomer (quasars).
- 1929 - Birth of Owen Bieber; United Auto Workers president.
- 1929 - Birth of Terry Sawchuk; NHL goaltender (Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers).
- 1931 - Birth of Georg "Org" Marais; South African economist/underminister of Finance.
- 1931 - Lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as President of Nanjing-China.
- 1932 - Birth of Nichelle Nichols in Robbins, Illinois, USA; actress (Uhura-Star Trek), writer, singer.
- 1932 - Birth of Dorsey Burnette in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; rocker ("Tall Oak Tree", "Hey Little One").
- 1932 - Birth of Manuel Puig in Argentina; writer (La Traicion de Rita Hayworth, Blood of Requited Love).
- 1932 - Birth of Roy Hattersley; British journalist/Labour-parliament leader.
- 1932 - John Blackham, cricket player (35 Tests as Australia wicket keeper, caught 37), dies.
- 1933 - US President Franklin Roosevelt orders private holders of gold certificates to deliver them to the US Treasurer.
- 1933 - Birth of Jack Perkins in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; newscaster (Prime Time Sunday, NBC Magazine).
- 1934 - Birth of David Warrilow; actor (Simon, Radio Days, Dakota Road, Barton Fink).
- 1934 - Birth of Maggie Smith in Ilford, England; actress (Death on the Nile, Clash of the Titans).
- 1935 - Birth of Fernando Lopes in Portugal; director (Encoberto, Matar Saudades).
- 1935 - Clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies.
- 1936 - Birth of Nichelle Nichols in Robbins, Illinois, USA; actress (Uhura - Star Trek).
- 1937 - Fascist Octavian Goga becomes Prime Minister of Romania; begins spread of Judaism.
- 1937 - Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer ("Bolero"), dies in Paris, France at age 62.
- 1938 - Birth of Bruce Yarnell in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Outlaws).
- 1938 - Birth of Charles Neville; American rock vocalist/saxophonist (Neville Brothers).
- 1938 - Birth of Janet Hough Bryant; author/performing artist/educator.
- 1938 - Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at age 48.
- 1938 - Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut versus South Africa.
- 1939 - The Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber prototype first flies.
- 1940 - Arthur Morris scores 111 in second innings of first game after 148.
- 1940 - Birth of Lonnie Liston Smith; American jazz performer (Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady).
- 1941 - Birth of Don Francisco; Spanish variety show host (Sabado Gigante).
- 1941 - Birth of Intikhab Alam; Pakistan cricket leg-spinner (1959-77).
- 1941 - State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia.
- 1942 - Birth of Paul Horowitz in New York City, New York, USA; physicist, META project (Sloan Award 1971-3).
- 1942 - Oberkommando Wehrmacht orders strategic flight out of Kaukasus.
- 1942 - Robert Sullivan becomes first pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean 100 times.
- 1943 - All inhabitants of Kalmukkie are deported, about 70,000 killed.
- 1943 - Birth of David Peterson in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; premier of Ontario Canada (Liberal) (1982-).
- 1943 - Birth of Oscar D Dhlomo; South African Secretary-General of Inkatha (1978-90).
- 1945 - Birth of Dwight Bement; rocker (Gary Puckett and Union Gap - "Young Girl").
- 1945 - Birth of Max Hastings; British editor-in-chief (Daily Telegraph).
- 1945 - US Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance".
- 1945 - Theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at age 74.
- 1945 - Birth of Birendra Bir Bikram in Nepal; King of Nepal (-2001).
- 1946 - Birth of Edgar Winter in Beaumont, Texas, USA; rocker (Edgar Winter Group - "They Only Come Out at Night", "Frankenstein").
- 1946 - Birth of Hubie Green; golfer (US Open-1977, PGA-1985).
- 1946 - Carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at age 85.
- 1947 - Birth of Dick [Richard] Diamonde [Van Der Sluys] in Hilversum, Holland; rock bassist (Easybeats - "Friday on My Mind").
- 1947 - Chicago Cardinals beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game.
- 1947 - Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at age 78.
- 1948 - Birth of Jorge Velasquez; jockey (Kentucky Derby-1981, Preakness-1981).
- 1948 - Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt, is assassinated.
- 1948 - Middel-Java as a whole in Dutch hands.
- 1948 - The Israeli Defence Force crosses the Egyptian border.
- 1949 - 20th Century Fox announces it will produce TV programs.
- 1949 - Jack Lovelock, New Zealand/American surgeon/athlete (Olympics-gold-1936), dies at age 39.
- 1949 - W Hervey Allen, American writer/poet (Anthony Adverse), dies at age 60.
- 1949 - Netherlands transfers sovereignity of Indonesia to the Republic of the United States of Indonesia.
- 1950 - Birth of Alex Chilton in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; rock guitarist/vocalist (Box Tops - "Let Me Get Close to You", "The Letter").
- 1950 - Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel into South Korea.
- 1952 - Birth of Ray Knight; third baseman (New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles).
- 1952 - Birth of S Epatha Merkerson in Saginaw, Michigan, USA; actress (Lieutenant Van Buren - Law and Order).
- 1952 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game.
- 1953 - Birth of Richard Clayderman; pianist (Amour, Romantic America).
- 1953 - Birth of Robert Pittman; TV executive/developer (MTV).
- 1954 - 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2).
- 1954 - Birth of Denzel Washington in Mount Vernon, New York, USA; actor (Dr Chandler - St. Elsewhere).
- 1954 - Birth of Rosie Vela; British singer (Zazu, Fools Paradise).
- 1954 - Birth of Tony Rosato in Naples, Italy; comedian (SCTV, Saturday Night Live, Amanda's).
- 1955 - 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0).
- 1956 - Birth of Kenneth Gant; rocker (Midnight Star - "Freak-A-Zoid", "Operator", "No Parking On The Dance Floor").
- 1956 - Birth of Michael Gibbons; rocker (Bo Donaldson and Heywoods - "Billy Don't be a Hero").
- 1956 - Ding Dong School on NBC-TV cancelled.
- 1956 - Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at age 76.
- 1957 - CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on.
- 1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test.
- 1958 - Birth of Joe Diffie in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; country singer/guitarist ("Home").
- 1958 - Birth of Mike McGuire in Haleyville, Alabama, USA; singer (Shenandoah - "Sunday in the South").
- 1959 - Birth of Everson Walls; NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants).
- 1960 - Birth of Chad McQueen; actor (Nightforce).
- 1960 - Birth of Marty Roe in Lebanon, Ohio, USA; singer (Diamond Rio - "Meet in the Middle").
- 1960 - Birth of Raymond Bourque in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; NHL defenseman (Team Canada, Boston Bruins).
- 1960 - Birth of Zane Smith in Madison, Wisconsin, USA; pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates).
- 1961 - Birth of Heather Hafner in Santa Barbara, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (National-7th-1990).
- 1961 - Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, first lady (1915-21), dies at age 89.
- 1961 - Tennessee Williams' film Night of the Iguana premieres in New York City, New York.
- 1962 - Birth of Keith Lee; basketball player (Memphis State).
- 1962 - United Nations troops occupy Elizabethstad, Katanga.
- 1963 - Abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies.
- 1963 - Birth of Malcolm Gets, actor (Richard Karinsky - Caroline In the City).
- 1963 - Birth of Mel Stottlemyre Junior; pitcher (Toronto Blues Jays).
- 1963 - Birth of Willow Bay; TV host (Good Morning America).
- 1963 - Merle Haggard's first appearance on country chart with "Sing a Sad Song".
- 1963 - Paul Hindemith; German composer (Composer's World), dies at age 68.
- 1964 - Birth of Charles Sinek; dance skater (and Beata Handra-1997 Pacific Coast Senior third).
- 1965 - Birth of Martine Robine; newspaper writer/Miss Junior Miss-France (1984).
- 1965 - Birth of Mary Waddell Gainey in Hartsville, South Carolina, USA; Miss South Carolina-America (1991-second).
- 1966 - Thirteen die in a train crash in Everett, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1966 - Birth of Joe Wolf; NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1966 - People's Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor.
- 1967 - Birth of Paul Lynch in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; canoeist (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Béla Schick, Hungarian/American children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at age 90.
- 1968 - 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival, Florida.
- 1968 - 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1).
- 1968 - The Beatles' "White Album" goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks.
- 1968 - Birth of Darrick Brownlow; NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins).
- 1968 - Birth of Jennifer Palmquest in Wilmot, South Dakota, USA; Miss South Dakota-America (1991).
- 1968 - Birth of Jozef Dano in Skalica, Czechoslovakia; hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998).
- 1968 - Birth of Kurt Schulz; NFL safety (Buffalo Bills).
- 1968 - Israeli assault on Beirut Airport.
- 1969 - Birth of Linus Torvalds; computer programmer (Linux).
- 1969 - Birth of James Trapp; NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders).
- 1969 - Dallas Cowboys' kicker Mike Clark, attempting an on-side kick against Cleveland Browns, misses the ball.
- 1969 - Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at age 78.
- 1969 - Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers premieres in New York City, New York.
- 1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1970 - Birth of Brenda Schultz-McCarthy in Haarlem, Netherlands; tennis star (1995, 1996 Oklahoma City).
- 1970 - Birth of Elizabeth McIntyre in Dunbar, West Virginia, USA; Miss America-West Virginia (1996).
- 1970 - Birth of James Jett; NFL wide receiver (Oakland Raiders).
- 1970 - L Mendel Rivers, American politician (Representative-Democrat-South Carolina), dies at age 65.
- 1970 - Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) adopts constitution.
- 1971 - Birth of Melvin Nieves in San Juan, Puerto Rico; outfielder (Detroit Tigers).
- 1971 - Birth of Michael Watkins; NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers).
- 1971 - Birth of Steve Morrison; NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1971 - The NBC TV network airs the last The Funny Side TV show in the USA.
- 1972 - Birth of Adam Clawson in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; slalom single canoe (Olympics-19th-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Adam Vinatieri; WLAF punter/kicker (Amsterdam Admirals, New England Patriots).
- 1972 - Birth of Jean-Francois Jomphe Havre in St-Pierre, California, USA; NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks).
- 1972 - Birth of Jim Kitts; WLAF running back (Frankfurt Galaxy, Miami Dolphins).
- 1972 - Birth of Patrick Rafter in Queensland, Australia; tennis star (1993 USTA/Aptos California).
- 1972 - Kim Il-song becomes President of North Korea.
- 1972 - Martin Bormann's skeleton found in Berlin (Adolf Hitler's deputy).
- 1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1973 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes Gulag Archipelag.
- 1973 - Birth of Bobby Taylor; NFL cornerback (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1973 - Birth of Garth John Da Silva in Auckland, New Zealand; heavyweight boxer (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - In the New Hebrides Islands, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs.
- 1973 - Comet Kohoutek at perihelion.
- 1974 - In Pakistan, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurs. 5,300 killed, 17,000 injured; a total of 97,000 people affected. The village of Pattan and nearby hamlets were completely destroyed.
- 1974 - Birth of Rob Niedermayer Cassiar; NHL center (Florida Panthers).
- 1975 - "Hail Mary Pass" - Dallas Cowboys beat Minnesota Vikings 17-14 on last second pass.
- 1975 - Birth of Kesley Perrin; Canadian Football League defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1975 - Birth of Tannis Vallely in New York City, New York; actress (Janice Lazorotto - Head of the Class).
- 1975 - Gary Cosier scores 109 versus West Indies at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Test Cricket debut.
- 1975 - Red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at Madison Square Garden, New York.
- 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1976 - Winnie Mandela banished in South Africa.
- 1978 - 30th hat trick in New York Islanders' history (Mike Bossy).
- 1978 - Harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich and famous", dies at age 82.
- 1979 - In Canada, the last Loto Canada lottery draw is held, as the federal government agrees to leave lotteries to the provinces.
- 1980 - Amir Elahi, cricket player, first Pakistani Test cricket player to die.
- 1980 - Jersey calf that lived 222 days with an artificial heart, dies.
- 1980 - México terminates fishing agreements with US.
- 1981 - Birth of Elizabeth Jordan Carr in Norfolk, Virginia, USA; first American test-tube baby birth.
- 1981 - Mexican decree authorizes world's first 1-ounce pure silver .999 fine bullion coin.
- 1983 - 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2).
- 1983 - Death of Dennis Wilson at age 39 in a drowning accicent; drummer/singer (Beach Boys).
- 1983 - Gavaskar achieves his 30th century, beating Donald Bradman's 29.
- 1983 - US says they will leave UNESCO on December 31, 1984.
- 1983 - Warren Cromartie signs three year US$2.5 million contract with Yomiuri Giants.
- 1983 - William Demarest, actor ("Uncle Charlie" on My Three Sons), dies in Palm Springs at age 92.
- 1984 - A Soviet cruise missile plunges into Inarinjärvi lake in Finnish Lapland.
- 1984 - Death of Sam Peckinpah, American film director (born 1925).
- 1984 - Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old.
- 1984 - TV soap Edge of Night ends 28-year run.
- 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1985 - Warring Lebanese Muslim and Christian leaders sign peace agreement.
- 1986 - Pat Davis, ranked 412th among world tennis competitors, wins Davis Cup.
- 1987 - Charles Malik, Lebanon's first delegate to the United Nations, dies at age 81.
- 1987 - In Arkansas, USA, R Gene Simmons kills two, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover.
- 1988 - US second Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism.
- 1988 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1988 - A couple in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, holds 28 tickets for the Lotto 6/49 lottery draw that day. Every one wins, with between 3 and 5 winning numbers per ticket. Total win is CDN$5260.
- 1989 - A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people. Estimated damage: US$1.1 billion.
- 1990 - Two die in a New York City subway accident.
- 1990 - Blockbuster Bowl 1: Florida State beats Pennsylvania State, 24-17.
- 1990 - Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at age 65.
- 1990 - Death of Kiel Martin of lung cancer at age 46; actor (Detective John "J.D." La Rue - Hill Street Blues).
- 1990 - Lucas Polhaupessy, Moluccan leader, dies.
- 1991 - Eight are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, New York City, New York.
- 1991 - Blockbuster Bowl 2: Alabama beats Colorado, 30-25.
- 1991 - Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at age 39.
- 1991 - Irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen.
- 1991 - Jacques Aubuchon, actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure.
- 1991 - Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiminez, 20, of Venezuela, is crowned 41st Miss World.
- 1991 - Ted Turner is named Time magazine Man of the Year.
- 1992 - Mort Greene, US songwriter ("My Grandfather's Clock"), dies at age 80.
- 1993 - Dutch Antilles government of Yandi Paula forms.
- 1993 - Death of Howard Caine at age 64; actor (Hogan's Heroes, War and Remembrance), voice actor (Jonny Quest, Challenge of the Go-Bots, Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo).
- 1993 - John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time New Jersey Devils scorer (521 points).
- 1993 - Death of William L. Shirer at age 89; radio journalist (CBS correspondent in Berlin), writer (Rise and Fall of Third Reich).
- 1994 - Billy Ray Cyrus (Achy Breaky Heart) weds Leticia Finley.
- 1994 - Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 versus England, Melbourne Cricket Ground).
- 1994 - Julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at age 60.
- 1994 - Off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs. Two people killed, more than 200 injured and damage in the Hachinohe area. Felt as far away as Tokyo.
- 1996 - India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket first inning.
- 1997 - Sting beats Hollywood Hogan for WCW Championship.
- 2000 - U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business, after 128 years.
- 2004 - Death of Jerry Orbach of pancreatic cancer at age 69; actor (Law and Order, Dirty Dancing).
- 2004 - The Ukrainian transport minister, Heorhiy Kyrpa, is found shot dead, in a suspected suicide.
- 2005 - The Chicago White Sox and Jon Garland sign a three-year, US$29 million contract.
- 2006 - Death of Don Edgren at age 83 in Oregon, USA; engineer leader of Disneyland's engineering team, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, named Disney Legend in 2006.
- 2007 - Death of Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (born 1982).
- 2008 - The Detroit Lions end the football season with no wins, sixteen losses, the worst losing record in NFL history.
- 2008 - Opposition leader John Atta Mills wins Ghana's presidency, 50.23 percent to Nana Akufo-Addo's 49.77 percent.
- 2014 - Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore crashes into the Java Sea just southwest of Borneo, killing all 162 people on board.
- 2015 - Death of Ian Kilmister AKA Lemmy at age 70; British singer and bass guitarist (Motörhead) (born 1945).
- 2018 - Death of Abdelmalek Benhabyles, Acting President of Algeria (born 1921).
- 2018 - Death of Shehu Shagari, 6th President of Nigeria (born 1925).
- 2019 - A truck bomb attributed to al-Shabaab kills at least 78 and wounds 125 in Mogadishu, Somalia.
- 2021 - Death of Harry Reid at age 82 from pancreatic cancer in Henderson, Nevada, USA; US Senator from Nevada, US Senate majority leader.
- 2021 - Death of John Madden at age 85 in Pleasanton, California, USA; American football coach (Oakland Raiders 1969-1978, Super Bowl win 1977), NFL TV commentator (1979-2008, 16 Sports Emmy awards), voice actor (Madden NFL video games).
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