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What happened in history on this day: December 28?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On December 28 in ...
- 1955 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring Man and the Moon.
- 1982 - Attendance at Walt Disney World reaches a high of 123,000 for the day.
- 1998 - Azerbaijan issues a postage stamp for the World Rapid Chess Championship, depicting Disney characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.
- 2005 - Early in the day, a six-story tall plastic Christmas tree catches fire in Disneyland's Grand Californian Hotel.
- 1953 - Production of 1954 model Corvettes begins, in St. Louis.
- 1941 - A Halifax aircraft takes off from Tangmere with three commando units, destined for Czechoslovakia, on a mission to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich.
- 1941 - The first formal American meeting on biological warfare is held, in Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1942 - Adolf Hitler issues Directive 47, regarding command and defence measures in the South-east, including Crete, German and Italian bases in the Aegean Sea, and the Balkan peninsula.
- 1943 - Adolf Hitler issues orders forbidding withdrawal of personnel or material from France, Belgium, or Holland areas.
- 1943 - With the Canadian 1st Division close to Highway 16 northwest of Ortona, Italy, German defenders withdraw from the city.
- 1945 - A Canadian military court in Aurich, Germany, finds German Major-General Kurt Meyer responsible for the murder of 18 Canadian prisoners of war, though not guilty of giving the order. The sentence is execution by firing squad.
- 1967 - Poland issues two postage stamps depicting memorials to the 1939-45 struggle.
- 1990 - Malagasy issues a 100-franc postage stamp depicting Charles de Gaulle and the 1944 liberation of Paris.
- 1982 - Tom Bundy scores a world record 4,787,665 on the Kickman arcade game.
- 1912 - First San Francisco Mint nickel enters circulation, as San Francisco Mayor James J. Rolph Jr. pays the fare for the San Francisco Municipal Railway.
- 1915 - Treasury announces coin design competition for silver fractional coins.
- 1977 - Stella Hackel, attorney from Vermont, is sworn in as US Mint Director.
- 1887 - Sir John Layton Jarvis becomes first British race horse trainer to be knighted.
- 1902 - First indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Philadelphia 6-0 (Madison Square Garden, New York City).
- 1905 - Intercollegiate Athletic Association of US founded (becomes NCAA in 1910).
- 1905 - New South Wales all out for 805 versus Victoria in cricket, win by innings and 253.
- 1926 - Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) New South Wales versus Victoria in cricket.
- 1926 - Bill Ponsford scores 352 and Ryder 295 in cricket against New South Wales.
- 1938 - Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut versus South Africa.
- 1940 - Arthur Morris scores 111 in second innings of first game after 148.
- 1947 - Chicago Cardinals beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game.
- 1952 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game.
- 1954 - 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2).
- 1955 - 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0).
- 1957 - CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on.
- 1968 - 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1).
- 1969 - Dallas Cowboys' kicker Mike Clark, attempting an on-side kick against Cleveland Browns, misses the ball.
- 1975 - "Hail Mary Pass" - Dallas Cowboys beat Minnesota Vikings 17-14 on last second pass.
- 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.
- 1978 - 30th hat trick in New York Islanders' history (Mike Bossy).
- 1983 - 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2).
- 1983 - Gavaskar achieves his 30th century, beating Donald Bradman's 29.
- 1983 - Warren Cromartie signs three year US$2.5 million contract with Yomiuri Giants.
- 1986 - Pat Davis, ranked 412th among world tennis competitors, wins Davis Cup.
- 1990 - Blockbuster Bowl 1: Florida State beats Pennsylvania State, 24-17.
- 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.
- 1993 - John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time New Jersey Devils scorer (521 points).
- 1994 - Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 versus England, Melbourne Cricket Ground).
- 1996 - India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket first inning.
- 1997 - Sting beats Hollywood Hogan for WCW Championship.
- 2005 - The Chicago White Sox and Jon Garland sign a three-year, US$29 million contract.
- 2008 - The Detroit Lions end the football season with no wins, sixteen losses, the worst losing record in NFL history.
- 2021 - At SAP Center in San Jose, California, USA, NHL regular season game: San Jose Sharks beats Arizona Coyotes by score 8-4.
- 2021 - At crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Vegas Golden Knights beats Los Angeles Kings by score 6-3.
- 2021 - At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Montreal Canadiens by score 5-4.
- 1612 - Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogues it as a fixed star.
- 1973 - Comet Kohoutek at perihelion.
- 1816 - American Colonization Society organizes.
- 1832 - John Calhoun becomes first US Vice-President to resign (differences with President Andrew Jackson).
- 1846 - Iowa admitted as 29th state of the USA.
- 1861 - New York bankers unanimously decide to suspend specie payments on December 30.
- 1861 - US government suspends specie payments (gold) for paper money.
- 1864 - Battle of Egypt Station, Mississippi.
- 1869 - William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA, patents chewing gum.
- 1877 - John Stevens, Wisconsin, applies for a patent on his flour rolling mill.
- 1898 - US President William McKinley proclaims US currency will circulate in Puerto Rico as of January 1, 1899.
- 1912 - The first municipally-owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.
- 1933 - US President Franklin Roosevelt orders private holders of gold certificates to deliver them to the US Treasurer.
- 1939 - The Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber prototype first flies.
- 1945 - US Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance".
- 1966 - Thirteen die in a train crash in Everett, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1968 - 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival, Florida.
- 1969 - Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers premieres in New York City, New York.
- 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1980 - México terminates fishing agreements with US.
- 1983 - US says they will leave UNESCO on December 31, 1984.
- 1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 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.
- 1990 - Two die in a New York City subway accident.
- 1991 - Ted Turner is named Time magazine Man of the Year.
- 2000 - U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business, after 128 years.
Other history:
- 1065 - Westminister Abbey opens in London, England.
- 1828 - 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo, Japan, 30,000 killed.
- 1846 - Iowa becomes 29th state of USA.
- 1895 - World's first movie theater opens in Paris, France.
- 1903 - Electric lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago, Illinois, USA; 602 die.
- 1908 - Messina, Italy, struck by an earthquake (nearly 80,000 died).
- 1972 - Kim Il-song becomes President of North Korea.
- 1974 - 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed.
- 1984 - Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old.
- 1985 - Warring Lebanese Moslem and Christian leaders sign peace agreement.
- 2000 - U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business, after 128 years.
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