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28 December, 2007
Nepal declared a federal democratic Republic by interim parliament, abolishing the monarchy.
28 December, 2005
A U.S. immigration judge orders John Demjanjuk deported to Ukraine for crimes against humanity committed during World War II.
28 December, 2000
U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
28 December, 1999
Saparmurat Niyazov is proclaimed President for Life in Turkmenistan.
28 December, 1989
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
28 December, 1981
The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born in Norfolk, Virginia.
28 December, 1974
Senegalese marxist group Reenu-Rew founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.
28 December, 1973
The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.
28 December, 1950
The Peak District becomes the United Kingdoms first National Park.
28 December, 1948
The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.
28 December, 1945
The Congress of the United States officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance.
28 December, 1939
First flight of the Consolidated XB-24 Liberator bomber prototype.
28 December, 1935
Pravda publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union.
28 December, 1917
H. L. Mencken publishes A Neglected Anniversary, aka, the Bathtub hoax.
28 December, 1912
The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.
28 December, 1908
An earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily killing over 75,000.
28 December, 1902
The first indoor professional American football game is played at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
28 December, 1895
The Lumière brothers have their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines marking the debut of the cinema.
28 December, 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.
28 December, 1867
United States claims Midway Island, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.
28 December, 1846
Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
28 December, 1836
Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.
28 December, 1836
South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
28 December, 1835
Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
28 December, 1832
John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.
28 December, 1612
Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
28 December, 1308
The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins.
28 December, 1065
Westminster Abbey is consecrated.

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