What are the important events that happened on December 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

December 28: Facts & Myths About This Day

December 28 is the 363^rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 3 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 15, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 482,040 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectahexacontatrigon’ day.

Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 32 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,390 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

December 28 Historical Events

• 1795 –
  Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto, Ontario).
• 1879 –
  The Tay Bridge Disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
• 1895 –
  The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema.
• 1918 –
  Constance Markievicz while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.
• 1948 –
  The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.
• 1972 –
  Kim Il-sung, already Prime Minister of North Korea and General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, became the first President of North Korea.
• 1973 –
  The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.
• 1978 –
  With the crew investigating a problem with the landing gear, United Airlines Flight 173 runs out of fuel and crashes in Portland, Oregon, killing 10. As a result, United Airlines instituted the industry’s first crew resource management program.
• 2000 –
  U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
• 2008 –
  War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.

Who were born on December 28?

• 1888 –
  Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, German film director (d. 1931)
• 1934 –
  Rudi Faßnacht, German football manager (d. 2000)
• 1940 –
  Don Francisco, Chilean television host
• 1945 –
  Birendra of Nepal (d. 2001)
• 1952 –
  Arun Jaitley, Indian Politician
• 1953 –
  Richard Clayderman, French pianist
• 1973 –
  Alex Dimitriades, Australian actor
• 1977 –
  Shane Elford, Australian rugby league player
• 1979 –
  Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress
• 1982 –
  François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete

Who died on December 28?

• 1367 –
  Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)
• 1558 –
  Hermann Finck, German composer (b. 1527)
• 1622 –
  Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva and saint (b. 1567)
• 1663 –
  Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
• 1703 –
  Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664)
• 1859 –
  Thomas Macaulay, British poet (b. 1800)
• 1916 –
  Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 –
  Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian World War One flying ace (b. 1892)
• 1976 –
  Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903)
• 2008 –
  Irene Lieblich, Polish-born painter (b. 1923)