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 362^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 3 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 15, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,448,000 minutes 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 ‘trihectahexacontadigon’ 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 51 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 4,755 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

December 28 Historical Events

• 893 –
  An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia.
• 1768 –
  King Taksin’s coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
• 1836 –
  Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.
• 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.
• 1908 –
  A magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily killing over 75,000.
• 1912 –
  The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.
• 1918 –
  Constance Markievicz while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.
• 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.

Who were born on December 28?

• 1763 –
  John Molson, English-born Canadian brewer (d. 1836)
• 1932 –
  Manuel Puig, Argentine writer (d. 1990)
• 1944 –
  Kary Mullis, American chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1951 –
  Ian Buruma, Anglo-Dutch scholar and writer on Japan and the Far East
• 1962 –
  Choi Soo Jong, South Korean actor
• 1962 –
  Michel Petrucciani, French pianist (d. 1999)
• 1965 –
  Allar Levandi, Estonian Nordic combined skier
• 1973 –
  Herborg Kråkevik, Norwegian singer and actress
• 1975 –
  B.J. Ryan, American baseball player
• 1983 –
  Mike He, Taiwanese actor

Who died on December 28?

• 1558 –
  Hermann Finck, German composer (b. 1527)
• 1622 –
  Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva and saint (b. 1567)
• 1945 –
  Theodore Dreiser, American author (b. 1871)
• 1949 –
  Jack Lovelock, New Zealand athlete (b. 1910)
• 1962 –
  Kathleen Clifford, American actress (b. 1887)
• 1983 –
  Dennis Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (b. 1944)
• 1989 –
  Hermann Oberth, German physicist (b. 1894)
• 2004 –
  Susan Sontag, American writer (b. 1933)
• 2007 –
  Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iran national basketball team player (b. 1982)
• 2009 –
  James Owen “The Rev” Sullivan, American musician drummer and back-up vocalist of Avenged Sevenfold (b. 1981)