On this day: 28 December

Selected events and births on 28 December, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 484 – Alaric II succeeded his father Euric as King of the Visigoths. Read more: Alaric II Euric Visigothic Kingdom
• 1065 – Westminster Abbey, built by Edward the Confessor as the first Romanesque church in England, was first consecrated. Read more: Westminster Abbey Edward the Confessor Romanesque architecture
• 1612 – Galileo Galilei became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star. Read more: Galileo Galilei Neptune Fixed stars
• 1767 – Taksin the Great was crowned king of the newly established Thonburi Kingdom at the new capital of Thonburi in present-day Thailand. Read more: Taksin Thonburi Kingdom Thonburi
• 1907 – The last confirmed sighting of the now-extinct huia occurred in the Tararua Range on New Zealand's North Island. Read more: Huia Tararua Range North Island
• 1916 – Up to 1,000 lumber workers initiated a labor strike against the Virginia and Rainy Lake Lumber Company in Minnesota, United States, which lasted over a month. Read more: 1916–1917 northern Minnesota lumber strike
• 1918 – At the general election in Ireland, Constance Markievicz was elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as the first female member of Parliament, although she never took her seat. Read more: 1918 United Kingdom general election in Ireland Constance Markievicz House of Commons of the United Kingdom
• 1925 – The Tokyo Grand Sumo Association became the All Japan Sumo Association at the instigation of Prince-Regent Hirohito, laying the foundations for the world's sole professional sumo association. Read more: Japan Sumo Association Hirohito Sumo
• 1967 – American businesswoman Muriel Siebert became the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. Read more: Muriel Siebert New York Stock Exchange
• 2018 – Netflix released Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, its first interactive content for adults. Read more: Netflix Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

Born on this day

• 1939 – Philip Anschutz, American businessman, founded Anschutz Entertainment Group Read more: Philip Anschutz Anschutz Entertainment Group
• 1940 – A. K. Antony, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence Read more: A. K. Antony Minister of Defence (India)
• 1943 – David Peterson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Ontario Read more: David Peterson Premier of Ontario
• 1946 – Mike Beebe, American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Arkansas Read more: Mike Beebe Governor of Arkansas
• 1953 – Tatsumi Fujinami, Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded Dradition wrestling promotion Read more: Tatsumi Fujinami Dradition
• 1969 – Linus Torvalds, Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel Read more: Linus Torvalds Linux kernel
• 1995 – Dylan Cease, American baseball player Read more: Dylan Cease
• 1995 – Mauricio Lemos, Uruguayan footballer Read more: Mauricio Lemos
• 1996 – Tanguy Ndombele, French footballer Read more: Tanguy Ndombele
• 1999 – Iqbaal Ramadhan, Indonesian actor and singer Read more: Iqbaal Ramadhan
• 2001 – Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Canadian actress Read more: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
• 2002 – Tom Cannon, British-Irish footballer Read more: Tom Cannon (footballer)

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / December 28 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.