December 28 in History

Appointed Pope

Edward is too ill to attend the consecration of the Westminster church he had built.

Westminster Abbey is consecrated on 28 December, but Edward is too ill to attend the ceremony.

Edward's new abbey church is consecrated on 28 December 1065.

Falls into a coma, dreams the Anglo-Saxons will be consumed by fire & sword

Falls into a coma, dreams the Anglo-Saxons will be consumed by fire & sword

Edward tells Harold "I commend Edith & all the Kingdom to your protection"

Edward tells Harold "I commend Edith & all the Kingdom to your protection"

Edward's new Westminster Abbey is consecrated while the king remains gravely ill and unable to attend.

Present at the consecration of the new abbey church of Westminster, last public act

Present at the consecration of the new abbey church of Westminster

Stigand is associated with the royal church at Westminster when the new abbey is consecrated.

Is appointed Lord High Admiral late in 1542 and assumes senior responsibility for English naval affairs.

Byron replaces Lunsford as Lieutenant of the Tower.

Charles appoints John Byron as the new Lieutenant of the Tower.

Charles appoints John Byron as the new Lieutenant of the Tower.

George Is marriage to Sophea Dorothea is anulled

William III of Orange becomes sole monarch after the death of Mary II, ending the period of joint kingship.

Forms an anti Prussian alliance with Austria & Holland

Appointed Commissioner to France

Britain takes control of the islands by force with the invasion of the Falkland Islands following the destruction of the Argentine settlement at Puerto Luis by the American sloop USS Lexington

Britain takes control of the islands by force with the invasion of the Falkland Islands following the destruction of the Argentine settlement at Puerto Luis by the American sloop USS Lexington

Melgarejo seizes power and begins an authoritarian presidency.

Melgarejo assumes the presidency after overthrowing Acha.

Military leaders remove Daza during the War of the Pacific.

The first Session of Indian National Congress is held from 28-31 December 1885, and is attended by 72 delegates

Presents projected motion pictures to a paying public audience.

Helps establish cinema through a combined camera and projector.

Cabinet endorses Robertsons & Haigs decision for the Western Front to have priority

Faces a Reparation Commission finding that Germany has failed to make required deliveries to France.

Directs foreign policy as the Reparation Commission declares Germany deficient in required deliveries to France.

The Lahore session under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru holds special significance as in this session "Poorna Swaraj" (complete independence) was declared as the goal of Indian National Congress

The Lahore session under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru holds special significance as in this session "Poorna Swaraj" (complete independence) was declared as the goal of Indian National Congress

Delivers the Gibbs Lecture on an elementary proof of the equivalence of mass and energy.

Goga forms a short-lived government that adopts antisemitic measures.

Roosevelt approves detailed plans for full-scale production facilities and atomic-weapon development.

Is assassinated by a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Becomes Prime Minister after Mahmoud el-Nokrashy's assassination.

Chinese forces move South across the 38th parallel into South Korea

Che announces over Radio Rebelde that the last troops in Santa Clara had surrendered

Discusses a transition as Batista's regime collapses.

Authorizes stronger United Nations military action after renewed fighting blocks a negotiated settlement in Katanga.

Arrives in Vietnam to lead an investigation into the My Lai Massacre

Hanoi agrees to Nixon's conditions for reopening peace negotiations

Soviet-controlled Radio Kabul announces the removal of Hafizullah Amin's government.

Alexander Dubcek is elected speaker of the federal Parliament on December 28 and Vaclav Havel the President of Czechoslovakia on December 29 1989

Alexander Dubcek is elected speaker of the federal Parliament on December 28 and Vaclav Havel the President of Czechoslovakia on December 29 1989

Signs measures allowing expanded private ownership and transfer of land as part of market reforms.

Leads the Netherlands when the country's ratification notification is deposited for Maastricht.

Galileo performs a distant Ganymede encounter while coordinating broader Jupiter-system observations with Cassini.

Nastase forms a government focused on Euro-Atlantic integration.

Al-Qaeda Commander Mustafa Abu al-Yazid claims responsibility for the attack, describing Bhutto as "the most precious American asset"

Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the rival opposition party Pakistan Muslim League, states that "This is a tragedy for her party, and a tragedy for our party and the entire nation"

Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the rival opposition party Pakistan Muslim League, states that "This is a tragedy for her party, and a tragedy for our party and the entire nation"

Al-Qaeda Commander Mustafa Abu al-Yazid claims responsibility for the attack, describing Bhutto as "the most precious American asset"

Bhuttos body is flown to her hometown of Garhi Khuda Bakhsh in Larkana District, Sindh, and is buried next to her father in the family mausoleum at a ceremony attended by hundreds of thousands of mourners

Ghimpu's acting presidency ends after parliamentary leadership changes

Prime Minister Vlad Filat briefly exercises acting presidential duties

Chiwenga becomes Vice-President after retiring from military command.

Mohadi is appointed as one of Zimbabwe's two Vice-Presidents.

Birth of Thomas Woodrow Wilson

The future astrophysicist and relativity advocate is born.

Birth of Arthur Eddington

Arthur Stanley Eddington is born in Kendal, Westmorland.

Birth of Maggie Smith

Birth of Margaret Natalie Smith Cross

Says to Harold on his deathbed, "I commend Edith & all the Kingdom to your protection". Death of Edward the Confessor

Mary II dies of smallpox, leaving William III of Orange to rule alone and causing him profound personal grief.

Death of Sam Peckinpah

The Interior Ministry of Pakistan states that "Bhutto was killed when she tried to duck back into the vehicle, and the shock waves from the blast knocked her head into a lever attached to the sunroof, fracturing her skull"

Serves in de Cordobas Spanish army during their victory against the French

A mercenary who marches with the French army to Italy, where he fights in the Battle of Garigliano

Leads rebel forces in the decisive battle for Santa Clara.

Guevara directs his "suicide squad" in the attack on Santa Clara, the decisive victory of the revolution

Che announces over Radio Rebelde that the last troops in Santa Clara had surrendered

Guevara directs his "suicide squad" in the attack on Santa Clara, the decisive victory of the revolution

Within 12 hours of Santa Clara's caputre Batista goes into exile

Viet Cong forces open the Battle of Binh Gia, which continues into early January 1965