December 28
1065
Westminster Abbey consecrated.
1832
John C. Calhoun became the first vice president in U.S. history to resign from office.
1846
Iowa became the 29th state in the United States.
1869
William F. Semple patented chewing gum.
1895
The Lumiere Brothers gave the first commercial movie show at the Grand Cafe in Paris.
1937
Composer Maurice Ravel died in Paris at age 62.
1945
Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.
1981
Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Va.
Birthdays
Woodrow Wilson
1856–1924, 28th President of the United States
Eliza Lucas Pinckney
horticulturist (1722)
Earl “Fatha” Hines
jazz pianist (1903)
Stan Lee
writer, editor (1922)
Simon Raven
writer (1927)
Manuel Puig
novelist (1932)
Dame Maggie Smith
actress (1934)
Denzel Washington
actor (1954)
Ray Bourque
hockey player (1960)
Linus Torvalds
computer scientist (1969)
John Legend
singer, songwriter, pianist (1978)