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This Day in History – December 28, 2011

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1065 – Westminster Abbey is consecrated. 1612 – Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star. 1732 – First known ad for “Poor Richard’s Almanack” (Pennsylvania Gazette) 1816 – American Colonization Society organizes 1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign, citing differences with President Jackson 1835 – Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army. 1846 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th state. 1864 – Battle of Egypt Station, MS 1867 – United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits. 1869 – William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing gum 1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines in Paris, marking the debut of the cinema. 1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays. 1903 – Electric lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago; 602 die 1904 – First daily wireless weather forecasts published (London) 1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California. (MUNI) 1915 – San Francisco City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph 1928 – Louis Armstrong makes 78rpm recording of “West End Blues” 1942 – Robert Sullivan becomes first pilot to fly the Atlantic 100 times 1945 – The United States Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance. 1949 – 20th Century Fox announces it will produce TV programs 1958 – “Greatest Game Ever Played” – Baltimore Colts vs New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York’s Yankee Stadium. Colts beat Giants 23-17 1958 – Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hit #1 1963 – Merle Haggard’s first appearance on country chart with “Sing a Sad Song” 1967 – Muriel Siebert is first women to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange 1968 – Beatles’ “Beatles (The White Album)” goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks 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. 1975 – “Hail Mary Pass” – Cowboys beat Vikings 17-14 on last second pass 1976 – Winnie Mandela banished in South Africa 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. 1980 – México terminated fishing agreements with US 1981 – Warner-Elektra-Atlantic raises price of 45 records from $1.68 to $1.98 1984 – Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old 1984 – TV soap “The Edge of Night” ends 28 year run 1987 – In Arkansas R. Gene Simmons kills 2, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover, AR 1990 – 2 die in a NYC subway accident 1991 – Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year 2000 – U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years. 2009 – 43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura. 2010 – Arab Spring: Popular protests begin in Algeria against the government. 2011 – Kim Jong Il, son and successor of Kim Il-Sung, known as North Korea’s “Dear Leader,” is interred in a highly publicized national ceremony.]]]]> ]]>

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