December 28
Today is the 363rd day of 2016, there are three days left in the year.
1065 - Westminster Abbey was consecrated.
1612 - Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observed the planet Neptune, but mistook it for a star. (Neptune wasn't officially discovered until 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.)
1694 - Queen Mary II of England died after five years of joint rule with her husband, King William III.
1832 - John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down over differences with President Andrew Jackson.
1846 - Iowa became the 29th state.
1856 - Thomas Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, was born in Staunton, Virginia.
1869 - William F. Semple patented chewing gum.
1945 - Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.
1973 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn published "Gulag Archipelago", an expose of the Soviet prison system.
1981 - Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
1982 - A black man was mortally wounded by a police officer in a Miami video arcade, setting off three days of race-related disturbances that left another man dead.
2005 - Former Enron Corp. accountant Richard Causey pleaded guilty to securities fraud and agreed to help pursue convictions against Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling.
Birthdays
23 - Connor Weil (actor)
26 - David Archuleta (singer)
27 - Mackenzie Rosman (actress)
29 - Thomas Dekker (actor)
31 - Taryn Terrell (professional wrestler)
35 - Sienna Miller (actress)
38 - John Legend (singer)
40 - Joe Manganiello (actor)
43 - Seth Meyers (TV host)
44 - Adam Vinatieri (football player)
46 - Elaine Hendrix (actress)
47 - Linus Torvalds (software engineer)
62 - Denzel Washington (actor)
62 - Gayle King (radio host)
82 - Maggie Smith (acterss)
94 - Stan Lee (comic book author)
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Today in Sports History - December 28
1902 - The first professional indoor football game was played at Madison Square Garden. Syracuse defeated the Philadelphia Nationals 6-0.
1905 - The forerunner of the NCAA, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States, was founded in New York City.
1918 - Georges Vezina (Montreal Canadiens) became the first NHL goalie to record an assist. The assist came on a goal by Newsy Lalonde.
1947 - The Chicago Cardinals defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in the NFL championship game.
1952 - The Detroit Lions defeat the Cleveland Browns 17-7 in the NFL championship game.
1958 - The Baltimore Colts defeated the New York Giants 23-17 in overtime in the NFL championship game at Yankee Stadium, in what has been dubbed the greatest football game ever played.
1975 - The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Minnesota Vikings 17-14 on a last second Hail Mary pass to win a playoff game.
1975 - The Soviet national hockey team defeats the New York Rangers 7-3 at Madison Square Garden.
2003 - Jamal Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens became the fifth player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season, joining Eric Dickerson, O.J. Simpson, Barry Sanders and Terrell Davis.
2003 - Mike Vanderjagt of the Indianapolis Colts set a new NFL record when he kicked his 41st consecutive field goal.
2003 - Priest Holmes of the Kansas City Chiefs set an NFL record with his 27th touchdown of the season.
2005 - Nebraska upset #20 Michigan 32-28 to win the Alamo Bowl. Nebraska finished the season with a 8-4 record and a #24 ranking in both the AP and Coaches polls.
2008 - The Detroit Lions completed the first 0-16 season in NFL history, the worst season in league history, after a 31-21 loss to the Green Bay Packers.
Today is the 363rd day of 2016, there are three days left in the year.
1065 - Westminster Abbey was consecrated.
1612 - Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observed the planet Neptune, but mistook it for a star. (Neptune wasn't officially discovered until 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.)
1694 - Queen Mary II of England died after five years of joint rule with her husband, King William III.
1832 - John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down over differences with President Andrew Jackson.
1846 - Iowa became the 29th state.
1856 - Thomas Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, was born in Staunton, Virginia.
1869 - William F. Semple patented chewing gum.
1945 - Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.
1973 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn published "Gulag Archipelago", an expose of the Soviet prison system.
1981 - Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
1982 - A black man was mortally wounded by a police officer in a Miami video arcade, setting off three days of race-related disturbances that left another man dead.
2005 - Former Enron Corp. accountant Richard Causey pleaded guilty to securities fraud and agreed to help pursue convictions against Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling.
Birthdays
23 - Connor Weil (actor)
26 - David Archuleta (singer)
27 - Mackenzie Rosman (actress)
29 - Thomas Dekker (actor)
31 - Taryn Terrell (professional wrestler)
35 - Sienna Miller (actress)
38 - John Legend (singer)
40 - Joe Manganiello (actor)
43 - Seth Meyers (TV host)
44 - Adam Vinatieri (football player)
46 - Elaine Hendrix (actress)
47 - Linus Torvalds (software engineer)
62 - Denzel Washington (actor)
62 - Gayle King (radio host)
82 - Maggie Smith (acterss)
94 - Stan Lee (comic book author)
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Today in Sports History - December 28
1902 - The first professional indoor football game was played at Madison Square Garden. Syracuse defeated the Philadelphia Nationals 6-0.
1905 - The forerunner of the NCAA, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States, was founded in New York City.
1918 - Georges Vezina (Montreal Canadiens) became the first NHL goalie to record an assist. The assist came on a goal by Newsy Lalonde.
1947 - The Chicago Cardinals defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in the NFL championship game.
1952 - The Detroit Lions defeat the Cleveland Browns 17-7 in the NFL championship game.
1958 - The Baltimore Colts defeated the New York Giants 23-17 in overtime in the NFL championship game at Yankee Stadium, in what has been dubbed the greatest football game ever played.
1975 - The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Minnesota Vikings 17-14 on a last second Hail Mary pass to win a playoff game.
1975 - The Soviet national hockey team defeats the New York Rangers 7-3 at Madison Square Garden.
2003 - Jamal Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens became the fifth player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season, joining Eric Dickerson, O.J. Simpson, Barry Sanders and Terrell Davis.
2003 - Mike Vanderjagt of the Indianapolis Colts set a new NFL record when he kicked his 41st consecutive field goal.
2003 - Priest Holmes of the Kansas City Chiefs set an NFL record with his 27th touchdown of the season.
2005 - Nebraska upset #20 Michigan 32-28 to win the Alamo Bowl. Nebraska finished the season with a 8-4 record and a #24 ranking in both the AP and Coaches polls.
2008 - The Detroit Lions completed the first 0-16 season in NFL history, the worst season in league history, after a 31-21 loss to the Green Bay Packers.
