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December 28

December 28 carries an unusually long memory — its events reach back as far as 484. Most of the weight falls in the 21st century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♑ZodiacCapricorn ◈BirthstoneTurquoise ❀Birth flowerHolly

Capricorn is the sign for December 28 — read more on the Capricorn page, or see December's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on December 28?

December 28 is the 362nd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 484 and 2014. Famous people born on December 28 include Seth Meyers, Markus Weinzierl and John von Neumann.

Released on December 28

Movies, games, albums & shows

2023

  • Game Buckshot Roulette

2021

  • TV Love Actually

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 484

    Alaric II

  2. 893

    893 Dvin earthquake

  3. 1768

    Taksin

  4. 1908

    1908 Messina earthquake

  5. 1941

    World War II

  6. 1967

    Muriel Siebert

  7. 2006

    War in Somalia (2006–2009)

  8. 2009

    2009 Karachi bombing

  9. 2014

    MS Norman Atlantic

  10. 2014

    Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501

Famous birthday twins

Born on December 28

Seth Meyers

b. 1973

Markus Weinzierl

b. 1974

John von Neumann

b. 1903

Ben Tune

b. 1976

Linus Torvalds

b. 1969

Woodrow Wilson

b. 1856

Liu Xiaobo

b. 1955

Denzel Washington

b. 1954

Deaths

  • 2025Brigitte Bardot
  • 2021Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff
  • 1984Sam Peckinpah
  • 1959Ante Pavelić
  • 1937Maurice Ravel
  • 1913Ahmet Mithat

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Abel (Coptic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Caterina Volpicelli
  • —Christian feast day: Feast of the Holy Innocents or Childermas; in Spain and Latin American countries the festival is celebrated with pranks (inocentadas), similar to April Fools' Day (Catholic Church, Church of England, Lutheran Church), and its related observances: Els Enfarinats (Ibi, Spain)
  • —Christian feast day: Simon the Athonite
  • —Christian feast day: December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —King Taksin Memorial Day (Thailand)
  • —Proclamation Day (South Australia), celebration started on the day following Christmas (South Australia)
  • —Republic Day (South Sudan)

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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