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December 28

December 28 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 484 and 2014. Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths. He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul).

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Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 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.

The shape of the day

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.

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

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

    Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths. He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul).

  2. 893

    893 Dvin earthquake

    An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia.

  3. 1768

    Taksin

    King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

  4. 1908

    1908 Messina earthquake

    The 7.1 Mw Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between about 80,000.

  5. 1941

    World War II

    World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.

  6. 1967

    Muriel Siebert

    American businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.

  7. 2006

    War in Somalia (2006–2009)

    War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.

  8. 2009

    2009 Karachi bombing

    Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.

  9. 2014

    MS Norman Atlantic

    Nine people die and another 19 are reported missing, when the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire in the Strait of Otranto, in the Adriatic Sea, in Italian waters.

  10. 2014

    Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501

    Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.

Famous birthday twins

Born on December 28

Seth Meyers

b. 1973

American actor, producer, screenwriter, and talk show host

Markus Weinzierl

b. 1974

German footballer and manager

John von Neumann

b. 1903

Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist

Ben Tune

b. 1976

Australian rugby player

Linus Torvalds

b. 1969

Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel

Woodrow Wilson

b. 1856

American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

Liu Xiaobo

b. 1955

Chinese author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate

Denzel Washington

b. 1954

American actor, director, and producer

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)

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted 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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