History for December 28

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Woodrow Wilson 1856 - 28th U.S. President - More information here - Today in U.S. President History, John Molson 1763 - Beer brewer, founder of Molson Beer, Martin Milner 1927 - Actor (Route 66, Adam 12, Columbo) 


Maggie Smith 1934 - Actress (Lettice & Lovage), Edgar Winter 1946 - Musician (Edgar Winter’s White Trash), Denzel Washington 1954 - Actor (Glory, Malcolm X, The Hurricane) 


1732 - "The Pennsylvania Gazette," owned by Benjamin Franklin, ran an ad for the first issue of "Poor Richard’s Almanack." 


1836 - Mexico's independence was recognized by Spain. 


1937 - The Irish Free State became the Republic of Ireland when a new constitution established the country as a sovereign state under the name of Eire. 


1945 - The U.S. Congress officially recognized the "Pledge of Allegiance." 


1956 - After five years on television, the last "Ding Dong School" was aired on NBC-TV. 


1964 - Initial filming of the movie "Dr. Zhivago" began on location near Madrid, Spain. The movies total running time is 197 minutes. 


1973 - The Chamber of Commerce of Akron, OH, terminated its association with the All-American Soap Box Derby. It was stated that the race had become "a victim of cheating and fraud." 


1973 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn published "Gulag Archipelago," an expose of the Soviet prison system.