Thursday, December 28, 2017

History for December 28

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History for December 28 - On-This-Day.com
Woodrow Wilson 1856 - 28th U.S. President, Arthur Stanley Eddington 1882, John Molson 1763 - Beer brewer, founder of Molson Beer 
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Sam Levinson 1911 - Humorist, Martin Milner 1927 - Actor (Route 66, Adam 12, Columbo), Denzel Washington 1954 - Actor (Glory, Malcolm X, The Hurricane) 
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 1732 - "The Pennsylvania Gazette," owned by Benjamin Franklin, ran an ad for the first issue of "Poor Richard’s Almanack."
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 1832 - John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down over differences with President Jackson.
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 1836 - Mexico's independence was recognized by Spain.
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 1877 - John Stevens applied for a patent for his flour-rolling mill, which boosted production by 70%.
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 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.
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 1945 - The U.S. Congress officially recognized the "Pledge of Allegiance."
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 1956 - After five years on television, the last "Ding Dong School" was aired on NBC-TV.
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 1973 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn published "Gulag Archipelago," an expose of the Soviet prison system.
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