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This is a list of selected December 28 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Ineligible

Blurb Reason
Proclamation Day in South Australia (1836); refimprove
1065Westminster Abbey in London, built by Edward the Confessor between 1045 and 1050, was consecrated. unreferenced section
1835Osceola led his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the U.S. Army. Tagged with {{refimprove}}
1879 – The Tay Rail Bridge, spanning the Firth of Tay in Scotland between Dundee and the Wormit, collapsed during a violent storm while a train was passing over it, killing all on board. Tagged with {{refimprove}}
1895History of film: Using their cinematograph in Paris, the Lumière brothers showed motion pictures to a paying audience for the first time. tagged with {{unreferenced}} and {{expand}}
1948 – The Douglas DC-3 airliner NC16002, en route from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Miami, Florida, disappeared in the area known as the Bermuda Triangle. refimprove
1999Saparmurat Niyazov, the first President of Turkmenistan, was proclaimed President for Life by the Assembly of Turkmenistan. Tagged with {{refimprove}} and {{expand}}

Eligible

December 28: Hanukkah ends at sunset (Judaism, 2011); Day of the Holy Innocents (Western Christianity)

San Francisco cable car

  • 893 – An earthquake destroyed the city of Dvin, Armenia, causing about 30,000 casualties.
  • 1907 – The last confirmed sighting of the extinct Huia took place in the Tararua Ranges, North Island, New Zealand.
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