December 28 - The Day in History

December 28 : General Interest 1895: First commercial movie screened On this day in 1895, the world's first commercial movie screening takes place at the Grand Cafe in Paris... read more American Revolution 1781 : British post troops on John's Island http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-post-troops-on-johns-island Automotive 1938 : Silent-film star and inventor of mechanical turn signal dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/silent-film-star-and-inventor-of-mechanical-turn-signal-dies Civil War 1822 : Confederate General William Booth Taliaferro is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/william-booth-taliaferro-born Cold War 1973 : Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago published http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/solzhenitsyns-the-gulag-archipelago-published Crime 1793 : An American hero is arrested in France http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/an-american-hero-is-arrested-in-france Disaster 1908 : Earthquake rocks Sicily http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-rocks-sicily General Interest 1832 : Calhoun resigns vice presidency http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/calhoun-resigns-vice-presidency 1869 : America's first Labor Day http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americas-first-labor-day 1908 : Worst European earthquake http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/worst-european-earthquake 1989 : Dubcek returns to public office http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dubcek-returns-to-public-office Hollywood 1954 : Denzel Washington born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/denzel-washington-born Literary 1932 : Argentine novelist Manuel Puig is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/argentine-novelist-manuel-puig-is-born Music 1991 : Nine killed in a stampede outside a hip-hop celebrity basketball game http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nine-killed-in-a-stampede-outside-a-hip-hop-celebrity-basketball-game Old West 1900 : Carry Nation attacks a Kansas saloon http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carry-nation-attacks-a-kansas-saloon Presidential 1856 : Woodrow Wilson born in Staunton, Virginia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/woodrow-wilson-born-in-staunton-virginia Sports 1975 : Central Red Army defeats New York Rangers at MSG http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/central-red-army-defeats-new-york-rangers-at-msg Vietnam War 1964 : South Vietnamese win costly battle at Binh Gia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-win-costly-battle-at-binh-gia 1972 : Hanoi announces return to the Paris peace talks http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hanoi-announces-return-to-the-paris-peace-talks World War I 1856 : Woodrow Wilson is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/woodrow-wilson-is-born World War II 1941 : Request made for creation of construction battalions http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/request-made-for-creation-of-construction-battalions

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