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. The film was made by Louis and Auguste Lumiere, two French brothers who developed a camera-projector called the Cinematographe. The Lumiere brothers unveiled their invention to the public in March 1895 with a brief film showing workers leaving... 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
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. The film was made by Louis and Auguste Lumiere, two French brothers who developed a camera-projector called the Cinematographe. The Lumiere brothers unveiled their invention to the public in March 1895 with a brief film showing workers leaving... 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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