Historical Events
1927 - George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "Royal Family" premieres in NYC
1948 - The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.
1969 - Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" premieres in NYC
1972 - Kim Il-song, becomes president of North Korea
1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
2009 - 43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims were observing the Day of Ashura.
Famous Birthdays
1845 - Homer Newton Bartlett, composer
1896 - Roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks)
1932 - Manuel Puig, Argentina, writer (Blood of Requited Love)
1972 - Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer
1975 - Kesley Perrin, CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1979 - Bill Hall, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
1884 - Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56
1915 - Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78
1961 - Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89
1976 - Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903)
1983 - Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (b. 1910)
1989 - Robert Wickler, dies
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://www.historyorb.com/day/december/28
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