What happend on 28th December

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2000

U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.

2000

Adrian Năstase became the Prime Minister of Romania.

1999

Saparmurat Niyazov was proclaimed President for Life in Turkmenistan.

1998

Claudia Benton of West University Place, Texas is murdered in her home by Angel Maturino Resendiz. This is Angel's third victim in his third incident.

1995

CompuServe sets a precedent by blocking access to sex-oriented newsgroups after being pressured by German prosecutors.

1991

Nine are crushed while a crowd pushes their way into a basketball game at City College of New York.

1991

Sonic the Hedgehog Game Gear version is released in Japan.

1984

The final telecast of soap opera The Edge of Night (which started from 1956 to 1975 on CBS) on ABC due to TV stations dropping the show in favor of syndicated programming, losing sponsorship, and low ratings.

1981

The HBO pay cable television service expanded its schedule offering to 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

1981

The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born (Norfolk, Virginia).