What happend on 28th December

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1974

Senegalese marxist group Reenu-Rew founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.

1973

Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes Gulag Archipelago.

1950

The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.

1945

The U.S. Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance

1941

Starts the Operation Anthropoid (the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague).

1908

An earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily killing over 75,000.

1902

The first indoor professional American football game is played in New York City at Madison Square Garden.

1897

The play Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand, premieres in Paris.

1895

The Lumiere brothers have their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines -- this date is commonly considered the debut of the cinema.

1879

The Tay Bridge Disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passed over it, killing 75.