WHAT HAPPENED ON 28. DECEMBER
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A magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily, Italy killing over 75,000. (28. December 1908)

The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California. (28. December 1912)

Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons. (28. December 1918)

Pravda publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union. (28. December 1935)

World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences. (28. December 1941)

World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona. (28. December 1943)

Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score 8 points in one game of NHL ice hockey. (28. December 1944)

The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida. (28. December 1948)

Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation. (28. December 1956)

"Greatest Game Ever Played" – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium. (28. December 1958)

Kim Il-sung, already Prime Minister of North Korea and First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, becomes the first President of North Korea. (28. December 1972)

The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States. (28. December 1973)

With the crew investigating a problem with the landing gear, United Airlines Flight 173 runs out of fuel and crashes in Portland, Oregon, killing 10. As a result, United Airlines instituted the industry's first crew resource management program. (28. December 1978)

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people. (28. December 1989)

U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years. (28. December 2000)

War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed. (28. December 2008)

Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura. (28. December 2009)

Arab Spring: Popular protests begin in Algeria against the government. (28. December 2010)

Uludere airstrike: Turkish warplanes bomb 34 Kurds of Turkish nationality in the district of Uludere. (28. December 2011)