December 28th, 1979

Born on December 28th, 1979

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What happened on December 28th?

December 28th, 2018

Netflix released Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, its first interactive content for adults.

December 28th, 1862

American Civil War: Union forces defeated a Confederate cavalry unit at the Battle of Van Buren, capturing three steamboats, Confederate troops, and various supplies.

December 28th, 2014

The passenger ferry Norman Atlantic (pictured) caught fire in the Adriatic Sea.

December 28th, 2011

Kurdish–Turkish conflict: Acting on information that Kurdish militants were crossing the border from Iraqi territory, two Turkish F-16 jets fired at a group of villagers, killing 34 people.

December 28th, 2009

Tibetan dissident filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen was imprisoned for subversion by Chinese authorities after a secret trial.

December 28th, 2006

Somali Civil War: Troops of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and their Ethiopian allies captured Mogadishu unopposed.

December 28th, 1967

American businesswoman Muriel Siebert became the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.

December 28th, 1943

World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division captured the Italian town of Ortona (depicted).

December 28th, 1918

At the Irish general election, Constance Markievicz was elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as the first female member of Parliament, although she never took her seat.

December 28th, 1908

An earthquake registering 7.1 Mw struck near Messina, which, along with the subsequent tsunami, killed at least 75,000 people in southern Italy.

December 28th, 1907

The last confirmed sighting of the now-extinct huia occurred in the Tararua Range on New Zealand's North Island.

December 28th, 1879

The Tay Bridge, spanning the Firth of Tay in Scotland between Dundee and Wormit, collapsed during a violent storm while a train was passing over it, killing all on board.

December 28th, 1832

John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign.

December 28th, 1767

Taksin the Great was crowned king of the newly established Thonburi Kingdom at the new capital of Thonburi in present-day Thailand.

December 28th, 1612

Galileo Galilei became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 28th

Born on December 28th, 1979

44

Noomi Rapace

Swedish actress

*December 28th, 1979, Hudiksvall

44

Claudia Presăcan

Romanian gymnast

*December 28th, 1979, Sibiu

44

Zach Hill

American musician

*December 28th, 1979, Sacramento

44

B-Tight

German rapper

*December 28th, 1979, Palm Springs

44

Sven Waasner

German actor

*December 28th, 1979, Forchheim

44

Frank Schumann

German handball player

*December 28th, 1979, Gladbeck

44

Bill Hall

American baseball player

*December 28th, 1979, Nettleton

44

Daniel Forfang

Norwegian ski jumper

*December 28th, 1979, Tromsø Municipality

44

Senna Guemmour

German pop singer

*December 28th, 1979, Frankfurt

37

Rob Stewart

Canadian photographer, filmmaker and conservationist

*December 28th, 1979, Toronto †January 31st, 2017, Alligator Reef

44

James Blake

American tennis player

*December 28th, 1979, Yonkers

44

Elvis Blue

South African musician

*December 28th, 1979, Linden, Gauteng

44

Ute Katharina Kampowsky

German actress

*December 28th, 1979, Greifswald

44

Rafael Leitão

Brazilian chess player

*December 28th, 1979, São Luís

44

Rocko

American rapper

*December 28th, 1979, Atlanta

44

André Holland

American actor

*December 28th, 1979, Bessemer

44

Joke Van de Velde

Belgian model and television presenter

*December 28th, 1979, Ghent

44

Suleyman Sleyman

Swedish former football player

*December 28th, 1979, Södertälje

44

Johnny Clark

American racecar driver

*December 28th, 1979, Kennebec County

44

Barkha Bisht Sengupta

Indian actress

*December 28th, 1979, Haryana

44

Uche Jombo

Nigerian actress, screenwriter and film producer

*December 28th, 1979, Abiriba

44

Bree Williamson

Canadian actress

*December 28th, 1979, Toronto

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Who's birthday is on December 28th?

46

Dave McCullen

Musician, music producer

*December 28th, 1977, Bonheiden

45

John Legend

American singer-songwriter

*December 28th, 1978, Springfield

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

54

Linus Torvalds

Finnish-American software engineer

*December 28th, 1969, Helsinki

47

Brendan Hines

American actor and singer

*December 28th, 1976, Baltimore

69

Sven-Erik Bucht

Swedish politician

*December 28th, 1954, Karungi

38

Benoît Trémoulinas

French association football player

*December 28th, 1985, Bordeaux

42

Sienna Miller

British-American actress

*December 28th, 1981, New York City

37

Tom Huddlestone

English association football player

*December 28th, 1986, Nottingham

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

76

Hildegard Knef

German actress, singer and writer (1925-2002)

*December 28th, 1925, Ulm †February 1st, 2002, Berlin

41

Malaya van Ruitenbeek

Cyclist

*December 28th, 1982, Bonifacio

39

Barret Browning

Baseball player

*December 28th, 1984, Brunswick

34

Jessie Buckley

Irish actress and singer

*December 28th, 1989, Killarney

29

Adam Peaty

British swimmer

*December 28th, 1994, Uttoxeter

49

Glenn D'Hollander

Cyclist

*December 28th, 1974, Sint-Niklaas

50

Ids Postma

Dutch speed skater

*December 28th, 1973, Dearsum

69

Denzel Washington

American actor, director and producer (born 1954)

*December 28th, 1954, Mount Vernon

45

Nicolas Meunier

French bicycle racer

*December 28th, 1978, Bourges

27

Lara van Ruijven

Dutch short track speed skater (1992-2020)

*December 28th, 1992, Naaldwijk †July 10th, 2020, Perpignan

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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