Dec. 28 (UPI) — On this date in history:
In 1065, Westminster Abbey was consecrated. Nearly all British monarchs since then have been crowned in coronation ceremonies at the church, including the most recent, King Charles III on May 6, 2023.
In 1832, John Calhoun, at odds with U.S. President Andrew Jackson, became the first U.S. vice president to resign.
In 1846, Iowa was admitted into the United States as the 29th state.
In 1869, a group of tailors in Philadelphia staged the first Labor Day ceremonies in the United States.
State Highway 92 runs through rural Keokuk County, Iowa, named for a Sac Indian chief, August 6. Iowa is the crossroads of agriculture and presidential politics with its first-in-the-nation caucuses. On Dec. 28, 1846, Iowa was admitted into the United States as the 29th state. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI
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In 1895, French film pioneers Auguste Lumiere and Louis Lumiere showed the first commercial motion pictures at a Paris cafe.
On December 28, 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a law banning American parents from adopting Russian children. File Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Pool
In 1908, an earthquake in the Messina area of southern Italy killed at least 80,000 people. Some estimates put the death toll upwards of 200,000.
In 1950, advancing Chinese troops crossed the 38th Parallel, dividing line between North and South Korea, to help the communist North Koreans fight U.S.-led U.N. forces.
On December 28, 1832, John Calhoun, at odds with U.S. President Andrew Jackson, became the first U.S. vice president to resign. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI
In 1981, the United States’ first test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, was born in a Norfolk, Va., hospital.
In 1985, warring Lebanese Muslim and Christian leaders signed a peace agreement backed by Syria.
Tourists walk around Westminster Abbey on April 27, 2011, as London prepares for the royal wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. On December 28, 1065, Westminster Abbey was consecrated. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI
In 1991, Time magazine named CNN founder Ted Turner man of the year.
In 2007, Nepal’s interim parliament voted to abolish its monarchy and became a federal democratic republic. King Gyanendra was formally deposed May 28, 2008.
Bodies of victims lie in Messina, Italy, after an earthquake struck the region December 28, 1908. File Photo by Luca Comerio/Wikimedia
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In 2012, a 23-year-old woman who was gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi died at a hospital in Singapore. The attack by six men on the woman and her boyfriend caused outrage and protests throughout India.
Turner Enterprises Inc. Chairman Ted Turner participates in a panel at the 2010 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., on April 26, 2010. On December 28, 1991, Time magazine named Turner man of the year. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
In 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning American parents from adopting Russian children.
In 2014, Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea, killing 155 passengers and seven crew. Searchers found the aircraft and bodies floating in the sea two days after it disappeared.
In 2015, Japan and South Korea reached a deal to settle the issue of “comfort women,” sex slave victims forced to serve in Japanese military brothels during World War II. Tokyo issued a formal apology and agreed to pay $8.3 million.
In 2023, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, the heiress to French cosmetics giant L’Oréal, became the first woman in the world to accumulate a more than $100 billion fortune. A year later, she dropped down below the milestone to $75.5 billion, according to Bloomberg.
