December 28

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[edit] Events

• 1612 - Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
• 1832 - John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.
• 1836 - Spain recognizes independence of Mexico.
• 1846 - Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
• 2005 - A U.S. immigration judge orders John Demjanjuk deported to Ukraine for crimes against humanity committed during World War II

[edit] Births

• 1763 - John Molson, English-born Canadian brewer (d. 1836)
• 1842 - Calixa Lavallée, French-Canadian composer (O Canada) (d. 1891)
• 1856 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, Nobel laureate (d. 1924)
• 1879 - Billy Mitchell, American military aviation pioneer (d. 1936)
• 1981 - Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby is born in Norfolk, Virginia.

[edit] Deaths

• 1503 - Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)
• 1694 - Queen Mary II of England (b. 1662), of the famed joint monarchy William and Mary.
• 1703 - Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664)
• 1706 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (b. 1647)
• 1708 - Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656)
• 1734 - Robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (b. 1671)
• 2004 - Susan Sontag, Jewish writer and activist (b. 1933)