Here’s a look at what happened On this day, December 28, throughout world and South African history. We remember the news, events and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: DECEMBER 28
1989 | Nine ANC members were officially banned from Dakawa, Tanzania
2014 | Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people on board.
2014 | Nine people died and 19 others were reported missing, when the MS Norman Atlantic caught fire in the Strait of Otranto, in the Adriatic Sea, in Italian waters.
1989 | A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing at least 13 people.
1973 | The United States Endangered Species Act was signed into law by Pres. Ricardo Nixon.
1956 | Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman met in Baling, Malaya to try to resolve the Malaysian emergency.
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BIRTHDAY
1943 | Welsh politician, Joan Ruddock.
1953 | American journalist and author, Charlie Pierce.
1990 | American singer-songwriter, David Archuleta.
1968 | Japanese engineer and astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
1972 | Peruvian soccer player, Roberto Palacios.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2004 | American novelist, essayist, critic, and playwright Susan Sontag,71.
1967 | American biologist and philanthropist, Katharine McCormick, 92.
2013 | Halton Arp, German-American astronomer and critic, Katharine McCormick, 86.
2014 | American transgender teen, Leelah Alcorn, 17.
2016 | American film actress, singer and dancer Debbie Reynolds, 84 years old.
SPORTS
1944 | Maurice Richard became the first player to score eight points in an NHL ice hockey game that day.
ENTERTAINMENT
2016 | In the U.S“Women of the 20th century” Starring Annette Bening and Elle Fanning, it premiered on this day for the first time.
MADE FROM AFRICA
The Nubian pyramids in Sudan are the oldest pyramids in Africa.
