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UPI Almanac for Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014

Catastrophic earthquake in Italy, Chinese troops cross 38th parallel in Korean War ... on this date in history.

By United Press International
Students visit the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington May 25, 2014.
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Today is Sunday, Dec. 28, the 362nd day of 2014 with three to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter and Saturn. Evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Uranus and Venus.

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Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States, in 1856; Gen. Billy Mitchell, father of the U.S. Air Force, in 1879; jazz pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines in 1903; actor Cliff Arquette in 1905; comic book writer and character creator Stan Lee in 1922 (age 92); actors Lew Ayres in 1908, Martin Milner in 1931 (age 83), Maggie Smith in 1934 (age 80) and Denzel Washington in 1954 (age 60); entrepreneur Philip Anschutz in 1939 (age 75); rock musician Edgar Winter in 1946 (age 68); Chinese activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo in 1955 (age 59); actor Seth Meyers in 1973 (age 41); and singer John Legend in 1978 (age 36).

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On this date in history:

In 1065, Westminster Abbey was consecrated.

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 1865, French film pioneers Auguste and Louis Lumiere showed the first commercial motion pictures at a Paris cafe.

In 1869, a group of tailors in Philadelphia staged the first Labor Day ceremonies in the United States.

In 1908, an earthquake in the Messina area of southern Italy killed at least 80,000 people.

In 1945, the U.S. Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States.

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.

In 1985, warring Lebanese Muslim and Christian leaders signed a peace agreement backed by Syria.

In 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau announced the country had a population of 281,421,906 people -- a 13.2 percent increase in 10 years.

In 2007, Nepal abolished its monarchy and became a federal democratic republic.

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In 2011, the FBI reported that guns were among the hottest items sought by American holiday shoppers.

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 throughout India.

In 2013, fire in a passenger train coach in India's southeast Andhra Pradesh state killed at least 26 people, many of whom were asleep when the flames broke out..


A thought for the day: Benjamin Franklin said, "People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages."

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