Historical Events on December 28

Here are some historical events that happened on December 28:

1. 169 BC: The Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who had occupied the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, died.

2. 1832: John C. Calhoun became the first Vice President of the United States to resign, stepping down over differences with President Andrew Jackson.

3. 1846: Iowa was admitted as the 29th U.S. state.

4. 1912: The first municipally owned streetcars began operating in San Francisco.

5. 1917: The New York Evening Mail published "A Neglected Anniversary," a facetious, as well as fictional, article by H.L. Mencken that is often considered the first published account of the bathtub hoax.

6. 1945: Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.

7. 1973: The Endangered Species Act was signed into law in the United States by President Richard Nixon.

8. 1981: Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.

9. 2000: U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announced it was going out of business after 128 years.

10. 2008: The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip escalated as Israel launched Operation Cast Lead.

These are just a few examples, and many more events have occurred on December 28 throughout history.