FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2012

Today is Friday, December 28, the 363rd day of 2012. There are three days left in the year.

1065 ― Westminister Abbey opens in London

1732 ― First known ad for "Poor Richard's Almanack" (Pennsylvania Gazette)

1836 ― Spain recognizes independence of Mexico

1895 ― World's first movie theater opens in Paris

1950 ― Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea

1957 ― USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test

1968 ― Beatles' "Beatles-The White Album" goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 9 weeks

1972 ― Kim Il-sung, becomes President of North Korea

1973 ― Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes "Gulag Archipelago"

1991 ― Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year