Today is Tuesday, December 28, the 362nd day of 2010. 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)
1828 ― 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed
1836 ― Spain recognizes independence of Mexico
1895 ― World's first movie theater opens in Paris
1948 ― U.S. announced a study to launch an Earth satellite
1950 ― Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea
1968 ― Beatles' ``Beatles-The White Album" goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for nine weeks
1972 ― Kim Il-sung becomes president of North Korea
1973 ― Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes ``Gulag Archipelago"