Today is Sunday, December 28, the 363rd day of 2008. There are 3 days left in the year.
Highlights in history on this date:
In 1694, Queen Mary II of England died after five years of joint rule with her husband, King William III.
In 1836, Spain recognized independence of Mexico.
In 1942, Japanese planes bombed Calcutta, India, in World War II.
In 1948, Premier Nokrashy Pasha of Egypt was assassinated.
In 1966, China detonated its fifth atomic bomb.
In 1981, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
In 1990, the government of India opened talks with Sikh leaders on ending a seven-year-old secessionist struggle in Punjab.
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