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Today in History
Sunday, 28 December 2025
2009
43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims were observing the Day of Ashura.
2007
Nepal declares a federal democratic Republic by interim parliament, abolishing the monarchy.
2000
U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
1989
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
1974
Senegalese marxist group ''Reenu-Rew'' founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.
1973
The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.
1958
NFL Championship Game, 1958|"Greatest Game Ever Played"
1950
The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
1948
The DC-3 airliner ''NC16002'' disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.
1945
The United States Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance.
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