Updated December 27, 2011, 1:28 pm
On Dec. 28, 1981, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Va.
On Dec. 28, 1905, Earl “Fatha” Hines, the father of modern jazz piano, was born. Following his death on April 22, 1983, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1694 Queen Mary II of England died after five years of joint rule with her husband, King William III. 1832 John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down over differences with President Andrew Jackson. 1846 Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the Union. 1897 “Cyrano de Bergerac,” a play by Edmond Rostand, premiered in Paris. 1905 The forerunner of the NCAA, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States, was founded in New York City. 1945 Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance. 1958 The Baltimore Colts won the NFL championship, defeating the New York Giants 23-17 in overtime at Yankee Stadium, in what has been dubbed the greatest football game ever played. 1973 Alexander Solzhenitsyn published “Gulag Archipelago,” an expose of the Soviet prison system. 1982 A black man was mortally wounded by a police officer in a Miami video arcade, setting off three days of race-related disturbances that left another man dead. 2005 Former top Enron Corp. accountant Richard Causey pleaded guilty to securities fraud and agreed to help pursue convictions against Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling. 2008 The Detroit Lions completed an 0-16 season, the NFL’s worst ever, with a 31-21 loss to the Green Bay Packers. Current Birthdays
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Comedian Seth Meyers (“Saturday Night Live”) turns 38 years old today.
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (“Star Trek”) turns 79 years old today.
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1922 Stan Lee, Comic book creator (“Spider-Man,” “The Incredible Hulk”), turns 89 1931 Martin Milner, Actor (“Adam-12”), turns 80 1934 Maggie Smith, Actress, turns 77 1938 Charles Neville, Rock singer, musician (The Neville Brothers), turns 73 1944 Johnny Isakson, U.S. senator, R-Ga., turns 67 1946 Mike Beebe, Governor of Arkansas, turns 65 1946 Tim Johnson, U.S. senator, D-S.D., turns 65 1946 Edgar Winter, Rock singer, musician, turns 65 1954 Denzel Washington, Actor, turns 57 1960 Ray Borque, Hockey Hall of Famer, turns 51 1964 Malcolm Gets, Actor, turns 47 1972 Patrick Rafter, Tennis Hall of Famer, turns 39 1972 Adam Vinatieri, Football player, turns 39 1976 Brendan Hines, Actor (“Lie to Me”), turns 35 1978 John Legend, R&B singer, turns 33 1979 James Blake, Tennis player, turns 32 1981 Sienna Miller, Actress, turns 30 1990 David Archuleta, Singer (“American Idol”), turns 21 Historic Birthdays
Earl “Fatha” Hines 12/28/1905 – 4/22/1983 American jazz pianist, bandleader and composer. Go to obituary »
57 Manuel Puig 12/28/1932 – 7/22/1990
Argentine novelist and screenwriter88 Lew Ayres 12/28/1908 – 12/30/1996
American actor58 Carl-Gustaf Rossby 12/28/1898 – 8/19/1957
Swedish meteorologist61 Sir Arthur Eddington 12/28/1882 – 11/22/1944
English astrophysicist77 William Draper Harkins 12/28/1873 – 3/7/1951
American chemist89 Frederick Pethick-Lawrence 12/28/1871 – 9/10/1961
English women’s suffrage movement leader67 Woodrow Wilson 12/28/1856 – 2/3/1924
28th President of the United States (1913-21)82 Edward Levy-Lawson Burnham 12/28/1833 – 1/9/1916
English creator of London Daily Telegraph newspaper45 Thomas Henderson 12/28/1798 – 11/23/1844
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