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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_28" title="December 28">December 28</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/893" title="893">893</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/893_Dvin_earthquake" title="893 Dvin earthquake">An earthquake</a></b> destroyed the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvin_(ancient_city)" title="Dvin (ancient city)">Dvin</a>, Armenia, resulting in about 30,000 casualties.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1862" title="1862">1862</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> forces defeated a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> cavalry unit at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Van_Buren" title="Battle of Van Buren">Battle of Van Buren</a></b>, capturing three steamboats, Confederate troops, and various supplies.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a> – At <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_Irish_general_election" title="1918 Irish general election">the Irish general election</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Markievicz" title="Constance Markievicz">Constance Markievicz</a></b> was elected to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons of the United Kingdom</a> as the first female <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">member of Parliament</a>, although she <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstentionism" title="Abstentionism">never took her seat</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: After eight days of brutal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_warfare" title="Urban warfare">house-to-house fighting</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Canadian_Division" title="1st Canadian Division">1st Canadian Infantry Division</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ortona" title="Battle of Ortona">captured the Italian town of Ortona</a></b> <i>(depicted)</i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> released <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror:_Bandersnatch" title="Black Mirror: Bandersnatch">Black Mirror: Bandersnatch</a></b></i>, its first interactive content for adults.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Gritti" title="Andrea Gritti">Andrea Gritti</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1538); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Christoph_Dies" title="Albert Christoph Dies">Albert Christoph Dies</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1822); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Congwen" title="Shen Congwen">Shen Congwen</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1902); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Paulsson" title="Robin Paulsson">Robin Paulsson</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1983)</p>