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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/1879" title="1879">1879</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Bridge" title="Tay Bridge">Tay Bridge</a>, spanning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firth_of_Tay" title="Firth of Tay">Firth of Tay</a> in Scotland between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormit" title="Wormit">Wormit</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Bridge_disaster" title="Tay Bridge disaster">collapsed</a></b> during a violent storm while a train was passing over it, killing all on board.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907" title="1907">1907</a> – The last confirmed sighting of the now-extinct <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huia" title="Huia">huia</a></b> occurred in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tararua_Range" title="Tararua Range">Tararua Range</a> on New Zealand's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Island" title="North Island">North Island</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – Tibetan dissident filmmaker <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhondup_Wangchen" title="Dhondup Wangchen">Dhondup Wangchen</a></b> was imprisoned for subversion by Chinese authorities after a secret trial.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a> – The passenger ferry <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Norman_Atlantic" title="MS Norman Atlantic"><i>Norman Atlantic</i></a></b> caught fire in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriatic_Sea" title="Adriatic Sea">Adriatic Sea</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ravel" title="Maurice Ravel">Maurice Ravel</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1937); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratan_Tata" title="Ratan Tata">Ratan Tata</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1937); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Dyall" title="Sharon Dyall">Sharon Dyall</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1962)</p>
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