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Today in History December 28

1065
New church devoted to St Peter the Apostle built by Edward the Confessor - later called the 'west minister' consecrated in London (rebuilt mid 13th century)

1694
George I of England gets divorced.

1846
Iowa is admitted as the 29th State of the Union.

1872
A U.S. Army force defeats a group of Apache warriors at Salt River Canyon, Arizona Territory, with 57 Indians killed but only one soldier.

1904
Farmers in Georgia burn two million bales of cotton to prop up falling prices.

1920
The United States resumes the deportation of communists and suspected communists.

1933
President Franklin D. Roosevelt states, "The definite policy of the United States, from now on, is one opposed to armed intervention."

2015
Japan and South Korea reach agreement over WWII "comfort women", Japan apologies and pays 1bn yen compensation

2019
52nd Peach Bowl (College Football Playoff semi final): #1 LSU beats #4 Oklahoma, 63-28

Born on December 28

1882
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, English astronomer who confirmed Einstein's theory of relativity.

1981
Elizabeth Jordan Carr, 1st American test tube baby, born in Norfolk, Virginia

JOTD

Why is Santa so damn jolly?
Because he knows where all the naughty girls live.