December 28

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1065	Westminster Abbey is consecrated.	M83	In Church	Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts
2.	1612	Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.	The Flaming Lips	Watching the Planets	Embryonic
3.	1795	Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto, Ontario).	Foo Fighters	Long Road to Ruin	Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
4.	1832	John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.	American Analog Set	I Must Soon Quit the Scene	The Golden Band
5.	1846	Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.	Belle & Sebastian	The State I Am In	Tigermilk
6.	1867	United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.	The Casket Lottery	Midway	Choose Bronze
7.	1895	The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema.	Yes	Cinema	90125
8.	1912	The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.	Hayden	Street Car	Skyscraper National Park
9.	1958	"Greatest Game Ever Played" – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football Leaguesudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.	Tommy Edwards	It's All in the Game	It's All in the Game
10.	1973	The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.	Ace of Base	Living in Danger	The Sign
11.	2000	U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.	The Smashing Pumpkins	Farewell and Goodnight	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

(Historical facts about December 28 are from Wikipedia.)