National days, ongoing national weeks and months, and global observances for December 28, 2026. Plus historical events and birthdays.
December 28, 2026 celebrates Holy Innocents Day, plus 4 more. Holy Innocents Day, observed annually on December 28th. The day commemorates the execution of the innocent, male children in Bethlehem as told in Matthew 2:16.
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National Card Playing Day on December 28th encourages us to invite our friends to deal out a hand and play a game or two.
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Pledge of Allegiance Day on December 28th commemorates the date Congress adopted the "The Pledge" into the United States Flag Code.
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On December 28th, National Short Film Day commemorates the day the motion picture industry was born, when the Lumière brothers projected a program of short films to a public audience for the first time.
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The U.S. Patent Office issued patent No. 98,304 to William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio for chewing gum. However, the first person to commercially produce chewing gum was John B. Curtis of Maine.
The U.S. Patent Office issued patent No. 355,139 to Josephine Garis Cochran for her invention of the "dish washing" machine. She is the first inventor to successfully produce a commercially marketable dishwasher. The inventor soon established the Cochran’s Crescent Washing Machine Company. In later years, the company would become part of KitchenAid.
Pioneering filmmakers, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière presented 10 short films in their first public performance.
Elizabeth Jordan Carr was born at Norfolk General Hospital. She was the first American baby conceived using in vitro fertilization. December 28th Celebrated (and Not So Celebrated) Birthdays
Longer-running observances that include this date.
Universal Human Rights Month
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Bingo's Birthday Month
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Operation Santa Paws | December 1-24th
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Learn A Foreign Language Month
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National Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention Month
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International Sharps Injury Prevention Awareness Month
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Spiritual Literacy Month
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Safe Toys And Gifts Month
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National Tie Month
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National Write A Business Plan Month
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Root Vegetables And Exotic Fruit Month
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Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
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