Twelve Days of Christmas
The fourth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
The fourth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
Proclamation Day (South Australia), celebration started on the day following Christmas (South Australia)
Christian feast day:
December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day:
Feast of the Holy Innocents or Childermas; in Spain and Latin American countries the festival is celebrated with pranks (inocentadas), similar to April Fools' Day (Catholic Church, Church of England, Lutheran Church), and its related observances:
Els Enfarinats (Ibi, Spain)
On December 28, the ancient Roman festival of the 'Saturnalia' was celebrated, which included feasting, gift-giving, and role reversals between slaves and their masters.
Brigitte Bardot, French actress, singer and activist (born 1934)
Unrest in the form of mass protests erupt across Iran, the largest uprising in the country since the Iranian Revolution.
Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO (born 1926)