December
28
Monday
2026

A day in the long story of time.

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Twelve Days of Christmas

The fourth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)

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Public holidays in South Sudan

Republic Day (South Sudan)

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Proclamation Day

Proclamation Day (South Australia), celebration started on the day following Christmas (South Australia)

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Public holidays in Thailand

King Taksin Memorial Day (Thailand)

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December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day:
December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Simon the Athonite

Christian feast day:
Simon the Athonite

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Els Enfarinats

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)

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Caterina Volpicelli

Christian feast day:
Caterina Volpicelli

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Cain and Abel

Christian feast day:
Abel (Coptic Church)

Did You Know?

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.

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Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot, French actress, singer and activist (born 1934)

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2025–2026 Iranian protests

Unrest in the form of mass protests erupt across Iran, the largest uprising in the country since the Iranian Revolution.

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Charles Dolan

Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO (born 1926)

2023 3 yrs ago
Died 2023

Vijayakanth

Vijayakanth, Indian actor and politician (born 1952)

2022 4 yrs ago
Died 2022

Philomena Franz

Philomena Franz, German Romani author (born 1922)