* Astronomy

The Tay Bridge disaster occurred on 28 December 1879
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46962122/tay-bridge-disaster/

The 893 Dvin earthquake occurred on 28 December at about midnight. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46962159/893-dvin-earthquake/

The 1908 Messina earthquake and tsunami took some 100,000 - 200,000 lives on December 28, 1908
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46962167/1908-messina-earthquake/

The 1989 Newcastle earthquake occurred in Newcastle, New South Wales on Thursday, 28 December 1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Newcastle_earthquake

The Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) became extinct on 28 December 1907
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46961982/heteralocha-acutirostris/

Michael Scott Hopkins (December 28, 1968) is a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, and a current NASA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_S._Hopkins

Akihiko Hoshide (born December 28, 1968) is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihiko_Hoshide

Oleg Germanovich Artemyev (born December 28, 1970) is a Latvian Cosmonaut 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Artemyev

Nichelle Nichols (born Grace Dell Nichols; December 28, 1932) is an American actress, singer and voice artist.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48091481/nichelle-nichols/

Sir Archibald Geikie (28 December 1835 - 10 November 1924), was a Scottish geologist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46962098/archibald-geikie-1835-1924/

Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby (28 December 1898 - 19 August 1957) was a Swedish-U.S. meteorologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl-Gustaf_Arvid_Rossby

John von Neumann (December 28, 1903 - February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian-American mathematician
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46962064/john-von-neumann-1903-1957/

Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington (28 December 1882 - 22 November 1944) was a British astrophysicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46962083/arthur-stanley-eddington-1882-1944/

Maarten Schmidt (born December 28, 1929) is a Dutch astronomer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46962004/maarten-schmidt/

Ernest Leonard Johnson (December 28, 1891 - June 1977) was a South African astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Leonard_Johnson

Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (28 December 1713 - 21 March 1762) was a French astronomer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Louis_de_Lacaille

Thomas James Alan Henderson FRSE FRS FRAS (28 December 1798 - 23 November 1844) was a Scottish astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_James_Henderson

NGC 1342 was discovered by William Herschel on the 28th December 1799.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56066804/ngc-1342/

NGC 1624 was discovered by William Herschel on the 28th December 1790.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56066860/ngc-1624/

NGC 1995 was discovered by John Herschel on the 28th December 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56067011/ngc-1995/

NGC 2022 was discovered by William Herschel on the 28th December 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63232346/ngc-2022/

NGC 2254 was discovered by William Herschel on the 28th December 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56066902/ngc-2254/