DECEMBER 28
1612: Galileo Galilei is the first astronomer to make note of the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly identifies the celestial body as a "fixed star" near Jupiter. The most distant planet in the solar system's official discovery is credited to Urbain Le Verrier, Johann Galle and John Couch Adams in 1846.
1968:Beatles' "Beatles-The White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
1944:Leonard Bernstein's "On the Town," introducing the hit song "New York, New York" premieres on Broadway
1832: John C. Calhoun becomes the first politician to resign from the vice presidency of the United States, because of his ongoing disagreements with President Andrew Jackson. Calhoun immediately fills an empty U.S. Senate seat for South Carolina, where he achieves his most lasting fame as an outspoken orator and proponent of states' rights and slavery.
1973: President Richard Nixon signs the Endangered Species Act into law. The legislation categorizes plant and animal species into "threatened" and "endangered" lists, and prohibits the U.S. government from jeopardizing the welfare of these vulnerable populations.
1912:The first municipally owned street cars becoming operational in San Francisco, California - they would become an iconic part of the city.
1846:Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
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