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December 28
1065Westminster Abbey consecrated. 1832John C. Calhoun became the first vice president in U.S. history to resign from office. 1846Iowa became the 29th state in the United States. 1869William F. Semple patented chewing gum. 1895The Lumiere Brothers gave the first commercial movie show at the Grand Cafe in Paris. 1937Composer Maurice Ravel died in Paris at age 62. 1945Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance. 1981Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Va. 
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