Today in History: December 28

Today in History
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 28, the 363rd day of 2016. There are three days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Dec. 28, 1846, Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the Union.
On this date:
In 1612, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observed the planet Neptune, but mistook it for a star. (Neptune wasn’t officially discovered until 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.)
In 1832, John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resi