28 December

28 December is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years). There are 3 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events
*1694: Mary II, former Queen of England and wife of King William III, dies.
 * 1997: Ron Weasley returns to his friends Harry Potter and Hermione Granger using the Deluminator left to him by Albus Dumbledore. He saves Harry's life by pulling him from a frozen pond and destroys the locket Horcrux with Godric Gryffindor's Sword.

Behind the scenes

 * 1934: Maggie Smith, the actress who portrays Professor Minerva McGonagall, is born
 * 1978: Min-Hyeok Jang, the voice actor who voiced Neville Longbottom in the Korean dubbing, is born.