BITS OF HISTORY (DECEMBER 28)
1923: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the French engineer who built the tower in Paris that bears his name, died aged 91.
1974: An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 destroyed villages in the Karakoram mountains in Pakistan, leaving 5,200 dead and more than 16,000 injured.
2011: Funeral procession for late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
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