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June 28
(Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. See Talk:August_1. The correct dates for such events need to be determined.)
June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining.
Events
1000-1899
1900-1999
- 1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophia are killed by a Serbian nationalist, the casus belli of World War I.
- 1919 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I with Germany.
- 1936 - The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
- 1938 - A 450 metric ton meteorite struck the earth in a empty field near Chicora, Pennsylvania
- 1940 - Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union.
- 1950 - Seoul is captured by troops from North Korea.
- 1960 - US-owned oil refineries in Cuba confiscated and nationalised.
- 1967 - Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
- 1969 - Stonewall riots in New York city mark the beginning of the modern gay rights era.
- 1978 - The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 438 US 265 1978, bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities.
- 1988 - Four workers are asphyxiated at a metal-plating plant in Auburn, Indiana, in the worst confined-space industrial accident in U.S. history. A fifth victim dies two days later.
- 1990 - Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam Osborne, found guilty by a U.S. court of copyright violation for copying the appearance and menu system of Lotus 1-2-3 in its competing spreadsheet program.
- 1997 - Boxer Mike Tyson is disqualified for biting off part of the ear of his opponent Evander Holyfield.
2000-2099
Births
700-1899
- 767 - Pope Paul I
- 1476 - Pope Paul IV (d. 1559)
- 1490 - Albert of Mainz, bishop and elector of Mainz (d. 1545)
- 1491 - Henry VIII, king of England (d. 1547)
- 1577 - Peter Paul Rubens, German painter (d. 1640)
- 1703 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
- 1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (d. 1778)
- 1806 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist, composer (d. 1883)
- 1807 - Anton Philipp Reclam , German publisher (d. 1895)
- 1831 - Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (d. 1907)
- 1867 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist and narrator, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature (d. 1936)
- 1891 - Carl Panzram, Serial killer
1900-1999
- 1902 - John Dillinger, gangster (d. 1934)
- 1902 - Richard Rodgers, composer (d. 1979)
- 1906 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics 1963 (d. 1972)
- 1906 - Paul-Emile Victor
- 1913 - Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker
- 1914 - Lester Flatt, bluegrass musician (d. 1979)
- 1921 - P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of the Republic of India 1991 - 1996
- 1926 - Mel Brooks, filmmaker
- 1932 - Pat Morita, actor
- 1936 - Chuck Howley, American football player
- 1938 - Moy Yat, Chinese Sealmaker, Martial Artist
- 1943 - Klaus von Klitzing, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics
- 1946 - Gilda Radner, actress (d. 1989)
- 1948 - Kathy Bates, actress
- 1948 - Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court judge
- 1952 - Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete
- 1954 - Alice Krige, actress
- 1960 - John Elway, National Football League player
- 1964 - Mark Grace, Major League Baseball player
- 1966 - John Cusack, actor
- 1968 - Adam Woodyatt, actor
- 1972 - Jon Heidenreich, professional wrestler
- 1973 - Adrian Annus, hammer thrower
- 1978 - Simon Larose, Tennis player
- 1979 - Randy McMichael, American football player
- 1989 - Gerald T. Watkins Jr., American Musician
Deaths
700-1899
1900-1999
- 1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (assassination) (b. 1863)
- 1914 - Archduchess Sophie Chotek, wife of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria
- 1962 - Mickey Cochrane, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1903)
- 1965 - Red Nichols, jazz musician (b. 1905)
- 1974 - Frank Sutton, actor
- 1975 - Rod Serling, scriptwriter, host of The Twilight Zone (b. 1924)
- 1980 - José Iturbi, musician, conductor (b. 1895)
- 1981 - Terry Fox, cancer activist (b. 1958)
- 1989 - Joris Ivens, filmmaker (b. 1898)
- 1997 - Mrs. Miller, singer (b. 1907)
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
External links
June 27 - June 29 - May 28 - July 28 -- listing of all days
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