June 28
June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining.
Events:
- 1243 - Innocent IV becomes pope.
- 1519 - Charles V elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1635 - Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
- 1651 - Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians, the biggest battle in the 17th century, starts.
- 1838 - Queen Victoria crowned.
- 1894 - Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
- 1914 - Archduke Ferdinand 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.
- 1950 - Seoul captured by troups from North Korea.
- 1960 - US-owned oil refineries in Cuba confiscated and nationalised.
- 1967 - Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
- 1997 - Boxer Mike Tyson is disqualified for biting off part of the ear of his opponent Evander Holyfield.
Births:
- 1476 - Pope Paul IV
- 1491 - Henry VIII, king of England (+ 1547)
- 1577 - Peter Paul Rubens, painter (+ 1640)
- 1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosopher (+ 1778)
- 1807 - Anton Philipp Reclam, publisher (+ 1895)
- 1867 - Luigi Pirandello, dramatist and narrator, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1934 (+ 1936)
- 1902 - Richard Rodgers, composer (+ 1979)
- 1902 - John Dillinger, gangster (+ 1934)
- 1906 - Paul-Emile Victor
- 1906 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics 1963 (+ 1972)
- 1914 - Lester Flatt, bluegrass musician (+1979)
- 1926 - Mel Brooks, filmmaker
- 1932 - Pat Morita, actor
- 1946 - Gilda Radner, actress (+ 1989)
- 1948 - Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court judge
- 1948 - Kathy Bates, actress
- 1960 - John Elway, National Football League player
Deaths:
- 767 - Pope Paul I
- 1598 - Abraham Ortelius, cartographer
- 1836 - James Madison, president of the US
- 1914 - Archduke Ferdinand of Austria (assassination)
- 1980 - José Iturbi, musician, conductor
- 1989 - Joris Ivens, filmmaker
- 2001 - Jack Lemmon, actor
- 2001 - Joan Sims, actress
- 2001 - Jim Ellis, co-creator of Usenet
- 2001 - Mortimer Adler, philosopher
- 2002 - John Entwistle (57), bassist for The Who
Holidays and observances:
See Also:
June 27 - June 29 - May 28 - July 28 -- listing of all days
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