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July 28 is the 209th day (210th in Leap Year s) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar , with 156 days remaining.
Events
- 1493 - Great fire in Moscow .
- 1540 - Thomas Cromwell , is executed on order from Henry VIII Of England on charges of Treason . Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard , on the same day.
- 1794 - Maximilien Robespierre is Guillotine d in front of a cheering crowd, for sending thousands of others to a similar fate during the French Revolution .
- 1809 - Sir Arthur Wellesley 's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a much larger French force under Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle Of Talavera .
- declares independence from Spain .
- begins - Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia .
- 1866 - The Metric Act Of 1866 becomes law and legalizes the standardization of Weights And Measures in the United States .
- 1868 - The 14th Amendment To The United States Constitution is adopted guaranteeing African American s full citizenship and all persons in the United States Due Process of law.
- 1873 - The Japanese government implements land and tax reform as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
- 1878 - Great Britain's William Gowland becomes the first non-Japanese to reach Yarigatake peak (3,180 meters), and he names the mountain the Japanese Alps , a name that is eventually used to refer to the entire mountain range.
- declares war on Serbia after it failed to meet the conditions of an ultimatum it set on July 23 following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serbian assassin. This event leads to the outbreak of War .
- 1930 - R.B. Bennett is elected Prime Minister of Canada , defeating William Lyon Mackenzie King in the Federal Election .
- 1932 - US President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the " Bonus Army " of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, DC .
- leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227 in response to alarming German advances into Russia . Under the order all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so will be immediately killed.
- - The British bomb Hamburg causing a Firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
- 1945 - Jose Bustamante Y Rivero becomes Constitutional President Of The Republic Of Peru .
- 1945 - A US Army bomber accidentally crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 injuring 26.
- 1950 - Manuel Odría becomes Constitutional President Of The Republic Of Peru .
- 1956 - Manuel Prado Ugarteche becomes Constitutional President Of The Republic Of Peru .
- 1963 - Fernando Belaúnde Terry becomes Constitutional President Of The Republic Of Peru for a first time.
- announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
- 1973 - Summer Jam At Watkins Glen Rock Festival attended by 600,000 to see The Allman Brothers Band , The Band , and the Grateful Dead .
- 1976 - The Tangshan Earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 Magnitude flattens Tangshan , China , killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
- 1980 - Fernando Belaúnde Terry becomes Constitutional President Of The Republic Peru for a second time.
- 1985 - Alan García becomes president of Constitutional President Of The Republic Of Peru .
- 1990 - Alberto Fujimori becomes Constitutional President Of The Republic Of Peru for a first time.
- 1995 - Alberto Fujimori becomes Constitutional President Of The Republic Of Peru for a second time.
- 1996 - Kennewick Man , the remains of a Prehistoric man, was discovered near Kennewick, Washington .
- 1997 - Guatemala becomes a member of the Berne Convention Copyright Treaty .
- intern, Monica Lewinsky receives Transactional Immunity in exchange for her Grand Jury testimony concerning her relationship with US President Bill Clinton .
- 2000 - Alberto Fujimori becomes Constitutional President Of The Republic Of Peru for a third time.
- 2001 - Alejandro Toledo becomes Constitutional President Of The Republic Of Peru .
- 2002 - Nine Coal Mine rs trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania , were rescued after 77 hours underground.
- 2005 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army (The IRA ) call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland .
Births
- 1659 - Charles Ancillon , French Huguenot pastor (d. 1715 )
- 1804 - Ludwig Feuerbach , German philosopher (d. 1872 )
- 1844 - Gerard Manley Hopkins , English poet (d. 1889 )
- 1857 - Ballington Booth , Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers Of America (d. 1940 )
- 1866 - Beatrix Potter , English author (d. 1943 )
- 1867 - Charles Dillon Perrine , American-born astronomer (d. 1951 )
- 1872 - Albert Sarraut , French politician (d. 1962 )
- 1874 - Ernst Cassirer , German philosopher (d. 1945 )
- 1887 - Marcel Duchamp , French painter (d. 1968 )
- 1896 - Barbara La Marr , American actress (d. 1926 )
- 1901 - Rudy Vallee , American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer (d. 1986 )
- 1902 - Karl Popper , Austrian-born philosopher of science (d. 1994 )
- 1904 - Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov , Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990 )
- 1907 - Earl Tupper , American inventor (d. 1983 )
- 1909 - Malcolm Lowry , English novelist (d. 1957 )
- 1914 - Carmen Dragon , composer (d. 1984 )
- 1915 - Charles Townes , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1915 - Frankie Yankovic , American musician (d. 1998 )
- 1916 - David Brown , American film producer
- 1922 - Jacques Piccard , Belgian-born undersea explorer
- 1925 - Baruch S. Blumberg , American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- 1927 - John Ashbery , American poet
- 1929 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis , First Lady Of The United States (d. 1994 )
- 1934 - Jacques D'Amboise , American dancer and choreographer
- 1935 - Simon Dee , British television broadcaster
- 1936 - Garfield Sobers , West Indian cricketer
- 1938 - Alberto Fujimori , President of Peru
- 1940 - Philip Proctor , American comedian
- 1941 - Riccardo Muti , Italian conductor
- 1943 - Mike Bloomfield , American guitarist (d. 1981 )
- 1943 - Bill Bradley , basketball player and U.S. Senator
- 1945 - Jim Davis , American cartoonist
- 1945 - Richard Wright English keyboard player ( Pink Floyd )
- 1948 - Sally Struthers , American actress
- 1949 - Steve Peregrin Took , English singer and songwriter (d. 1980 )
- 1951 - Santiago Calatrava , Spanish architect
- 1952 - Yoshitaka Amano , Japanese artist
- 1952 - Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince Of Thailand
- 1954 - Steve Morse , American guitarist
- 1954 - Hugo Chavez , President of Venezuela
- 1955 - Nikolay Zimyatov , Russian cross-country skier
- 1958 - Terry Fox , Canadian athlete and cancer activist (d. 1981 )
- 1962 - Rachel Sweet , American singer
- 1965 - Lori Loughlin , American actress
- 1970 - Michael Amott , Swedish guitarist ( Arch Enemy )
- 1971 - Stephen Lynch , American musician, comedian and stage actor
- 1972 - Elizabeth Berkley , American actress
- 1972 - Ed Templeton , Professional skateboarder
- 1976 - Jacoby Shaddix , American singer ( Papa Roach )
- 1977 - Tiago Andres Vaz , Brazilian composer
- 1977 - Emanuel Ginóbili , Argentine basketball player
- 1979 - Birgitta Haukdal , Icelandic singer
Deaths
- 450 - Theodosius II , Roman Emperor (b. 401 )
- 1057 - Pope Victor II
- 1128 - William Clito , Count of Flanders (b. 1102 )
- 1230 - Duke Leopold VI Of Austria (b. 1176 )
- 1285 - Queen Keran Of Armenia , consort of Leo III Of Armenia .
- 1527 - Rodrigo De Bastidas , Spanish conquistador
- 1540 - Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl Of Essex , English statesman
- 1631 - Guillén De Castro Y Bellvis , Spanish dramatist (b. 1569 )
- 1655 - Cyrano De Bergerac , French poet (b. 1619 )
- 1667 - Abraham Cowley , English poet (b. 1618 )
- 1675 - Bulstrode Whitelocke , English lawyer (b. 1605 )
- 1685 - Henry Bennet, 1st Earl Of Arlington , English statesman (b. 1618 )
- 1718 - Etienne Baluze , French scholar (b. 1630 )
- 1741 - Antonio Vivaldi , Italian composer (b. 1678 )
- 1750 - Johann Sebastian Bach , German composer (b. 1685 )
- 1762 - George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe , English politician (b. 1691 )
- 1794 - Maximilien Robespierre , French Revolutionary leader (b. 1758 )
- 1794 - Louis De Saint-Just , French Revolutionary leader (b. 1767 )
- 1835 - Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier , French marshal (b. 1768 )
- 1842 - Clemens Brentano , German poet (b. 1778 )
- 1844 - Joseph Bonaparte , older brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain (b. 1768 )
- 1849 - King Charles Albert Of Sardinia (b. 1798 )
- 1869 - Jan Evangelista Purkyně , Czech anatomist (b. 1787 )
- 1930 - Allvar Gullstrand , Swedish ophthalmologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1862 )
- 1934 - Marie Dressler , Canadian actress (b. 1868 )
- 1942 - William Matthew Flinders Petrie , English Egyptologist (b. 1853 )
- 1957 - Edith Abbott , American social worker, educator, and author (b. 1876 )
- 1965 - Edogawa Ranpo , Japanese author (b. 1894 )
- 1968 - Otto Hahn , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879 )
- 1971 - Myril Hoag , baseball player (b. 1908 )
- 1972 - Helen Traubel , American soprano (b. 1903 )
- 1972 - Charu Majumdar , Indian revolutionary leader (b. 1918 )
- 1982 - Keith Green , American gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist (b. 1953 )
- 1996 - Marguerite "Marge" Ganser , American singer ( Shangri-Las ) (b. 1948 )
- 1999 - Trygve Haavelmo , Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911 )
- 2002 - Archer John Porter Martin , English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910 )
- 2003 - Lady Valerie Goulding , Irish Senator and campaigner for the disabled (b. 1918 )
- 2004 - Francis Crick , English molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1916 )
- 2004 - Sam Edwards , American actor (b. 1915 )
- 2004 - Tiziano Terzani , Italian journalist (b. 1938 )
Holidays and observances
External links
July 27 - July 29 - June 28 - August 28 -- Listing Of All Days
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