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June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar , with 186 days remaining.
Events
- 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul .
- 1243 - Innocent IV becomes Pope .
- 1389 - Ottoman forces crush the Serbian armies in Kosovo , opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe (see Vidovdan ).
- 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.
- 1763 - Earthquake in Komarom , Hungary
- 1776 - Thomas Hinkey was hanged for Mutiny , Sedition , and Treachery for plotting to kidnap George Washington . Hinkey was one of his bodyguards.
- 1838 - The Coronation of Victoria Of The United Kingdom .
- 1859 - First Conformation Dog Show is held in Newcastle-on-Tyne , England .
- 1880 - Ned Kelly the Australian bushranger captured at Glenrowan .
- 1881 - Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia .
- 1887 - Minot, North Dakota incorporated as a city.
- 1894 - Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
- 1895 - El Salvador , Honduras and Nicaragua form the Central American Union.
- '' of World War I .
- 1919 - The Treaty Of Versailles is signed, ending World War I with Germany.
- 1922 - The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
- 1936 - The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
- 1938 - A 450 Metric Ton Meteorite struck the earth in an empty field near Chicora, Pennsylvania
- 1940 - Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova ) to the Soviet Union .
- 1948 - Cominform circulates the "Resolution on the situation in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia"
- 1950 - Seoul is captured by troops from North Korea .
- 1956 - Anti-communist demonstrations in Poznan . Also called ''Poznański czerwiec'' ( June Of Poznan ).
- 1960 - US-owned oil refineries in Cuba confiscated and nationalised.
- 1964 - Malcom X forms the Organization Of Afro-American Unity .
- 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 '' bars quota systems in college admissions.
- 1988 - The worst confined-space industrial accident in U.S. history occurs at a metal-plating plant in Auburn, Indiana , killing five.
- 1989 - Slobodan Milošević 's Kosovo Polje Speech
- 1990 - Paperback Software 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 from WBA title re-match, for biting off part of the ear of his opponent Evander Holyfield .
- 2004 - 38th Canadian Federal Election
- 2004 - Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority , ending the U.S. -led rule of that nation.
- 2004 - Estonia , Lithuania and Slovenia join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism
- 2005 - Canada 's Lower House paves the way for Same-sex Marriage to be legalized there, and make it the third country to do so.
Births
- 1243 - Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (d. 1304 )
- 1476 - Pope Paul IV (d. 1559 )
- 1490 - Albert Of Mainz , bishop and elector of Mainz (d. 1545 )
- 1491 - King Henry VIII Of England (d. 1547 )
- 1503 - Giovanni Della Casa , Italian poet (d. 1556 )
- 1547 (baptism) - Cristofano Malvezzi , Italian composer (d. 1599 )
- 1577 - Peter Paul Rubens , Belgian painter (d. 1640 )
- 1703 - John Wesley , English founder of Methodism (d. 1791 )
- 1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Swiss philosopher (d. 1778 )
- 1719 - Étienne François, Duc De Choiseul , French statesman (d. 1785 )
- 1806 - Napoleon Coste , French guitarist and composer (d. 1883 )
- 1824 - Paul Pierre Broca , French physician (d. 1880 )
- 1831 - Joseph Joachim , Austrian violinist (d. 1907 )
- 1867 - Luigi Pirandello , Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936 )
- 1873 - Alexis Carrel , French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1944 )
- 1883 - Pierre Laval , Prime Minister Of France (d. 1945 )
- 1891 - Carl Panzram , American serial killer (d. 1930 )
- 1902 - Richard Rodgers , American composer (d. 1979 )
- 1906 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972 )
- 1913 - Franz Antel , Austrian filmmaker
- 1914 - Lester Flatt , American musician (d. 1979 )
- 1921 - P. V. Narasimha Rao , Prime Minister Of India (d. 2004 )
- 1926 - Mel Brooks , American filmmaker
- 1927 - Frank Sherwood Rowland , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 - Itamar Franco , President Of Brazil
- 1932 - Pat Morita , American actor (d. 2005 )
- 1935 - John Inman , British actor
- 1936 - Chuck Howley , American football player
- 1938 - Moy Yat , Chinese martial artist (d. 2001 )
- 1943 - Klaus Von Klitzing , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1946 - Gilda Radner , American actress (d. 1989 )
- 1947 - Mark Helprin , American writer
- 1948 - Kathy Bates , American actress
- 1952 - Pietro Mennea , Italian athlete
- 1954 - Alice Krige , South African actress
- 1960 - John Elway , American football player
- 1964 - Mark Grace , baseball player
- 1966 - John Cusack , American actor
- 1968 - Adam Woodyatt , British actor
- 1969 - Danielle Brisebois , American actress
- 1970 - Mushtaq Ahmed , Pakistani cricketer
- 1971 - Fabien Barthez , French footballer
- 1971 - Kenny Cunningham , Irish footballer
- 1971 - Norika Fujiwara , Japanese actress and television-personality
- 1972 - Jon Heidenreich , American professional wrestler
- 1973 - Adrian Annus , Hungarian athlete
- 1976 - Shinobu Asagoe , Japanese tennis player
- 1976 - Seth Wescott , American snowboarder
- 1979 - Randy McMichael , American football player
Deaths
- 767 - Pope Paul I
- 1175 - Andrei Bogolyubsky , Russian prince
- 1194 - Emperor Xiaozong Of Song China (b. 1127 )
- 1385 - Andronicus IV Palaeologus , Eastern Roman Emperor (b. 1348 )
- 1586 - Primož Trubar , Slovenian protestant reformer (b. 1508 )
- 1598 - Abraham Ortelius , Flemish-born cartographer (b. 1527 )
- 1716 - George FitzRoy, 1st Duke Of Northumberland , English general (b. 1665 )
- 1813 - Gerhard Von Scharnhorst , Prussian general (b. 1755 )
- 1834 - Joseph Bové , Russian architect (b. 1784 )
- 1836 - James Madison , President Of The United States (b. 1751 )
- 1881 - Jules Armand Dufaure , French statesman (b. 1798 )
- 1889 - Maria Mitchell , American astronomer (b. 1818 )
- 1913 - Manoel Ferraz De Campos Salles , President of Brazil (b. 1841 )
- 1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke Of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1863 )
- 1914 - Countess Sophie Chotek , wife of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke Of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1868 )
- 1922 - Velimir Khlebnikov , Russian poet (b. 1885 )
- 1929 - Edward Carpenter , English poet (b. 1844 )
- 1960 - Jake Swirbul , American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1898 )
- 1962 - Mickey Cochrane , baseball player (b. 1903 )
- 1965 - Red Nichols , American musician (b. 1905 )
- 1968 - Clifford Dupont , First President Of Rhodesia (b. 1905 )
- 1974 - Frank Sutton , American actor (b. 1923 )
- 1975 - Rod Serling , American television scriptwriter (b. 1924 )
- 1980 - José Iturbi , Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895 )
- 1981 - Terry Fox , Canadian athlete and cancer activist (b. 1958 )
- 1989 - Joris Ivens , Dutch filmmaker (b. 1898 )
- 1992 - Mikhail Tal , Latvian chess player (b. 1936 )
- 1993 - GG Allin , American punk rock singer (b. 1956 )
- 1997 - Mrs. Miller , American singer (b. 1907 )
- 2001 - Mortimer Adler , American philosopher (b. 1902 )
- 2001 - Joan Sims , English actress (b. 1930 )
- 2003 - Wim Slijkhuis , Dutch athlete (b. 1923 )
- 2004 - Anthony Buckeridge , English author (b. 1912 )
Holidays and observances
External links
June 27 - June 29 - May 28 - July 28 -- Listing Of All Days
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