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(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
1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
1243 - Innocent IV becomes pope.
1389 - Ottoman forces crush the armies of Christian Europe 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.
1859 - First dog show is held in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.
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.
1900-1999
1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophia are killed by a Serbian nationalist, the causus 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.
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
2004 - 2004 Canadian election.
2004 - Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia join the ERM II
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.
Births
1400-1899
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, painter (d. 1640)
1703 - John Wesley, of Epworth, England, founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosopher (d. 1778)
1806 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist, composer (d. 1883)
1807 - Anton Philipp Reclam, publisher (d. 1895)
1831 - Joseph Joachim, violinist (d. 1907)
1867 - Luigi Pirandello, dramatist and narrator, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature (d. 1936)
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
1973 - Adrian Annus, hammer thrower
1978 - Simon Larose, Tennis player
1979 - Randy McMichael, American football player
1988 - Mikko Wanzek, Billionaire
Deaths
700-1899
767 - Pope Paul I
1598 - Abraham Ortelius, cartographer (b. 1527)
1836 - James Madison, president of the US (b. 1751)
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
2001 - Mortimer Adler, philosopher (b. 1902)
2001 - Jim Ellis, co-creator of Usenet
2001 - Joan Sims, actress (b. 1930)
2003 - Wim Slijkhuis, Dutch athlete
2004 - Anthony Buckeridge, author (b. 1912)
Holidays and observances
Feast of St Irenaeus of Lyons
The only date with only perfect numbers (6 and 28).
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