On This Day

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Today's Historical Events
28 June

• 767 St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
  
  
  
  
• 1098 Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
  
  
  
  
• 1119 Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeats French Crusaders
  
  
  
  
• 1245 1st Council of Lyons (13th ecumenical council) opens
  
  
  
  
• 1389 Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe
  
  
  
  
• 1461 Edward IV crowned king of England
  
  
  
  
• 1485 Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Netherlands
  
  
  

• 1524 Duke of Bourbon occupies Province
  
  
  
  
• 1575 Spanish troops conquer Buren
  
  
  
  
• 1583 Duke Frans de Valois returns to France
  
  
  
  
• 1593 Earl Mauritius conquers Geertruidenberg
  
  
  
  
• 1629 Peace of Alès: Rights of French huguenots limited
  
  
  
  
• 1635 French colony of Guadeloupe established in Caribbean
  
  
  
  
• 1651 Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians starts.
  
  
  
  
• 1675 Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburg army beats Sweden
  
  
  
  
• 1748 Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed
  
  
  
  
• 1762 1st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston)
  
  
  

• 1770 Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
  

United States Declaration of Independence
Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to Continental Congress

• 1776 Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack
  
  
• 1778 Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (General Washington beats Clinton)
  
  
• 1778 Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots
  
  
• 1807 British troops land at Ensenada, Argentina
  
  
• 1820 Tomato is proven to be non-poisonous by Colonel Robert Gibbon eating a tomato on steps of courthouse in Salem, New Jersey
  
  
• 1832 Gerrit Moll measures noise of guns
  
  
• 1833 Three missionaries of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society obtain permission from Chief Moshoeshoe (Moshesh) to found a mission station in Basutoland (now Lesotho)
  
  

• 1841 The Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris premieres the ballet Giselle
  
  
  
  
• 1846 Saxophone is patented by Antoine-Joseph "Adolfe" Sax
  
  
  
  
• 1855 The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University
  
  
  
  
• 1859 1st dog show held (Newcastle-on-Tyne, England)
  
  
  
  
• 1861 Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest
  
  
  
  
• 1862 Day 4 of 7 Day Battle of Savage's Station [Garnett's Farm] in Virginia
  
  
  
  
• 1865 The Army of the Potomac is disbanded
  
  
  
  
• 1869 Amsterdam typographer strike
  
  
  
  
• 1870 U.S. Congress creates federal holidays (New Years Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day), initially applicable only to federal employees
  
  
  
  
• 1874 Freedmen's Bank closes
  
  
  

• 1887 Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0
  
  
  
  
• 1892 Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories
  
  
  
  
• 1894 Labor Day established as a holiday for US federal employees
  
  
  
  
• 1894 The Natal Legislature plans to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill, South Africa
  
  
  
  
• 1895 El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union
  
  
  

• 1897 Marquis C de Bonchamps' expedition reaches Gore Ethiopia
  
  
  

• 1898 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Defending champion R.F. Doherty beats younger brother Laurence Doherty 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1
  
  
  
  
• 1902 US Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin
  
  
  
  
• 1902 US buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million
  
  
  
  
• 1902 Germany, Italy, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire renew their Triple Alliance for six more years
  
  
  
  
• 1904 International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam
  
  
  
  
• 1904 SS Norge runs aground and sinks off Rockall, North Atlantic, more than 635 die, largest maritime loss of life until Titanic
  
  
  
  
• 1907 Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey
  
  
  
  
• 1909 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens
  
  
  
  
• 1911 Joseph Caillaux forms government in France
  
  
  

• 1917 Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam
  
  
• 1918 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands
  
  
• 1919 Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees
  
  
• 1919 Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI and establishing the League of Nations, is signed in France
  
  
• 1922 The Irish Civil War starts when Irish Free State forces attack anti-treaty republicans in Dublin
  
  
• 1923 Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th
  
  
• 1923 Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry of the Netherlands state visit to London
  
  
• 1924 Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's
  
  
• 1924 Tornado strikes Sandusky and Lorain, Ohio, killing 93
  
  
• 1926 Mercedes Benz forms when DMG and Benz & Cie merge
  
  
• 1928 Alfred E Smith (NY-Governor) nominated for US President at Democratic Convention
  
  
• 1928 Friedrich Schmiedl attempts rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful)
  
  

• 1930 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on KC Monarchs
  
  
  

• 1935 Earl Averill's consecutive-game streak ends at 673
  
  
  

• 1935 British Open Golf, Muirfield: Alf Perry wins his only major title, by 4 shots from fellow Englishman Alf Padgham
  
  
  
  
• 1936 Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China
  
  
  

• 1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service (Dixie Clipper)
  
  
• 1939 Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A's 23-2 & 10-0
  
  
• 1940 "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio
  
  
• 1940 Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union
  
  
• 1941 German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev
  
  
• 1941 German troops occupy Galicia, Poland
  
  
• 1942 Col-gen Von Hoth' 6th Pantser enters Voronezj
  
  
• 1945 Polish Provisional government of National Unity set up by Soviets
  
  
• 1946 Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st President of Italy
  
  
• 1946 Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins
  
  
• 1947 "Temptation" (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1
  
  
• 1948 British begin airlift “Operation Plainfare” to West Berlin
  
  
• 1950 "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 278 performances
  
  
• 1950 North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War
  
  
• 1951 "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV
  
  

• 1954 111°F (44°C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)
  
  
  
  
• 1956 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates (Chicago Illinois)
  
  
  
  
• 1956 Riots break out in Poznan, Poland, 38 die
  
  
  
  
• 1957 Reds' fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters
  
  
  

• 1958 Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden
  
  
  
  
• 1958 Nancy Ramey swims world record 100m (1:09.6)
  
  
  
  
• 1958 US Open Women's Golf, Forest Lake CC: Mickey Wright wins 1st of 4 Open titles by 5 from Louise Suggs; 1st player to win Open & LPGA in same year
  
  
  
  
• 1959 Phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0)
  
  
  
  
• 1959 Meldrim trestle disaster; freight train derails over Ogeechee River in Georgia causing IPG tanks to explode killing 23
  
  
  
  
• 1960 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record)
  
  
  
  
• 1961 Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 innings tie
  
  
  
  
• 1962 Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands
  
  
  
  
• 1963 Belaunde Terry inaugurated as President of Peru
  
  
  

• 1965 Dutch Princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg announce their engagement
  
  
  
  
• 1966 Ernie Terrell beats Doug Jones in 15 wba for heavyweight boxing title
  
  
  

• 1967 Israel annexes East Jerusalem
  
  
• 1968 Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers
  
  
• 1969 Police carry out an early morning raid on Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY; about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days
  
  
• 1969 John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut v WI at Lord's
  
  
• 1970 Around 500 Catholic workers at the Harland and Wolff shipyard are forced to leave their work by Protestant employees as serious rioting continues in Belfast
  
  
• 1971 Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 HRs and no-hits Reds
  
  

• 1973 Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League's "no girls" rule
  
  
  

• 1973 New Zealand ship HMNZS Otago sails for Mururoa nuclear test zone after France’s refusal to accept an International Court of Justice injunction against its atmospheric nuclear testing
  
  
  
  
• 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly elections take place
  
  
  
  
• 1974 Fall of earth and rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia)
  
  
  
  
• 1974 Wings release singles "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK
  
  
  
  
• 1975 Reigning PGA Championship winner Lee Trevino and playing partners Jerry Heard, Bobby Nichols, Jim Ahern and Tony Jacklin are struck by lightning at Western Open; suffer minor burns
  
  
  
  
• 1975 The South African rugby team beats France 33-18 in Pretoria
  
  
  
  
• 1976 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
  
  
  
  
• 1976 Three British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
  
  
  
  
• 1977 Billy Hunter becomes Rangers' 4th manager in 6 days
  
  
  
  
• 1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
  
  
  
  
• 1977 The United Party, main political opposition party in South Africa, is formally disbanded by the majority faction after members leave the party to join other new political parties
  
  
  
  
• 1978 UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as ambassadors of goodwill
  
  
  
  
• 1978 Supreme Court orders Cal medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected
  
  
  
  
• 1979 OPEC raises oil prices 24%
  
  
  
  
• 1980 NYC transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents
  
  
  
  
• 1980 The South African Springbok rugby team lead by Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 12-10 in Port Elizabeth to lead 3-0 in the series
  
  
  
  
• 1981 "Piaf" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 165 performances
  
  
  
  
• 1981 74 government officials die in attack in Iran
  
  
  

• 1983 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Connecticutt collapses, killing 3
  
  
  
  
• 1983 NASA launches Galaxy-A
  
  
  
  
• 1984 Former member of South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), Jeannette Schoon, and her six-year old daughter, Katryn, are killed by a letter bomb at Lubango, in northern Angola
  
  
  
  
• 1984 17th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
  
  
  
  
• 1985 Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx
  
  
  
  
• 1986 Irish population condemns divorce
  
  
  
  
• 1986 Kenneth and Nellie Pike challenge Ala Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick
  
  
  
  
• 1986 West European leaders, meeting in the Netherlands, delay indefinitely imposing economic sanctions against South Africa
  
  
  

• 1987 "Dreamgirls" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 177 performances
  
  
  
  
• 1987 Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden)
  
  
  

• 1990 Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 11th time
  
  
  
  
• 1991 South Africa signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
  
  
  
  
• 1992 "Chinese Coffee" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 18 performances
  
  
  
  
• 1992 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in US (7.4) rock California
  
  
  
  
• 1992 Burharnuddin Rabbani becomes president of Afghanistan
  
  
  
  
• 1992 Italian government of Amato forms
  
  
  
  
• 1992 LA Police commisioner Daryl Gates steps down
  
  
  
  
• 1992 US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
  
  
  
  
• 1992 The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law
  
  
  
  
• 1993 Doctors recommend ligament transplant to Jose Canseco's arm
  
  
  
  
• 1993 Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach
  
  
  
  
• 1993 NCRV shows last "Cheers" in Netherlands
  
  
  
  
• 1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most HRs by a catcher
  
  
  
  
• 1994 NY Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges
  
  
  

• 1994 NHL Draft: Windsor Spitfires (OHL) defenceman Ed Jovanovski first pick by Florida Panthers
  
  
  
  
• 1995 NJ Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign
  
  
  
  
• 1995 NBA draft: Maryland power forward Joe Smith first pick by Golden State Warriors
  
  
  

• 1996 The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
  
  
  
  
• 1997 "Master Class" closes at Golden Theater NYC after 601 performances
  
  
  
  
• 1997 "Steel Peer" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 76 performances
  
  
  
  
• 1997 TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant
  
  
  
  
• 2000 Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
  
  
  
  
• 2000 NBA Draft: Cincinnati power forward Kenyon Martin first pick by New Jersey Nets
  
  
  
  
• 2002 In South Africa, the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Treatment Action Campaign table a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan in the National Economic, Development and Labour Council
  
  
  

• 2004 Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism
  
  
  
  
• 2004 The 17th NATO Summit starts in Istanbul.
  
  
  
  
• 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
  
  
  
  
• 2005 A final design for Manhattan's Freedom Tower is formally unveiled
  
  
  
  
• 2005 NBA Draft: Utah center Andrew Bogut first pick by Milwaukee Bucks
  
  
  
  
• 2006 The Republic of Montenegro admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution 60/264
  
  
  
  
• 2006 NBA Draft: Benetton Treviso (Italy)power forward Andrea Bargnani first pick by Toronto Raptors
  
  
  
  
• 2007 Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th member of the 3000 hit club, going 5 for 5 against the Colorado Rockies
  
  
  
  
• 2007 NBA Draft: Ohio State center Greg Oden first pick by Portland Trail Blazers
  
  
  

• 2012 A series of car bombs in Iraq kills 14 and injures 50 people
  
  
  
  
• 2012 NBA Draft: Kentucky center Anthony Davis first pick New Orleans Pelicans
  
  
  

• 2015 David Sweat shot and captured near Canadian border. 2nd prisoner to escape maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility June 6
  
  
  
  
• 2015 Greek Credit Crisis: Greek government says banks closed for a week and ATM withdrawals restricted after European Central Bank refused to supply emergency funds
  
  
  
  
• 2015 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Del Paso CC: Jeff Maggert shoots final round 65 (-5) to win by 2 strokes from defending champion Colin Montgomerie of Scotland
  
  
  
  
• 2016 Suicide bombings and gun attacks at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport kill 42 and wound more than 200
  
  
  
  
• 2017 Wilshire Grand Center becomes the tallest building in Los Angeles and in the US west of the Mississippi at 1,100 ft
  
  
  

• 2018 Lone gunman attacks offices of Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing nine
  
  
• 2018 Power company uncovers Neolithic wooden trackway 2,300 years old in Suffolk, England. One of the largest archaeological digs in Europe at 16,000 square meters
  
  
• 2018 Employee charged with attempted poisoning of colleague's sandwich in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany, leading authorities to investigate 21 other suspicious deaths
  
  
• 2018 Amsterdam elects its first-ever woman mayor Femke Halsema since its first mayor in 1343
  
  
• 2018 Fire starts on Winter Hill on Lancashire moorland, England, lit by arson
  
  
• 2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo declared "largely contained" by World Health Organisation, first outbreak to use new Merck vaccine