July 28 All Events |
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| July 28th, 2007 (July 28 2007) | Death | Jim LeRoy, Stunt Plane pilot | |
| July 28th, 2007 (July 28 2007) | Death | Karl Gotch, Belgian professional wrestler (born in 1924) | |
| July 28th, 2006 (July 28 2006) | Death | David Gemmell, British writer (born in 1948) | |
| July 28th, 2005 (July 28 2005) | Event | The Provisional Irish Republican Army (The PIRA) call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland. | |
| July 28th, 2005 (July 28 2005) | Event | A tornado touches down in a residential area in south Birmingham, England, causing ?4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people. | |
| July 28th, 2004 (July 28 2004) | Death | Francis Crick, English molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (born in 1916) | Francis Crick Quotes |
| July 28th, 2004 (July 28 2004) | Death | Sam Edwards, American actor (born in 1915) | |
| July 28th, 2004 (July 28 2004) | Death | Eugene Roche, American actor (born in 1928) | |
| July 28th, 2004 (July 28 2004) | Death | Tiziano Terzani, Italian journalist (born in 1938) | |
| July 28th, 2003 (July 28 2003) | Death | Lady Valerie Goulding, Irish politician and activist (born in 1918) | |
| July 28th, 2002 (July 28 2002) | Event | Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, were rescued after 77 hours underground. | |
| July 28th, 2002 (July 28 2002) | Death | Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1910) | John Martin Quotes |
| July 28th, 2000 (July 28 2000) | Death | Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist and historian (born in 1918) | Abraham Quotes |
| July 28th, 1999 (July 28 1999) | Death | Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist, Nobel laureate (born in 1911) | |
| July 28th, 1998 (July 28 1998) | Death | Lenny McLean, English bareknuckle fighter (born in 1949) | |
| July 28th, 1997 (July 28 1997) | Event | Guatemala becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. | |
| July 28th, 1997 (July 28 1997) | Death | Seni Pramoj, Thai politician (born in 1905) | |
| July 28th, 1996 (July 28 1996) | Event | Kennewick Man, the remains of a prehistoric man, was discovered near Kennewick, Washington. | |
| July 28th, 1996 (July 28 1996) | Death | Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and educator (born in 1908) | |
| July 28th, 1993 (July 28 1993) | Birth | Hannah Lochner, Canadian actress | |
| July 28th, 1990 (July 28 1990) | Birth | Shana Swash, English Actress | |
| July 28th, 1990 (July 28 1990) | Birth | Soulja Boy, American Rapper | |
| July 28th, 1990 (July 28 1990) | Death | Jill Esmond, British actress (born in 1908) | |
| July 28th, 1988 (July 28 1988) | Birth | Ayla Brown, American singer | |
| July 28th, 1988 (July 28 1988) | Birth | Casper Johansen, Danish footballer | |
| July 28th, 1986 (July 28 1986) | Birth | Alexandra Chando, American actress | |
| July 28th, 1985 (July 28 1985) | Birth | Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor | |
| July 28th, 1985 (July 28 1985) | Birth | Tynisha Keli, American singer | |
| July 28th, 1984 (July 28 1984) | Birth | DeMeco Ryans, American football player | |
| July 28th, 1984 (July 28 1984) | Birth | Zach Parise, American ice hockey player | |
| July 28th, 1982 (July 28 1982) | Birth | Agusta Eva Erlendsdottir, Icelandic singer and actress | |
| July 28th, 1982 (July 28 1982) | Birth | Tom Pelphrey, American actor | |
| July 28th, 1982 (July 28 1982) | Death | Keith Green, American gospel singer and pianist (born in 1953) | |
| July 28th, 1981 (July 28 1981) | Birth | Michael Carrick, English footballer | |
| July 28th, 1981 (July 28 1981) | Birth | Jo In Sung, South Korean actor | |
| July 28th, 1980 (July 28 1980) | Birth | Stephen Christian, American singer (Anberlin) | |
| July 28th, 1979 (July 28 1979) | Birth | Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa) | |
| July 28th, 1979 (July 28 1979) | Birth | Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer | |
| July 28th, 1979 (July 28 1979) | Birth | Henrik Hansen, Danish footballer | |
| July 28th, 1979 (July 28 1979) | Death | Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (born in 1898) | |
| July 28th, 1978 (July 28 1978) | Birth | Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer/songwriter | |
| July 28th, 1977 (July 28 1977) | Birth | Emanuel Ginobili, Argentine basketball player | |
| July 28th, 1977 (July 28 1977) | Birth | Aki Berg, Finnish ice hockey player | |
| July 28th, 1976 (July 28 1976) | Event | The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 magnitude flattens Tangshan, the People s Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851. | |
| July 28th, 1976 (July 28 1976) | Birth | Jacoby Shaddix, American singer (Papa Roach) | |
| July 28th, 1975 (July 28 1975) | Birth | Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer | |
| July 28th, 1974 (July 28 1974) | Birth | Justin Lee Collins, British comedian | |
| July 28th, 1973 (July 28 1973) | Event | Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: 600,000 people attend what was for many years the largest musical concert in history, at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway. | |
| July 28th, 1973 (July 28 1973) | Birth | Steve Staios, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| July 28th, 1973 (July 28 1973) | Birth | Marc Dupre, Quebec humorist and singer | |
| July 28th, 1972 (July 28 1972) | Birth | Elizabeth Berkley, American actress | |
| July 28th, 1972 (July 28 1972) | Birth | Ed Templeton, American skateboarder | |
| July 28th, 1972 (July 28 1972) | Birth | Yeom Jeong-ah, South Korean actress | |
| July 28th, 1972 (July 28 1972) | Death | Helen Traubel, American soprano (born in 1903) | |
| July 28th, 1972 (July 28 1972) | Death | Charu Majumdar, Indian revolutionary leader (born in 1918) | |
| July 28th, 1971 (July 28 1971) | Birth | Stephen Lynch, American musician | |
| July 28th, 1971 (July 28 1971) | Birth | Annie Perreault, Canadian short-track speed skater | |
| July 28th, 1971 (July 28 1971) | Death | Myril Hoag, American baseball player (born in 1908) | |
| July 28th, 1971 (July 28 1971) | Death | Charles E. Pont, American artist (born in 1898) | |
| July 28th, 1970 (July 28 1970) | Birth | Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist (Arch Enemy) | |
| July 28th, 1970 (July 28 1970) | Birth | Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater | |
| July 28th, 1969 (July 28 1969) | Birth | Garth Snow, American ice hockey goaltender | |
| July 28th, 1969 (July 28 1969) | Birth | Alexis Arquette, American actor | |
| July 28th, 1969 (July 28 1969) | Birth | Dana White, UFC President | |
| July 28th, 1969 (July 28 1969) | Death | Ramon Grau, Cuban president (born in 1882) | |
| July 28th, 1968 (July 28 1968) | Death | Otto Hahn, German chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1879) | |
| July 28th, 1967 (July 28 1967) | Death | Karl W. Richter, Lieutenant, USAF, American aviator (born in 1942) | |
| July 28th, 1966 (July 28 1966) | Birth | Shikao Suga, Japanese singer/songwriter | |
| July 28th, 1965 (July 28 1965) | Event | Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. | Lyndon Johnson Quotes |
| July 28th, 1965 (July 28 1965) | Birth | Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer | |
| July 28th, 1965 (July 28 1965) | Birth | Delfeayo Marsalis, jazz musician | |
| July 28th, 1965 (July 28 1965) | Death | Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author (born in 1894) | |
| July 28th, 1964 (July 28 1964) | Birth | Lori Loughlin, American actress | |
| July 28th, 1962 (July 28 1962) | Birth | Rachel Sweet, American singer | |
| July 28th, 1961 (July 28 1961) | Birth | Yannick Dalmas, French race car driver | Yanni Quotes |
| July 28th, 1961 (July 28 1961) | Birth | Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter | |
| July 28th, 1960 (July 28 1960) | Birth | Yoichi Takahashi, Japanese mangaka of Captain Tsubasa and Hungry Heart Wild Striker | |
| July 28th, 1958 (July 28 1958) | Event | Lord Jellicoe makes his maiden speech in the House of Lords. | |
| July 28th, 1958 (July 28 1958) | Birth | Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and activist (died in 1981) | |
| July 28th, 1958 (July 28 1958) | Birth | Michael Hitchcock, American actor | |
| July 28th, 1957 (July 28 1957) | Event | Heavy rain and mudslide occur at Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, 992 killed. | |
| July 28th, 1957 (July 28 1957) | Death | Edith Abbott, American social worker, educator, and author (born in 1876) | |
| July 28th, 1955 (July 28 1955) | Event | The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France. | |
| July 28th, 1955 (July 28 1955) | Birth | Nikolay Zimyatov, Russian cross-country skier | |
| July 28th, 1954 (July 28 1954) | Birth | Bruce Abbott, American actor | |
| July 28th, 1954 (July 28 1954) | Birth | Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela | |
| July 28th, 1954 (July 28 1954) | Birth | Gerd Faltings, German mathematician | |
| July 28th, 1954 (July 28 1954) | Birth | Steve Morse, American guitarist | |
| July 28th, 1954 (July 28 1954) | Birth | Mikey Sheehy, Gaelic footballer | |
| July 28th, 1952 (July 28 1952) | Birth | Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist | |
| July 28th, 1952 (July 28 1952) | Birth | Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince of Thailand | |
| July 28th, 1951 (July 28 1951) | Birth | Anthony A. Williams, Mayor of Washington, D.C. | |
| July 28th, 1951 (July 28 1951) | Birth | Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect | |
| July 28th, 1950 (July 28 1950) | Birth | Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian poet | |
| July 28th, 1949 (July 28 1949) | Birth | Steve Peregrin Took, English singer (died in 1980) | |
| July 28th, 1949 (July 28 1949) | Birth | Vida Blue, American baseball player | |
| July 28th, 1949 (July 28 1949) | Birth | Peter Doyle, Australian singer (The New Seekers) (died in 2001) | |
| July 28th, 1948 (July 28 1948) | Birth | Gerald Casale, Musician and Director (Founding Member Devo) | Devo Quotes |
| July 28th, 1948 (July 28 1948) | Birth | Georgia Engel, American actress | |
| July 28th, 1948 (July 28 1948) | Birth | Sally Struthers, American actress | |
| July 28th, 1946 (July 28 1946) | Birth | Jonathan Edwards, American singer and songwriter | Jonathan Edwards Quotes |
| July 28th, 1946 (July 28 1946) | Birth | Linda Kelsey, American actress | |
| July 28th, 1946 (July 28 1946) | Birth | Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani writer and feminist | |
| July 28th, 1945 (July 28 1945) | Event | A US Army B-25 bomber accidentally crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 injuring 26. | |
| July 28th, 1945 (July 28 1945) | Birth | Jim Davis, American cartoonist | |
| July 28th, 1943 (July 28 1943) | Event | World War II: Operation GomorrahThe British bomb Hamburg causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians. | |
| July 28th, 1943 (July 28 1943) | Birth | Mike Bloomfield, American musician (died in 1981) | |
| July 28th, 1943 (July 28 1943) | Birth | Bill Bradley, American basketball player and politician | |
| July 28th, 1943 (July 28 1943) | Birth | Richard Wright English musician (Pink Floyd) | |
| July 28th, 1942 (July 28 1942) | Event | World War II: USSR 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. | Joseph Stalin Quotes |
| July 28th, 1942 (July 28 1942) | Birth | Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster | |
| July 28th, 1942 (July 28 1942) | Death | William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (born in 1853) | |
| July 28th, 1941 (July 28 1941) | Birth | Susan Roces, Filipino actress | |
| July 28th, 1941 (July 28 1941) | Birth | Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor | |
| July 28th, 1940 (July 28 1940) | Birth | Philip Proctor, American comedian | |
| July 28th, 1938 (July 28 1938) | Birth | Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru | |
| July 28th, 1938 (July 28 1938) | Birth | Chuan Leekpai, Thai politician and Former Prime Minister of Thailand | |
| July 28th, 1937 (July 28 1937) | Birth | Francis Veber, French film director and screenwriter | |
| July 28th, 1936 (July 28 1936) | Birth | Russ Jackson, Canadian football player | |
| July 28th, 1936 (July 28 1936) | Birth | Garfield Sobers, Barbadian West Indies cricketer | |
| July 28th, 1935 (July 28 1935) | Birth | Simon Dee, British television broadcaster | |
| July 28th, 1934 (July 28 1934) | Birth | Jacques d Amboise, American choreographer | |
| July 28th, 1934 (July 28 1934) | Death | Marie Dressler, Canadian actress (born in 1868) | |
| July 28th, 1933 (July 28 1933) | Event | The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Spain were established. | |
| July 28th, 1933 (July 28 1933) | Birth | Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender | |
| July 28th, 1932 (July 28 1932) | Event | US President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, DC. | Herbert Hoover Quotes |
| July 28th, 1930 (July 28 1930) | Birth | Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (died in 2006) | |
| July 28th, 1930 (July 28 1930) | Birth | Junior Kimbrough, American bluesman (died in 1998) | |
| July 28th, 1930 (July 28 1930) | Death | Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, Nobel laureate (born in 1862) | |
| July 28th, 1929 (July 28 1929) | Birth | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States (died in 1994) | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Quotes |
| July 28th, 1927 (July 28 1927) | Birth | John Ashbery, American poet | John Ashbery Quotes |
| July 28th, 1926 (July 28 1926) | Birth | Charlie Biddle, American-born Quebec jazz bassist (died in 2003) | |
| July 28th, 1925 (July 28 1925) | Birth | Baruch S. Blumberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate | |
| July 28th, 1924 (July 28 1924) | Birth | C.T. Vivian, American 1960s Civil Rights Movement activist | |
| July 28th, 1922 (July 28 1922) | Birth | Jacques Piccard, Belgian-born undersea explorer | |
| July 28th, 1916 (July 28 1916) | Birth | David Brown, American film producer | |
| July 28th, 1915 (July 28 1915) | Birth | Charles Townes, American physicist, Nobel laureate | |
| July 28th, 1914 (July 28 1914) | Event | World WarAustria-Hungary 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 the war. | |
| July 28th, 1914 (July 28 1914) | Birth | Carmen Dragon, American composer (died in 1984) | |
| July 28th, 1909 (July 28 1909) | Birth | Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (died in 1957) | |
| July 28th, 1907 (July 28 1907) | Birth | Earl Tupper, American inventor (died in 1983) | |
| July 28th, 1902 (July 28 1902) | Birth | Karl Popper, Austrian-born philosopher (died in 1994) | Karl Popper Quotes |
| July 28th, 1901 (July 28 1901) | Birth | Rudy Vallee, American entertainer (died in 1986) | |
| July 28th, 1901 (July 28 1901) | Birth | Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player (died in 1979) | |
| July 28th, 1900 (July 28 1900) | Birth | Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (died in 1965) | |
| July 28th, 1898 (July 28 1898) | Birth | Lawrence Gray, American actor (died in 1970) | |
| July 28th, 1896 (July 28 1896) | Event | The City of Miami is incorporated. | |
| July 28th, 1896 (July 28 1896) | Birth | Barbara La Marr, American actress (died in 1926) | |
| July 28th, 1895 (July 28 1895) | Death | Edward Beecher, American theologian (born in 1803) | |
| July 28th, 1887 (July 28 1887) | Birth | Marcel Duchamp, French painter (died in 1968) | |
| July 28th, 1878 (July 28 1878) | Death | George Law Curry, Newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon (born in 1820) | |
| July 28th, 1874 (July 28 1874) | Birth | Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (died in 1945) | Philo Quotes |
| July 28th, 1872 (July 28 1872) | Birth | Albert Sarraut, French politician (died in 1962) | |
| July 28th, 1869 (July 28 1869) | Death | Jan Evangelista Purkyne, Czech anatomist (born in 1787) | Tom Ze Quotes |
| July 28th, 1868 (July 28 1868) | Event | The 14th Amendment to the Constitution is passed, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law. | |
| July 28th, 1867 (July 28 1867) | Birth | Charles Dillon Perrine, American-born astronomer (died in 1951) | |
| July 28th, 1866 (July 28 1866) | Birth | Beatrix Potter, English author (died in 1943) | Beatrix Potter Quotes |
| July 28th, 1864 (July 28 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Ezra ChurchThe battle begins on this day when Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia. | |
| July 28th, 1863 (July 28 1863) | Birth | Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski, Russian general (died in 1919) | Evans Quotes |
| July 28th, 1860 (July 28 1860) | Birth | Elias M. Ammons, governor of Colorado (died in 1925) | |
| July 28th, 1860 (July 28 1860) | Birth | Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (died in 1922) | |
| July 28th, 1857 (July 28 1857) | Birth | Ballington Booth, co-founder of Volunteers of America (died in 1940) | |
| July 28th, 1849 (July 28 1849) | Death | King Charles Albert of Sardinia (born in 1798) | |
| July 28th, 1844 (July 28 1844) | Birth | Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (died in 1889) | Gerard Manley Hopkins Quotes |
| July 28th, 1844 (July 28 1844) | Death | Joseph Bonaparte, older brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain (born in 1768) | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
| July 28th, 1842 (July 28 1842) | Death | Clemens Brentano, German poet (born in 1778) | |
| July 28th, 1835 (July 28 1835) | Death | Edouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (born in 1768) | |
| July 28th, 1821 (July 28 1821) | Event | Peru: Jose de San Martin declares independence from Spain. | Jose de San Martin Quotes |
| July 28th, 1818 (July 28 1818) | Death | Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (born in 1746) | |
| July 28th, 1815 (July 28 1815) | Birth | Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (died in 1889) | |
| July 28th, 1809 (July 28 1809) | Event | Peninsular War: Battle of TalaveraSir Arthur Wellesley s British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force under Joseph Bonaparte. | Arthur Wellesley Quotes |
| July 28th, 1804 (July 28 1804) | Birth | Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher (died in 1872) | Philo Quotes |
| July 28th, 1796 (July 28 1796) | Birth | Ignaz Bosendorfer, Austrian musician (died in 1859) | |
| July 28th, 1794 (July 28 1794) | Event | Maximilien Robespierre is guillotined in Paris during the French Revolution. | Maximilien Robespierre Quotes |
| July 28th, 1794 (July 28 1794) | Death | Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary leader (born in 1758) | Maximilien Robespierre Quotes |
| July 28th, 1794 (July 28 1794) | Death | Louis de Saint-Just, French Revolutionary leader (born in 1767) | |
| July 28th, 1762 (July 28 1762) | Death | George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician (born in 1691) | |
| July 28th, 1750 (July 28 1750) | Birth | Fabre d Eglantine French dramatist and politician, creator of the French Republican calendar (died in 1794) | |
| July 28th, 1750 (July 28 1750) | Death | Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (born in 1685) | |
| July 28th, 1746 (July 28 1746) | Birth | Thomas Heyward, Jr., American patriot, signer of the Declaration of Independence (died in 1809) | |
| July 28th, 1741 (July 28 1741) | Death | Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (born in 1678) | Antonio Vivaldi Quotes |
| July 28th, 1718 (July 28 1718) | Death | Etienne Baluze, French scholar (born in 1630) | |
| July 28th, 1685 (July 28 1685) | Death | Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English statesman (born in 1618) | |
| July 28th, 1675 (July 28 1675) | Death | Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer (born in 1605) | |
| July 28th, 1667 (July 28 1667) | Death | Abraham Cowley, English poet (born in 1618) | Abraham Cowley Quotes |
| July 28th, 1659 (July 28 1659) | Birth | Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (died in 1715) | |
| July 28th, 1655 (July 28 1655) | Death | Cyrano de Bergerac, French poet (born in 1619) | Cyrano de Bergerac Quotes |
| July 28th, 1631 (July 28 1631) | Death | Guillen de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish dramatist (born in 1569) | |
| July 28th, 1609 (July 28 1609) | Event | Bermuda is first settled, by survivors of the English Sea Venture, en route to Virginia. | |
| July 28th, 1586 (July 28 1586) | Event | First potato arrives in Britain. | |
| July 28th, 1540 (July 28 1540) | Event | 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. | Henry VIII of England Quotes |
| July 28th, 1540 (July 28 1540) | Death | Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (born in 1495) | |
| July 28th, 1527 (July 28 1527) | Death | Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish conquistador | |
| July 28th, 1347 (July 28 1347) | Birth | Margherita of Durazzo, queen of Naples (died in 1412) | |
| July 28th, 1285 (July 28 1285) | Death | Queen Keran of Armenia, consort of Leo III of Armenia | |
| July 28th, 1230 (July 28 1230) | Death | Duke Leopold VI of Austria (born in 1176) | |
| July 28th, 1128 (July 28 1128) | Death | William Clito, Count of Flanders (born in 1102) | |
| July 28th, 1057 (July 28 1057) | Death | Pope Victor II | |
| July 28th, 0450 (July 28 0450) | Death | Theodosius II, Roman Emperor (born in 401) | |
