July 28 Events |
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| 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, 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, 1997 (July 28 1997) | Event | Guatemala becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. | |
| July 28th, 1996 (July 28 1996) | Event | Kennewick Man, the remains of a prehistoric man, was discovered near Kennewick, Washington. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1958 (July 28 1958) | Event | Lord Jellicoe makes his maiden speech in the House of Lords. | |
| July 28th, 1957 (July 28 1957) | Event | Heavy rain and mudslide occur at Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, 992 killed. | |
| July 28th, 1955 (July 28 1955) | Event | The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France. | |
| 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, 1943 (July 28 1943) | Event | World War II: Operation GomorrahThe British bomb Hamburg causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians. | |
| 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, 1933 (July 28 1933) | Event | The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Spain were established. | |
| 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, 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, 1896 (July 28 1896) | Event | The City of Miami is incorporated. | |
| 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, 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, 1821 (July 28 1821) | Event | Peru: Jose de San Martin declares independence from Spain. | Jose de San Martin Quotes |
| 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, 1794 (July 28 1794) | Event | Maximilien Robespierre is guillotined in Paris during the French Revolution. | Maximilien Robespierre Quotes |
| 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 |
