Public Holidays on July 28

• 🌍 Day of the Cantabrian Institutions (Spain)
• 🌍 Día de la Independencia (Peru)
• 🌍 Independence Day (Peru)
• 🌍 วันเฉลิมพระชนมพรรษาพระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรรามาธิบดีศรีสินทรมหาวชิราลงกรณ พระวชิรเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว (Thailand)

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On This Day in History — July 28

• 1957 — Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
• 1945 — A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
• 1943 — World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
• 1942 — World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military...
• 1939 — The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
• 1938 — Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.

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Notable Births on July 28

• 1995 — Josh Addo-Carr, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 — Harry Kane, English footballer
• 1993 — Moses Odubajo, English footballer
• 1993 — Cher Lloyd, English singer-songwriter
• 1990 — Soulja Boy, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1990 — Simone Pizzuti, Italian footballer

Notable Deaths on July 28

• 2016 — Émile Derlin Zinsou, Beninese politician (b. 1918)
• 2015 — Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (b. 1950)
• 2015 — Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (b. 1954)
• 2015 — Clive Rice, South African cricketer and coach (b. 1949)
• 2014 — Margot Adler, American journalist and author (b. 1946)
• 2014 — Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1925)

Public Holidays on July 29

• 🌍 Día de la Gran Parada Militar (Peru)
• 🌍 Independence Day (Peru)
• 🌍 วันอาสาฬหบูชา (Thailand)

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Religious Observances on July 29

• Jewish: Tu B’Av ט״ו באב

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On This Day in History — July 29

• 2015 — Microsoft releases Windows 10.
• 2013 — Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people.
• 2010 — An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths.
• 2005 — Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
• 1996 — The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
• 1993 — The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.

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Notable Births on July 29

• 2000 — Lino Facioli, Austro-Brazilian-English Actor
• 1998 — Anna Murashige, Japanese singer
• 1994 — Liam O'Brien, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993 — Nicole Melichar, American tennis player
• 1992 — Karen Torrez, Bolivian swimmer
• 1991 — Dale Copley, Australian rugby league player

Notable Deaths on July 29

• 2015 — Antony Holland, English-Canadian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 2015 — Peter O'Sullevan, Anglo-Irish sportscaster (b. 1918)
• 2015 — Mike Pyle, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1939)
• 2015 — Franklin H. Westervelt, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1930)
• 2014 — M. Caldwell Butler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1925)
• 2014 — Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1943)