On This Day — July 28

🕰️ Notable Events on July 28

• 1957 — Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992. Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26. Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians. Wikipedia ↗
• 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 court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution. Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered. Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service. Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C. Wikipedia ↗
• 1917 — The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans. Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti. Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I. Wikipedia ↗
• 1896 — The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated. Wikipedia ↗
• 1868 — The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law. Wikipedia ↗
• 1866 — At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln). Wikipedia ↗
• 1864 — American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1854 — USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy, is commissioned. Wikipedia ↗
• 1821 — José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain. Wikipedia ↗
• 1809 — Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte. Wikipedia ↗
• 1808 — Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. Wikipedia ↗
• 1794 — French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France. Wikipedia ↗
• 1778 — Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain. Wikipedia ↗
• 1656 — Battle of Warsaw begins. Wikipedia ↗
• 1635 — In the Eighty Years' War the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans. Wikipedia ↗
• 1571 — La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest encomiendas (provinces) in the country. Wikipedia ↗
• 1540 — Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day. Wikipedia ↗
• 1364 — Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on July 28

• 1995 — Josh Addo-Carr, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Harry Kane, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Moses Odubajo, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Cher Lloyd, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Soulja Boy, American rapper, producer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Simone Pizzuti, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Felipe Kitadai, Brazilian martial artist Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Greg Hardy, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Yasser Corona, Mexican footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Yevhen Khacheridi, Ukrainian-Greek footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Pedro, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Alexandra Chando, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Lauri Korpikoski, Finnish ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Dulquer Salmaan, Indian actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Mathieu Debuchy, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Darren Murphy, Irish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Zach Parise, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Sam Dastyari, Iranian-Australian politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Cody Hay, Canadian figure skater Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Michael Carrick, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Stephen Christian, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Anthony Weaver, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Henrik Hansen, Danish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Lee Min-woo, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Alena Popchanka, Belarusian-French swimmer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Kārlis Vērdiņš, Latvian poet Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Aki Berg, Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Manu Ginóbili, Argentinian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Miyabiyama Tetsushi, Japanese sumo wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Jacoby Shaddix, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Leonor Watling, Spanish actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Alexis Tsipras, Greek engineer and politician, 186th Prime Minister of Greece Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Elizabeth Berkley, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Marc Dupré, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Steve Staios, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Robert Chapman, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraqi leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Ludmilla Lacueva Canut, Andorran writer Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Stephen Lynch, American singer-songwriter and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Annie Perreault, Canadian speed skater Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Paul Strang, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Garth Snow, American ice hockey player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Alexis Arquette, American actress (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Taka Hirose, Japanese bass player Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Jimmy Pardo, American stand-up comedian, actor, and host Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Shikao Suga, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Lori Loughlin, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Rachel Sweet, American singer, television writer, and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Yannick Dalmas, French race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Jon J. Muth, American author and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese illustrator Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — William T. Vollmann, American novelist, short story writer and journalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist (d. 1981) Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Michael Hitchcock, American actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — John Feinstein, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Robert Swan, English explorer Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Nikolay Zimyatov, Russian skier Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Gerd Faltings, German mathematician and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Steve Morse, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Mikey Sheehy, Irish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect and engineer, designed the Athens Olympic Sports Complex Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Doug Collins, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Gregg Giuffria, American rock musician and businessman Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Ray Kennedy, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Tapley Seaton, Kittitian politician, 4th Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Vida Blue, American baseball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Peter Doyle, Australian singer and guitarist (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Simon Kirke, English drummer Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Steve Peregrin Took, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1980) Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Gerald Casale, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Georgia Engel, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Eiichi Ohtaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Peter Cosgrove, Australian general and politician, 26th Governor General of Australia Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Sally Struthers, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Jonathan Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Linda Kelsey, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani poet and activist Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Jim Davis, American cartoonist, created Garfield Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1981) Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Bill Bradley, American basketball player and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Tonia Marketaki, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 1994) Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Susan Roces, Filipino actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Philip Proctor, American voice actor and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Richard Johns, English air marshal Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian engineer, academic, and politician, 90th President of Peru Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Chuan Leekpai, Thai lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Thailand Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Arsen Dedić, Croatian singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Francis Veber, French director and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Russ Jackson, Canadian football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Garfield Sobers, Barbadian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Neil McKendrick, English historian and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Jacques d'Amboise, American dancer and choreographer Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Charlie Hodge, Canadian ice hockey player and scout Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Natalie Babbitt, American author and illustrator (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Alan Brownjohn, English poet and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (d. 1992) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Junior Kimbrough, American singer and guitarist (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Jean Roba, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Ramsey Muir Withers, Canadian general (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States (d. 1994) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Shirley Ann Grau, American novelist and short story writer Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — John Ashbery, American poet (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian bassist (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Luigi Musso, Italian race car driver (d. 1958) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — C. T. Vivian, American minister, author, and activist Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Ray Ellis, American conductor and producer (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Jacques Piccard, Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1916 — David Brown, American journalist and producer (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Charles Hard Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Dick Sprang, American illustrator (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Frankie Yankovic, American polka musician (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer (d. 1984) Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — Aenne Burda, German publisher (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet (d. 1957) Wikipedia ↗
• 1907 — Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware Brands (d. 1983) Wikipedia ↗
• 1902 — Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (d. 1959) Wikipedia ↗
• 1902 — Sir Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1994) Wikipedia ↗
• 1901 — Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1979) Wikipedia ↗
• 1901 — Rudy Vallée, American actor, singer, and saxophonist (d. 1986) Wikipedia ↗
• 1898 — Lawrence Gray, American actor (d. 1970) Wikipedia ↗
• 1896 — Barbara La Marr, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1926) Wikipedia ↗
• 1893 — Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (d. 1952) Wikipedia ↗
• 1887 — Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor (d. 1968) Wikipedia ↗
• 1887 — Willard Price, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 1983) Wikipedia ↗
• 1879 — Lucy Burns, American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party (d. 1966) Wikipedia ↗
• 1879 — Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter (d. 1944) Wikipedia ↗
• 1874 — Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (d. 1945) Wikipedia ↗
• 1872 — Albert Sarraut, French journalist and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (d. 1962) Wikipedia ↗
• 1867 — Charles Dillon Perrine, American-Argentinian astronomer (d. 1951) Wikipedia ↗
• 1866 — Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (d. 1943) Wikipedia ↗
• 1866 — Albertson Van Zo Post, American fencer (d. 1938) Wikipedia ↗
• 1863 — Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski, Russian general (d. 1919) Wikipedia ↗
• 1860 — Elias M. Ammons, American businessman and politician, 19th Governor of Colorado (d. 1925) Wikipedia ↗
• 1860 — Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1922) Wikipedia ↗
• 1857 — Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded Volunteers of America (d. 1940) Wikipedia ↗
• 1844 — Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (d. 1889) Wikipedia ↗
• 1815 — Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (d. 1889) Wikipedia ↗
• 1804 — Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (d. 1872) Wikipedia ↗
• 1796 — Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian businessman, founded the Bösendorfer Company (d. 1859) Wikipedia ↗
• 1783 — Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck, German army officer and writer (d. 1860) Wikipedia ↗
• 1750 — Fabre d'Églantine, French actor, playwright, and politician (d. 1794) Wikipedia ↗
• 1746 — Thomas Heyward, Jr., American judge and politician (d. 1809) Wikipedia ↗
• 1659 — Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat (d. 1715) Wikipedia ↗
• 1645 — Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, French princess (d. 1721) Wikipedia ↗
• 1635 — Robert Hooke, English physicist and chemist (d. 1703) Wikipedia ↗
• 1609 — Judith Leyster, Dutch painter (d. 1660) Wikipedia ↗
• 1516 — William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, German nobleman (d. 1592) Wikipedia ↗
• 1347 — Margaret of Durazzo, Queen of Naples and Hungary (d. 1412) Wikipedia ↗

🕯️ Notable Deaths on July 28

• 2016 — Émile Derlin Zinsou, Beninese politician (b. 1918) Wikipedia ↗
• 2015 — Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (b. 1950) Wikipedia ↗
• 2015 — Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (b. 1954) Wikipedia ↗
• 2015 — Clive Rice, South African cricketer and coach (b. 1949) Wikipedia ↗
• 2014 — Margot Adler, American journalist and author (b. 1946) Wikipedia ↗
• 2014 — Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1925) Wikipedia ↗
• 2014 — Alakbar Mammadov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager (b. 1930) Wikipedia ↗
• 2014 — Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (b. 1921) Wikipedia ↗

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