June 28 (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. See Talk:August_1. The correct dates for such events need to be determined.) June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. Events 1200-1899 1243 - Innocent IV becomes pope. 1389 - Ottoman forces crush the armies of Christian Europe in Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe (see Vidovdan). 1519 - Charles V elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. 1635 - Guadeloupe becomes a French colony. 1651 - Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians, the biggest battle in the 17th century, starts. 1838 - Queen Victoria crowned. 1855 - Sigma Chi fraternity founded on Commencement Day at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. 1887 - Minot, North Dakota incorporated as a city. 1894 - Labor Day becomes an official US holiday. 1900-1999 1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophia are killed by a Serbian nationalist, the causus belli of World War I. 1919 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I with Germany. 1936 - The puppet state of Mengjiang is formed, with Demchugdongrub as the head. 1940 - Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union. 1950 - Seoul captured by troops from North Korea. 1960 - US-owned oil refineries in Cuba confiscated and nationalised. 1967 - Israel annexes East Jerusalem. 1969 - Stonewall riots in New York city mark the beginning of the modern gay rights era. 1978 - The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 438 US 265 1978, bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities. 1988 - Five workers asphyxiated at a metal-plating plant in Auburn, Indiana, in the worst confined-space industrial accident in U.S. history. 1990 - Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam Osborne, found guilty by a U.S. court of copyright violation for copying the appearance and menu system of Lotus 1-2-3 in its competing spreadsheet program. 1997 - Boxer Mike Tyson is disqualified for biting off part of the ear of his opponent Evander Holyfield. 2000-2099 2004 - 2004 Canadian election. 2004 - Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia join the ERM II 2004 - Full sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation. Births 1400-1899 1476 - Pope Paul IV (d. 1559) 1490 - Albert of Mainz, bishop and elector of Mainz (d. 1545) 1491 - Henry VIII, king of England (d. 1547) 1577 - Peter Paul Rubens, painter (d. 1640) 1703 - John Wesley, of Epworth, England, founder of Methodism (d. 1791) 1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosopher (d. 1778) 1806 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist, composer (d. 1883) 1807 - Anton Philipp Reclam, publisher (d. 1895) 1831 - Joseph Joachim, violinist (d. 1907) 1867 - Luigi Pirandello, dramatist and narrator, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature (d. 1936) 1900-1999 1902 - John Dillinger, gangster (d. 1934) 1902 - Richard Rodgers, composer (d. 1979) 1906 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics 1963 (d. 1972) 1906 - Paul-Emile Victor 1913 - Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker 1914 - Lester Flatt, bluegrass musician (d. 1979) 1926 - Mel Brooks, filmmaker 1932 - Pat Morita, actor 1936 - Chuck Howley, American football player 1938 - Moy Yat, Chinese Sealmaker, Martial Artist 1943 - Klaus von Klitzing, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics 1946 - Gilda Radner, actress (d. 1989) 1948 - Kathy Bates, actress 1948 - Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court judge 1952 - Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete 1954 - Alice Krige, actress 1960 - John Elway, National Football League player 1964 - Mark Grace, Major League Baseball player 1966 - John Cusack, actor 1968 - Adam Woodyatt, actor 1973 - Adrian Annus, hammer thrower 1978 - Simon Larose, Tennis player 1979 - Randy McMichael, American football player Deaths 700-1899 767 - Pope Paul I 1598 - Abraham Ortelius, cartographer (b. 1527) 1836 - James Madison, president of the US (b. 1751) 1900-1999 1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (assassination) (b. 1863) 1962 - Mickey Cochrane, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1903) 1965 - Red Nichols, jazz musician (b. 1905) 1974 - Frank Sutton, actor 1975 - Rod Serling, scriptwriter, host of The Twilight Zone (b. 1924) 1980 - José Iturbi, musician, conductor (b. 1895) 1981 - Terry Fox, cancer activist (b. 1958) 1989 - Joris Ivens, filmmaker (b. 1898) 1997 - Mrs. Miller, singer (b. 1907) 2000-2099 2001 - Mortimer Adler, philosopher (b. 1902) 2001 - Jim Ellis, co-creator of Usenet 2001 - Joan Sims, actress (b. 1930) 2003 - Wim Slijkhuis, Dutch athlete 2004 - Anthony Buckeridge, author (b. 1912) Holidays and observances Feast of St Irenaeus of Lyons June 27 - June 29 - May 28 - July 28 -- listing of all days FAVORITE ARTICLES: History of the World    History of the United States    History of Europe    Ancient History    History    Military History    World War I    Bombing of Dresden    California    US Constitution    Frank Sinatra    Boston    Marbury v. 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