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Sunday, 28 June 2026
1973 O.J. Simpson is recorded as becoming inaugural NFLer to rush 2000 yard in a season 
1973 Syd Barnes, cricketer (13 Tests for Australia 1938-48), dies
1974 Kostas Varnalis, writer, dies
1976 George a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months.
1976 Government halts swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis
1976 George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies.
1978 Cleveland, Ohio, become the inaugural city in the post-Depression era to default on its loans.
1978 Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR.
1978 Blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76.
1980 Pres-elect Reagan announces Alexander Haig as secretary of state
1980 Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90.
1982 Anthony C B Chapman, England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54
1983 Riverside, Cal judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital.
1983 Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time.
1983 Kusan Sunim, are discovered Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74
1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission.
1985 Paul Castellano Organized-crime chief shot dead by a NYC restaurant
1985 Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies.
1987 In this year, Roh Tae Woo claims Presidential Election in South Korea
1987 Albert P Morano, (Rep-R-Conn, 1951-59), dies at 79
1988 Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud
1988 H "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia 1921-29), dies
1989 Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies.
1991 UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote
1991 Fred D Scott, actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies.
1992 IBM said it would make its inaugural layoffs in fifty years. The company announced it would trim its staff by 25000 employees and dispose of some of the assets of its mainframebusiness.
1992 Israel orders deportation of 415 Palestinians after escalating terrorist activity
1992 Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80.
1993 Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46
1994 Mary Durack, poet, dies at 81
1996 IBM announced on this day in 1996 it would stop selling computers that used that PowerPC chip and ran Windows NT. IBM, Motorola, and Apple had teamed up to challenge Intel Corporation's dominance in chips and Microsoft's near monopoly on operating systems.
2005 43rd Mersenne prime are discovered, 230402457 - 1. Discovered with the GIMPS project by Dr. Curtis Cooper and Dr. Steven Boone, professors at Central Missouri State University.
2005 The West Wing Actor John Spencer dies at 58.
2007 Parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan.
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