Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In July - 28
Friday, 26 April 2024
1984 On July - 28 23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles 
1984 Bess Flowers, actress (View from Pompey's Head), dies at 85 on July - 28.
1985 Grant Williams, actor (Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54 on July - 28.
1986 On July - 28 nASA releases transcript from doomed Challenger, pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, "Uh-oh!" as spacecraft disintegrated
1986 Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower), dies at 91 on this day in history.
1987 Angel Cordero Jr becomes the 4th jockey to win 6,000 races on July - 28.
1987 James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism), dies at 81 on July - 28.
1988 On July - 28 israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for first visit in 21 years
1988 On this day in history jordan cancels $1.3 billion development plan in West Bank
1988 On this day in history nASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleve, announce new high-temperature superconductors able to operate at 33 to 37 Gigahertz
1988 Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson on this day in history.
1989 On this day in history jeff Richards, actor (Don't Go Near the Water), dies at 66
1990 On this day in history blackout hits Chicago
1990 Armando Frid, of Argentina (Born May 24, 1866 Guin rec), dies at 124 on July - 28.
1991 Expo's Dennis Martinez pitches baseball's 15th perfect game (Dodgers) on this day in history.
1991 Miguel Indurain of Spain wins the Tour de France bicycle race on this day in history.
1991 Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45 on July - 28.
1993 Herbert Joeks, [van Hugten], Dutch actor (Pipo the Clown), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1994 Bernard Delfont, Rus/Brit impresario (Thorn EMI), dies at 84 on July - 28.
1996 On this day in history harold C Fox, Fashion designer/musician, dies at 86
2005 The Provisional IRA issues a statement formally ordering an end to the armed campaign it has pursued since 1969 and ordering all its units to dump their arms on this day in history.
2012 Ye Shiwen of China sets world record in the women's 400m individual medley in 4:28.43 on this day in history.
2013 39 people are killed after a bus veers off a bridge in Avellino Province, Italy on this day in history.
2014 On July - 28 uN Security Council hold emergency meeting calling for an immediate and indefinite humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
2017 US Senate vote for "skinny" repeal of Obamacare fails 51-49 when John McCain casts deciding vote against on this day in history.
2017 On this day in history pakistan Supreme Court rules corruption accusations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif enough to remove him from office
2017 On this day in history general John Kelly appointed new Chief of Staff by US President Donald Trump
2018 On this day in history carr Fire reaches Redding, California, with death toll at 5 having burnt 80,000 acres
2018 On July - 28 longest "blood moon" eclipse of the 21st century, lasting 1 hour 43 minutes
2019 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: Germany's Bernhard Langer wins his 4th Senior Open by 2 strokes from Paul Broadhurst on July - 28.
2019 Meghan Duchess of Sussex, revealed as the first guest editor for UK Vogue in 103 years for its September 2019 issue on July - 28.
2020 Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak found guilty of corruption, sentenced to 12 years and fined nearly $50 million on this day in history.
2020 On this day in history ex-Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak is found guilty of all seven charges in the first of five trials on the 1MDB scandal, being jailed 12 years and fined RM210 million as a result.
2021 The first direct observation of light from behind a black hole is reported, confirming Einstein's theory of general relativity on July - 28.
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