Page 5: Historical Events In June - 28

1912  On this day in history audrey Langford, singing teacher   

1913  On June - 28 george Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer (Serf, John Socman)   

1914  Assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia, in Sarajevo by a Serbian Nationalist,Gavrilo Princip. This incident precipitated a war with Serbia, eventually starting WW1 on June - 28.   

1914  Austria invades Siberia (WW I) on this day in history.   

1914  Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player on this day in history.   

1914  Franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated on June - 28.   

1915  On June - 28 victor Trumper, cricketer (48 Tests for Australia, 3163 runs), dies   

1917  Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam on June - 28.   

1917  On June - 28 willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer/actor (My Fair Lady)   

1918  On this day in history the first flight between Hawaiian Islands   

1918  On June - 28 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands   

1918  On June - 28 bert Schierbeek, [Lambertus], Dutch writer/poet (Cross Roads)   

1919  Harry S Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed and setting the stage for WWII   

1919  Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees on this day in history.   

1920  On June - 28 a. E. Hotchner, American editor, novelist and playwright   

1921  P V Narasimha Rao, premier of India (1991- ) on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history terje Stigen, Norwegian author (Det siste paradiset)   

1923  On this day in history dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th   

1923  Lloyd Labeach, Panama City, 100m/200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1948) on this day in history.   

1924  Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio &Lorain Ohio, killing 93 on this day in history.   

1924  Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's on this day in history.   

1924  Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history mel Brooks, NYC, comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs)   

1927  On this day in history the birth of Mel Brooks, American comedy director and actor   

1927  Theo van Tijn, Dutch marxist/social-historian on this day in history.   

1928  On June - 28 alfred E Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention   

1928  On June - 28 andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist   

1929  On this day in history the following railways are jointly acquired by Canadian National and Canadian Pacific and operated under a newly incorporated company, the Northern Alberta Railways Edmonton, Dunvegan &British Columbia Railway (447 miles) Alberta &Great Waterways Railway (286 miles) Central Canada Railway (98 miles) Pembina Valley Railway (26 miles) A total of 857 miles.   

1929  Don Dubbins, Brooklyn, actor (Enchanted Island, Fix) on this day in history.   

1929  The following railways are jointly acquired by Canadian National and Canadian Pacific and operated under a newly incorporated company, the Northern Alberta Railways: Edmonton, Dunvegan &British Columbia Railway (447 miles) Alberta &Great Waterways Railway (286 miles) Central Canada Railway (98 miles) Pembina Valley Railway (26 miles) A total of 857 miles on June - 28.   

1930  Lightning strikes drill boat John B. King in the St. Lawrence River, setting off dynamite and killing 31 crew members on this day in history.   

1930  1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on KC Monarchs on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history nikolay Nikolayevich Karetnikov, composer   

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1367  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia was born on June - 28.   

1476  Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], inquisition/Pope (1555-59) was born on this day in history.   

1476  On June - 28 birth of pope Paul IV (d. 1559)   

1490  Albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop/monarch of Mainz/cardinal was born on June - 28.   

1491  On June - 28 birth of henry VIII, King of England (1509-47)   

1503  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)   

1547  Cristofano Malvezzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1550  On this day in history birth of john Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator   

0548  On June - 28 theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies   

0573  On June - 28 death of alboin, king of Longobarden, probably poisoned by his wife   

0767  On June - 28 paul I, Italian Pope (757-67), dies   

1061  On June - 28 floris I, count of Holland, dies   

1175  Death of Andrei Bogolyubsky, Russian prince on this day in history.   

1194  Death of Emperor Xiaozong of Song China (b. 1127) on this day in history.   

1385  Andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies on this day in history.   

1389  On June - 28 death of prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia (b. 1329)