Historical Events In June - 28

1912  Audrey Langford, singing teacher on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1914  On this day in history charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player   

1914  On this day in history franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated   

1915  Victor Trumper, cricketer (48 Tests for Australia, 3163 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1917  On June - 28 potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam   

1917  On this day in history willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer/actor (My Fair Lady)   

1918  The first flight between Hawaiian Islands on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands   

1918  Bert Schierbeek, [Lambertus], Dutch writer/poet (Cross Roads) on June - 28.   

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

1919  Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed and setting the stage for WWII on June - 28.   

1919  On June - 28 carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees   

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

1921  On June - 28 p V Narasimha Rao, premier of India (1991- )   

1922  Terje Stigen, Norwegian author (Det siste paradiset) on this day in history.   

1923  Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th on June - 28.   

1923  Lloyd Labeach, Panama City, 100m/200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1948) on June - 28.   

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

1924  On this day in history test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's   

1924  Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host on June - 28.   

1926  Mel Brooks, NYC, comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs) on this day in history.   

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 June - 28.   

1928  Alfred E Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention on June - 28.   

1928  Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist 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.   

1929  Don Dubbins, Brooklyn, actor (Enchanted Island, Fix) on June - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1930  Lightning strikes drill boat John B. King in the St. Lawrence River, setting off dynamite and killing 31 crew members on June - 28.   

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

1930  On this day in history nikolay Nikolayevich Karetnikov, composer   

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1367  On June - 28 birth of sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia   

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

1476  Pope Paul IV (d. 1559) was born on this day in history.   

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

1491  Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47) was born on this day in history.   

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  John Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator was born on June - 28.   

0548  Theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies on this day in history.   

0573  Death of Alboin, king of Longobarden, probably poisoned by his wife on June - 28.   

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

1061  Floris I, count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies   

1389  Death of Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia (b. 1329) on this day in history.