Historical Events In June - 28

1912  On June - 28 audrey Langford, singing teacher  

1913  George Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer (Serf, John Socman) on this day in history.  

1914  On June - 28 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  

1914  On June - 28 austria invades Siberia (WW I)  

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

1917  On June - 28 potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam  

1917  Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer/actor (My Fair Lady) on June - 28.  

1918  On June - 28 the first flight between Hawaiian Islands  

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1918  On June - 28 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands  

1918  On this day in history bert Schierbeek, [Lambertus], Dutch writer/poet (Cross Roads)  

1919  Harry S Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence on June - 28.  

1919  On June - 28 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  A. E. Hotchner, American editor, novelist and playwright on this day in history.  

1921  P V Narasimha Rao, premier of India (1991- ) on June - 28.  

1922  Terje Stigen, Norwegian author (Det siste paradiset) on June - 28.  

1923  Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th on this day in history.  

1923  On June - 28 lloyd Labeach, Panama City, 100m/200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1948)  

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  On this day in history henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host  

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

1927  On June - 28 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  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  On this day in history don Dubbins, Brooklyn, actor (Enchanted Island, Fix)  

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.  

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

1476  Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], inquisition/Pope (1555-59) was born on June - 28.  

1476  Pope Paul IV (d. 1559) was born on June - 28.  

1490  On June - 28 birth of albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop/monarch of Mainz/cardinal  

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

1503  Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556) was born on this day in history.  

1547  On June - 28 birth of cristofano Malvezzi, composer  

1550  On June - 28 birth of john Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator  

0548  Theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies on June - 28.  

0573  Death of Alboin, king of Longobarden, probably poisoned by his wife on this day in history.  

0767  Paul I, Italian Pope (757-67), dies on June - 28.  

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

1175  Death of Andrei Bogolyubsky, Russian prince on June - 28.  

1194  Death of Emperor Xiaozong of Song China (b. 1127) on June - 28.  

1385  On June - 28 andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies  

1389  Death of Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia (b. 1329) on June - 28.