Page 5: Historical Events In June - 28

1912  Audrey Langford, singing teacher on June - 28.   

1913  On this day in history 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 June - 28.   

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

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 June - 28.   

1917  Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam on June - 28.   

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

1918  The first flight between Hawaiian Islands on June - 28.   

1918  On June - 28 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands   

1918  Bert Schierbeek, [Lambertus], Dutch writer/poet (Cross Roads) on this day in history.   

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

1920  A. E. Hotchner, American editor, novelist and playwright on June - 28.   

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

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

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  On June - 28 tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio &Lorain Ohio, killing 93   

1924  Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's on June - 28.   

1924  On this day in history henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host   

1926  Mel Brooks, NYC, comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs) on June - 28.   

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

1927  On June - 28 theo van Tijn, Dutch marxist/social-historian   

1928  On this day in history alfred E Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention   

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 this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history don Dubbins, Brooklyn, actor (Enchanted Island, Fix)   

1929  On June - 28 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  Nikolay Nikolayevich Karetnikov, composer on June - 28.   

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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 June - 28.   

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

1490  Albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop/monarch of Mainz/cardinal was born on this day in history.   

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 June - 28.   

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

0548  On this day in history theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies   

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

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

1061  Floris I, count of Holland, dies on June - 28.   

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

1194  On this day in history death of emperor Xiaozong of Song China (b. 1127)   

1385  On this day in history andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies   

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