Historical Events In June - 28

1912  On June - 28 audrey Langford, singing teacher  

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

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

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

1914  Franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated on this day in history.  

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  Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer/actor (My Fair Lady) on this day in history.  

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

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1918  1st flight between Hawaiian Islands on this day in history.  

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

1919  On June - 28 harry S Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence  

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

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

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

1923  On June - 28 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 June - 28.  

1924  On June - 28 tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio &Lorain Ohio, killing 93  

1924  On June - 28 test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's  

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

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

1927  The birth of Mel Brooks, American comedy director and actor on June - 28.  

1927  On this day in history theo van Tijn, Dutch marxist/social-historian  

1928  Alfred E Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention on this day in history.  

1928  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  On June - 28 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on KC Monarchs  

1930  On June - 28 nikolay Nikolayevich Karetnikov, composer  

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1367  On this day in history birth of sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia  

1476  On June - 28 birth of paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], inquisition/Pope (1555-59)  

1476  On this day in history birth of pope Paul IV (d. 1559)  

1490  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop/monarch of Mainz/cardinal  

1491  Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47) was born on June - 28.  

1503  On June - 28 birth of giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)  

1547  Cristofano Malvezzi, composer was born on June - 28.  

1550  John Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator was born on this day in history.  

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 June - 28.  

0767  Paul I, Italian Pope (757-67), dies on this day in history.  

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

1175  On June - 28 death of andrei Bogolyubsky, Russian prince  

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  On this day in history death of prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia (b. 1329)