Page 5: Historical Events In June - 28

1912  Audrey Langford, singing teacher on June - 28.   

1913  George Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer (Serf, John Socman) on June - 28.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1918  On June - 28 the first flight between Hawaiian Islands   

1918  On this day in history 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 June - 28.   

1919  Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed and setting the stage for WWII on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history p V Narasimha Rao, premier of India (1991- )   

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

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

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

1924  On June - 28 henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host   

1926  On June - 28 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 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 June - 28.   

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  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 June - 28.   

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 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  On this day in history birth of paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], inquisition/Pope (1555-59)   

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 this day in history.   

1491  On this day in history birth of henry VIII, King of England (1509-47)   

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

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

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 this day in history floris I, count of Holland, dies   

1175  On this day in history death of andrei Bogolyubsky, Russian prince   

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

1385  Andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies on June - 28.   

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