Historical Events In June - 28

1912  On June - 28 audrey Langford, singing teacher  

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  On June - 28 austria invades Siberia (WW I)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1918  1st flight between Hawaiian Islands on June - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

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 June - 28.  

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  On this day in history dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th  

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

1924  Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio &Lorain Ohio, killing 93 on June - 28.  

1924  Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's on this day in history.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1929  Don Dubbins, Brooklyn, actor (Enchanted Island, Fix) on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of cristofano Malvezzi, composer  

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

0548  On June - 28 theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies  

0573  On June - 28 death of alboin, king of Longobarden, probably poisoned by his wife  

0767  On this day in history paul I, Italian Pope (757-67), dies  

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

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

1194  Death of Emperor Xiaozong of Song China (b. 1127) on this day in history.  

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

1389  On June - 28 death of prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia (b. 1329)