Historical Events In June - 28

2017  China’s president, Xi Jinping begins 3 day trip to Hong Kong to mark 20 years since the territory handed back to China on this day in history.  

2017  On this day in history "Spider-man: Homecoming" directed by Jon Watts starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr . premieres in Los Angeles  

2018  Lone gunman attacks offices of Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing nine on June - 28.  

2018  On this day in history power company uncovers Neolithic wooden trackway 2,300 years old in Suffolk, England. One of the largest archaeological digs in Europe at 16,000 square meters  

2018  Employee charged with attempted poisoning of colleague's sandwich in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany, leading authorities to investigate 21 other suspicious deaths on June - 28.  

2018  Amsterdam elects its first-ever woman mayor Femke Halsema since its first mayor in 1343 on this day in history.  

2018  Fire starts on Winter Hill on Lancashire moorland, England, lit by arson on June - 28.  

2018  On this day in history ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo declared "largely contained" by World Health Organisation, first outbreak to use new Merck vaccine  

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 10 million worldwide on this day in history.  

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 500,000 on this day in history.  

2021  Tigray War: The Tigray Defense Force seizes the Tigrayan capital Mekelle shortly after the Ethiopian government declares a ceasefire on June - 28.  

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1367  On June - 28 birth of sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia  

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

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  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 June - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1175  Death of Andrei Bogolyubsky, Russian prince on this day in history.  

1194  On June - 28 death of emperor Xiaozong of Song China (b. 1127)  

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

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