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June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 186 days remaining until the end of the year.

In common years it is always in ISO week 26.

This date is the only date each year where both the month and day are different perfect numbers, June 6 being the only date where the month and day are the same perfect number.

[edit] Events

• 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosull.
• 1389 – Battle of Kosovo takes place between Serbian and Ottoman army.
• 1461 – Edward IV is crowned King of England.
• 1519 – Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1635 – Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
• 1651 – The Battle of Beresteczko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
• 1776 – The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the first decisive victory in the American Revolutionary War leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
• 1776 – Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
• 1778 – The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth resulting in standstill and withdrawel under cover of darkness.
• 1807 – Second British invasion of the Rνo de la Plata; John Whitelock lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals.
• 1838 – Coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom.
• 1841 – The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier
• 1846 – The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France.
• 1859 – The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
• 1865 – The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
• 1880 – The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
• 1881 – Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia.
• 1882 – The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
• 1894 – Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
• 1895 – El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America.
• 1895 – Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis' claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
• 1896 – An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston City, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
• 1902 – The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
• 1904 – The SS Norge runs aground and sinks
• 1914 – Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife are assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I.
• 1919 – The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, bringing fighting to an end in between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
• 1921 – Serbian King Alexander I proclaimed the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
• 1922 – The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
• 1936 – The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
• 1940 – Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union.
• 1942 – Nazi Germany started its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue
• 1948 – The Cominform circulates the "Resolution on the situation in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia"; Yugoslavia is expelled from the Communist bloc.
• 1948 – Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
• 1950 – Korean War: Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
• 1950 – Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers, argued to be between 100,000 and 1,200,000 are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
• 1950 – Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge to in attempt to slow North Korea's offensive.
• 1956 – in Poznań, workers from HCP factory went to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
• 1964 – Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
• 1967 – Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
• 1969 – Stonewall Riots begin in New York City marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
• 1973 – Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
• 1976 – The Angolan court sentenced US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
• 1978 – The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
• 1981 – A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of Islamic Republic Party.
• 1987 – For the 1st time in military history, a civilian population was targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.
• 1989 – On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.
• 1992 – The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law.
• 1994 – Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan; 7 persons are killed, 660 injured.
• 1996 – The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
• 1997 – Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II – Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Holyfield's ear.
• 2001 – Slobodan Milošević deported to ICTY to stand trial.
• 2004 – Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
• 2005 – War in Afghanistan: Three U.S. Navy SEALs, 16 American Special Operations Forces soldiers, and an unknown number of Taliban insurgents are killed
• 2009 – Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by local military forces following a failed request to hold a referendum to change the Honduran Constitution in order to serve a second term. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran political crisis.

[edit] Births

• 1476 – Pope Paul IV (d. 1559)
• 1490 – Albert of Mainz, bishop and elector of Mainz (d. 1545)
• 1491 – King Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)
• 1503 – Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)
• 1547 – Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (d. 1599)
• 1577 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (d. 1640)
• 1641 – Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien (d. 1716)
• 1664 – Nicolas Bernier, French composer (d. 1734)
• 1703 – John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
• 1712 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and polymath (d. 1778)
• 1719 – Ιtienne Franηois, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (d. 1785)
• 1734 – Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, French organist and composer (d. 1794)
• 1824 – Paul Broca, French physician (d. 1880)
• 1831 – Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (d. 1907)
• 1836 – Emmanuel Rhoides, Greek writer and journalist (d. 1904)
• 1852 – Charles Cruft, English business man (d. 1938)
• 1867 – Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
• 1873 – Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1944)
• 1875 – Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (d. 1941)
• 1883 – Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)
• 1884 – Lamina Sankoh, Sierra Leone politician (d. 1964)
• 1891 – Esther Forbes, American writer (d. 1968)
• 1891 – Carl Panzram, American serial killer (d. 1930)
• 1891 – Carl Spaatz, American Air Force general (d. 1974)
• 1900 – Bob Taggart, Scottish centenarian (d. 2009)
• 1902 – Richard Rodgers, American composer (d. 1979)
• 1906 – Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1972)
• 1907 – Emily Perry, English actress (d. 2008)
• 1909 – Eric Ambler, English writer (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Carl Friedrich von Weizsδcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007)
• 1913 – Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker (d. 2007)
• 1913 – Walter Oesau, German pilot (d. 1944)
• 1914 – Aribert Heim, Austrian physician (d. 1992)
• 1916 – Olle Bjφrklund, Swedish actor and news presenter (d. 1981)
• 1917 – Katherine Rawls, American swimming champion (d. 1982)
• 1918 – Willie Whitelaw, British politician (d. 1999)
• 1920 – A. E. Hotchner, American editor, novelist and playwright
• 1921 – P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Michael Vale, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Argentine racing driver
• 1923 – Pete Candoli, American jazz trumpeter, brother of Conte Candoli (d. 2008)
• 1926 – Mel Brooks, American filmmaker
• 1927 – Corelli Barnett, British military historian
• 1927 – Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1928 – Hans Blix, Swedish diplomat and politician
• 1928 – Harold Evans, English journalist and editor
• 1928 – Cyril Smith, English Liberal politician (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Itamar Franco, President of Brazil (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Junior Johnson, American NASCAR driver
• 1931 – Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (d. 1995)
• 1932 – Pat Morita, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1933 – Gusty Spence, Northern Irish politician
• 1934 – Robert Carswell, British law lord
• 1934 – Carl Levin, American politician
• 1935 – John Inman, English actor (d. 2007)
• 1936 – Chuck Howley, American football player
• 1937 – Richard Bright, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1937 – George Knudson, Canadian golfer (d. 1989)
• 1937 – Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (d. 1995)
• 1937 – Tom Magliozzi, American radio personality
• 1938 – John Byner, American comedian
• 1938 – Leon Panetta, American Director of the CIA.
• 1940 – Karpal Singh, Malaysian politician
• 1940 – Roderick Wright, Scottish bishop (d. 2005)
• 1940 – Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist, Nobel laureate
• 1941 – Al Downing, American baseball player
• 1941 – Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (d. 2006)
• 1941 – Ann Leslie, English journalist
• 1942 – Chris Hani, South African politician, party leader (d. 1993)
• 1942 – David Miner, American guitarist and record producer
• 1942 – Frank Zane, American bodybuilder
• 1943 – Jens Birkemose, Danish painter
• 1943 – Donald Johanson, American paleoanthropologist
• 1943 – Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1945 – Ken Buchanan, Scottish boxer
• 1945 – David Knights, English bassist (Procol Harum)
• 1946 – Howard Barker, English playwright
• 1946 – Bruce Davison, American actor
• 1946 – David Duckham, English rugby player
• 1946 – Roger Godsiff, English politician
• 1946 – Jaime Guzmαn, Chilean politician (d. 1991)
• 1946 – Gilda Radner, American comedienne (d. 1989)
• 1947 – Robert Bondi, American politician
• 1947 – Mark Clark, American activist (d. 1969)
• 1947 – Clarissa Dickson Wright, English celebrity chef
• 1947 – Anny Duperey, French actress
• 1947 – Mark Helprin, American writer
• 1948 – Kathy Bates, American actress
• 1950 – David Lanz, American pianist
• 1950 – Mauricio Rojas, Swedish politician
• 1951 – Lalla Ward, British actress
• 1952 – Ray Ashcroft, English actor
• 1952 – Pietro Mennea, Italian sprinter
• 1954 – A. A. Gill, British writer and columnist
• 1954 – Alice Krige, South African actress
• 1955 – Shirley Cheriton, English actress
• 1955 – Eric Gates, English footballer
• 1955 – Steven M. Greer, American ufologist and author
• 1955 – Thomas Hampson, American baritone
• 1956 – Amira Hass, Israeli journalist
• 1956 – Noel Mugavin, Australian Rules Football player
• 1957 – Lance Nethery, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
• 1957 – Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria
• 1957 – Mike Skinner, American racecar driver
• 1957 – Jim Spanarkel, American basketball player and TV personality
• 1958 – Donna F. Edwards, American politician
• 1958 – Fιlix Gray, French singer and songwriter
• 1959 – Clint Boon, English musician and D.J.
• 1960 – John Elway, American football player
• 1961 – Jeff Malone, American basketball player
• 1962 – Artur Hajzer, Polish mountaineer
• 1963 – Peter Baynham, Welsh comedian and television writer
• 1963 – Charlie Clouser, American musicians (Nine Inch Nails)
• 1963 – Wisit Sasanatieng, Thai film director
• 1964 – Mark Grace, American baseball player
• 1964 – DJ Quicksilver, Turkish disc jockey and music producer
• 1965 – Jessica Hecht, American actress
• 1965 – Sonny Strait, American voice actor
• 1966 – John Cusack, American actor
• 1966 – Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress
• 1966 – Sara Stewart, Scottish actress
• 1967 – Gil Bellows, Canadian actor
• 1967 – Lars Riedel, German discus thrower
• 1968 – Adam Woodyatt, English actor
• 1968 – Chayanne, Puerto Rican singer
• 1969 – Danielle Brisebois, American actress
• 1969 – Ayelet Zurer, Israeli actress
• 1970 – Mushtaq Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
• 1970 – Steve Burton, American actor
• 1970 – Tom Merritt, American journalist
• 1970 – Mike White, American filmmaker and actor
• 1971 – Lorenzo Amoruso, Italian footballer
• 1971 – Tichina Arnold, American actress and singer
• 1971 – Fabien Barthez, French footballer
• 1971 – Kenny Cunningham, Irish footballer
• 1971 – Norika Fujiwara, Japanese actress
• 1971 – Bobby Hurley, American basketball player
• 1971 – Ron Mahay, American baseball player
• 1971 – Louise Mensch, English politician and novelist
• 1971 – Aileen Quinn, American actress
• 1971 – Ray Slijngaard, Dutch musician
• 1972 – Jon Heidenreich, American wrestler
• 1972 – Christopher Leslie, English politician
• 1972 – Ngo Bao Chau], Vietnamese-French mathematician, Fields medalist
• 1972 – Alessandro Nivola, American actor
• 1973 – Adriαn Annus, Hungarian athlete
• 1973 – Corey Koskie, Canadian baseball player
• 1974 – Rob Dyrdek, American skateboarder
• 1974 – Alexis Tsipras, Greek politician, party predident
• 1975 – Ning Baizura, Malaysian singer
• 1975 – Jon Nφdtveidt, Swedish guitarist and vocalist (d. 2006)
• 1976 – Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
• 1976 – Seth Wescott, American snowboarder
• 1977 – Chris Spurling, American baseball player
• 1977 – Mark Stoermer, American bass player (The Killers)
• 1977 – Harun Tekin, Turkish musician (Mor ve Φtesi)
• 1978 – Simon Larose, Canadian tennis player
• 1978 – Ha Ji-won, South Korean actress and singer
• 1979 – Jeanette Aw, Singaporean actress
• 1979 – Felicia Day, American actress, writer, director, violinist, and singer
• 1979 – Randy McMichael, American football player
• 1979 – Florian Zeller, French novelist and playwright
• 1981 – Michael Crafter, Australian vocalist and bassist (I Killed the Prom Queen)
• 1981 – Brandon Phillips, American baseball player
• 1982 – Elaine Tan, English actress
• 1983 – Maui Taylor, Filipino model and singer
• 1984 – Tamara Ecclestone, English socialite and television presenter
• 1985 – Phil Bardsley, English footballer
• 1986 – Kellie Pickler, American singer
• 1986 – Shadia Simmons, Canadian actress
• 1987 – Bailey Tzuke, English singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Terrence Williams, American basketball player
• 1988 – Lacey Schwimmer, American dancer
• 1990 – Nick Purcell, American actor
• 1990 – Jasmine Richards, Canadian actress
• 1991 – Kevin De Bruyne, Belgian footballer
• 1991 – Seohyun (Seo Joo-hyun), South Korean singer (Girls' Generation)
• 1994 – Madeline Duggan, English actress
• 1994 – Prince Hussein bin Al Abdullah II, Prince of Jordan
• 1995 – Kεre Hedebrant, Swedish actor
• 1996 – Donna Vekić, Croatian tennis player

[edit] Deaths

• 548 – Theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. c. 500)
• 572 – Alboin, King of the Lombards (b. c. 530)
• 767 – Pope Paul I (b. 700)
• 928 – Louis the Blind, King of Provence and Holy Roman Emperor (b. c. 880)
• 1061 – Floris I, Count of Holland (b. c. 1020)
• 1175 – Andrei I Bogolyubsky, Russian prince (b. c. 1111)
• 1194 – Emperor Xiaozong of Song, Emperor of China (b. 1127)
• 1385 – Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1348)
• 1389 – Lazar Hrebeljanović, Prince of Serbia (b. 1329)
• 1586 – Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (b. 1508)
• 1598 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer (b. 1527)
• 1716 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (b. 1665)
• 1813 – Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (b. 1755)
• 1834 – Joseph Bovι, Russian architect (b. 1784)
• 1836 – James Madison, 4th President of the United States (b. 1751)
• 1880 – Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor (b. 1846)
• 1881 – Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (b. 1798)
• 1889 – Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (b. 1818)
• 1892 – Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Greek poet and statesman (b. 1810)
• 1913 – Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, President of Brazil (b. 1841)
• 1914 – Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (b. 1863)
• 1914 – Sophie Chotek, Austrian Countess (b. 1868)
• 1915 – Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1916 – Ştefan Luchian, Romanian painter (b. 1868)
• 1922 – Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (b. 1885)
• 1929 – Edward Carpenter, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1935 – Meletius IV, Greek patriarch (b. 1871)
• 1936 – Alexander Berkman, American anarchist and writer (d. 1870)
• 1960 – Jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1898)
• 1962 – Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1962 – Cy Morgan, American baseball player (b. 1878)
• 1965 – Red Nichols, American jazz cornetist and composer (b. 1905)
• 1971 – Franz Stangl, Austrian kommandant (b. 1908)
• 1974 – Frank Sutton, American actor (b. 1923)
• 1975 – Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, Greek architect (b. 1913)
• 1975 – Serge Reding, Belgian weightlifter (b. 1941)
• 1975 – Rod Serling, American TV scriptwriter (b. 1924)
• 1976 – Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (b. 1927)
• 1978 – Clifford Dupont, First President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
• 1980 – Josι Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1981 – Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (b. 1958)
• 1984 – Yigael Yadin, Israeli archeologist, politician (b. 1917)
• 1985 – Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (b. 1913)
• 1989 – Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1898)
• 1992 – Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (b. 1936)
• 1993 – GG Allin, American singer (b. 1956)
• 1995 – Petri Walli, Finnish guitarist and singer (Kingston Wall) (b. 1969)
• 2000 – Jane Birdwood, English activist (b. 1913)
• 2000 – Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (b. 1908)
• 2001 – Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902)
• 2001 – Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Wim Slijkhuis, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Anthony Buckeridge, English author (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Brenda Howard, American activist (b. 1946)
• 2005 – Michael P. Murphy, U.S. Navy SEAL, first recipient of the Medal of Honor in the Afghanistan War (b. 1976)
• 2006 – Jim Baen, American publisher and editor (b. 1943)
• 2006 – George Page, American TV host (b. 1935)
• 2006 – Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, English barrister, politician and author (b. 1919)
• 2006 – George Unwin, English WWII fighter ace (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Eugene Bennett Fluckey, American Naval Officer and distinguished hero (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
• 2008 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b. 1987)
• 2009 – A. K. Lohithadas, Indian screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1955)
• 2009 – Billy Mays, American TV pitchman (b. 1958)
• 2009 – Fred Travalena, American comedian and impressionist (b. 1942)
• 2010 – Bill Aucoin, American band manager (b. 1943)
• 2010 – Robert Byrd, American politician (b. 1917)
• 2011 – Angιlico Vieira, Portuguese musician and actor (b. 1982)

[edit] Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Benignus
  • Irenaeus of Lyon (Roman Catholic)
  • Marcella
  • Paulus I
  • Vincenza Gerosa
  • Vidovdan, celebrating St. Vitus (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • June 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Soviet Occupation Day (Moldova)