July 28

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on July 28. From 1900 until now. July 28 is under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929), Hugo Chávez (1954) and Soulja Boy (1990). Several movies were released around July 28 over the years, such as Picnic at Hanging Rock in 1975 directed by Peter Weir and To Catch a Thief in 1955 directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
But much more happened on July 28 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

St. Celsus
St. Victor
St. Innocent
Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 5 saints: St. Nazarius
San Marino - Fall of the Fascist Government
Peru - Independence Day
Faroe Islands - �lavs�ka Eve
Canada - Commemoration of the deportation of the Acadians
St. Sampson (a bishop)
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2019 28 July 2019 Kabul suicide bombing: Gunfire and an explosion kills 20 and injures over 50 in an attack at the Kabul office of the Vice Presidential candidate Amrullah Saleh, who was slightly injured in the attack. (BBC)
2018 Ground breaking on the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, Illinois, is pushed back again until all federal approvals are completed, which will not be until 2019. (Chicago Sun Times)
2017 2017 Hamburg attack: One person is killed and four others are injured in a knife attack in an Edeka supermarket in Barmbek in the German city of Hamburg. Mayor Olaf Scholz said the attack was motivated by "hate". The attacker is reported to have shouted "Allahu Akbar" before attacking. (BBC)
2016 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says Russia and Syria will open humanitarian corridors to Aleppo, and will provide a way for rebel fighters to lay down their arms. (CBS News)
2015 Boko Haram attacks in multiple northern Nigerian villages leaves at least 29 dead. (Bloomberg)
2014 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:: Ukrainian forces recapture control of the strategic height of Savur-Mohyla in Donetsk oblast from pro-Russian insurgents. (Interfax)Ukrainian forces recapture control of Debaltseve, Shakhtarsk, Torez, and Lutuhyne in Donetsk oblast from pro-Russian separatists. (Kyiv Post)The US and the EU increase sanctions against Russia. (The New York Times)
2013 Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal): A suicide bombing in the Iraqi town of Tuz Khormato kills at least eight policemen. (BBC)
2012 Tanks of the Syrian Army commence attacks against the rebel-held city of Aleppo. (BBC)
2011 At least seven Philippine Army soldiers are killed and 21 injured in a confrontation with Abu Sayyaf militants on Jolo Island. (DPA via Monsters and Critics)
2010 A bomb on a civilian bus in Nimruz Province in southwest Afghanistan results in at least 25 deaths. (Press TV), (samaylive)
2009 At least fifteen people die and at least 65 more disappear after a boat carrying 200 Haitian migrants sinks near the Turks and Caicos Islands. (BBC) (Daily Express) (Houston Chronicle) (Reuters) (Toronto Star)
2008 Stack's conducts an auction prior to the ANA convention in Baltimore.
2007 Pakistan raises concerns about a draft bill adopted by the United States Congress that ties United States foreign aid to progress in the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. (The Hindu)
2006 Six people are shot, one fatally, at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle in the U.S. state of Washington in a religiously-motivated killing spree. The killer identified himself as a Muslim American who was angry over the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. (''Associated Press'')
2005 Tornadoes touch down in a residential areas in south Birmingham and Coventry England, causing ?4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.
2004 The Catholic Church says a "weeping statue" at a Vietnamese Catholic centre near Brisbane is not a miracle. (ABC)
2003 The United Nations Security Council appoints Harri Holkeri to head the temporary civilian administration UNMIK in Kosovo.
2002 Cyclist Lance Armstrong wins his fourth consecutive Tour de France.
2001 Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships.
1997 Mark Messier signs with Vancouver Canucks
1996 New York Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR
1994 Baseball players decide to strike on August 12, 1994
1993 Mariner Ken Griffey Jr is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games
1992 Ground breaking of Florida Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium
1991 Gypsy closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 105 performances
1990 Blackout hits Chicago
1989 Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run HRs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 HRs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning
1988 IBM announces price hike on older models
1987 Angel Cordero Jr becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races
1986 Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed
1985 13th du Maurier Golf Classic: Pat Bradley
1984 23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
1983 NASA launches Telstar-3A
1979 Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a second three home run game.
1978 600,000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in New York
1977 1st oil through the TransAlaska Pipeline System reach Valdez, Alaska
1976 242,000 die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) 8.2 earthquake
1974 Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA Wheeling Ladies Golf Classic
1972 39th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Dallas 20, All Stars 7 (54,162)
1971 Dutch ends censorship of Blue Movie
1967 Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) (England) closes down
1966 The U.S. announces that a Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance plane has disappeared over Cuba.
1965 LBJ sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam (total of 125,000)
1964 Ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; sent back 4308 TV pictures
1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open
1962 Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean
1960 Republican National convention selects Richard Nixon as candidate
1959 Great-Britain starts using postal codes
1958 Baltimore Colts wins NFL-championship
1957 Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance (Steve Allen Show)
1955 The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France.
1954 Ernest Blochs 4th string quartet, premieres
1952 Rogers Hornsby replaces Luke Sewell, as Cincinnati Reds manager
1951 Kiss Me, Kate closes at New Century Theater NYC after 1077 performances
1948 The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the ''Battle of London Airport''.
1945 Japanese Premier Suzuki disregards US ultimatum to surrender
1944 Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy
1943 President Franklin Roosevelt announces end of coffee rationing in the US.
1942 Nazis liquidate 10,000 Jews in Minsk Belorussia Ghetto
1940 Radio Orange, London begins
1939 5th Dutch government of Colijn falls
1938 34,000-ton Cunard-White Star liner Mauretania launched at Birkenhead
1937 Eddie Paynter scores 322 for Lancashire against Sussex
1935 First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
1934 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Orofino, Idaho (state record).
1933 1st singing telegram delivered (to Rudy Vallee), New York City
1932 Battle between unemployed war veterans and federal troops, 4 die
1931 Congress makes Star-Spangled Banner our 2nd national anthem
1930 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record high).
1929 Chicago Cardinals become first NFL team to train out of state (Michigan).
1928 9th Olympic Games open in Amsterdam
1926 US and Panamanian pact about safeguard of Panama Canal
1921 President Warren Harding issues executive order requiring coin designs to come under purview of Commission of Fine Arts.
1919 Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale (VVI) forms in Amsterdam
1917 Silent Parade in NYC to protest murders of blacks in race riots
1915 10,000 blacks march on 5th Ave (New York City) protesting lynchings.
1914 Minister of Navy W Churchill routes British fleet to Scapa Flow
1913 12th Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2)
1900 Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut.
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