June, 28th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Tuesday 28, 2005:
AMD files suit against Intel corporation, charging monopolization and antitrust violations.

Monday 28, 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.

Saturday 28, 1997:
Boxer Mike Tyson is disqualified from WBA title re-match, for biting off part of the ear of his opponent Evander Holyfield.

Thursday 28, 1990:
Paperback Software found guilty by a U.S. court of copyright violation for copying the appearance and menu system of Lotus 1-2-3 in its competing spreadsheet program.

Tuesday 28, 1988:
The worst confined-space industrial accident in U.S. history occurs at a metal-plating plant in Auburn, Indiana, killing five.

Wednesday 28, 1978:
The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.

Saturday 28, 1969:
Stonewall riots in New York city mark the beginning of the modern gay rights era.

Wednesday 28, 1967:
Israel annexes East Jerusalem.

Sunday 28, 1964:
Malcom X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

Tuesday 28, 1960:
US-owned oil refineries in Cuba confiscated and nationalised.

Thursday 28, 1956:
Anti-communist demonstrations in Poznan. Also called Poznański czerwiec (June of Poznan).

Wednesday 28, 1950:
Seoul is captured by troops from North Korea.

Friday 28, 1940:
Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union.

Tuesday 28, 1938:
A 450 metric ton meteorite struck the earth in a empty field near Chicora, Pennsylvania

Sunday 28, 1936:
The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.

Saturday 28, 1919:
The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I with Germany.

Sunday 28, 1914:
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophia are killed in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist young man: Gavrilo Princip , the casus belli of World War I.

Friday 28, 1895:
El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Central American Union.

Thursday 28, 1894:
Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.

Tuesday 28, 1887:
Minot, North Dakota incorporated as a city.

Monday 28, 1880:
Ned Kelly the Australian bushranger captured at Glenrowan.

Tuesday 28, 1859:
First dog show is held in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.

Wednesday 28, 1651:
Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians, the biggest battle in the 17th century, starts.

Thursday 28, 1635:
Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.

Saturday 28, 1519:
Charles V elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Sunday 28, 1389:
Ottoman forces crush the armies of Christian Europe in Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe (see Vidovdan).

Sunday 28, 1243:
Innocent IV becomes pope.

Tuesday 28, 1098:
Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/28-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 28

1979:
Randy McMichael, American football player (b: June 28, 1979) (Biography of Randy McMichael)

1976:
Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player (b: June 28, 1976) (Biography of Shinobu Asagoe)

1973:
Adrian Annus, Hungarian athlete (b: June 28, 1973) (Biography of Adrian Annus)

1972:
Jon Heidenreich, American professional wrestler (b: June 28, 1972) (Biography of Jon Heidenreich)

1970:
Mushtaq Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (b: June 28, 1970) (Biography of Mushtaq Ahmed)

1969:
Danielle Brisebois, American actress (b: June 28, 1969) (Biography of Danielle Brisebois)

1968:
Adam Woodyatt, British actor (b: June 28, 1968) (Biography of Adam Woodyatt)

1966:
John Cusack, American actor (b: June 28, 1966) (Biography of John Cusack)

1964:
Mark Grace, baseball player (b: June 28, 1964) (Biography of Mark Grace)

1960:
John Elway, American football player (b: June 28, 1960) (Biography of John Elway)

1954:
Alice Krige, South African actress (b: June 28, 1954) (Biography of Alice Krige)

1952:
Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete (b: June 28, 1952) (Biography of Pietro Mennea)

1948:
Kathy Bates, American actress (b: June 28, 1948) (Biography of Kathy Bates)

1947:
Mark Helprin, American writer (b: June 28, 1947) (Biography of Mark Helprin)

1946:
Gilda Radner, American actress (b: June 28, 1946 ; d: May 20, 1989) (Biography of Gilda Radner)

1943:
Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 28, 1943) (Biography of Klaus von Klitzing)

1938:
Moy Yat, Chinese martial artist (b: June 28, 1938) (Biography of Moy Yat)

1936:
Chuck Howley, American football player (b: June 28, 1936) (Biography of Chuck Howley)

1932:
Pat Morita, American actor (b: June 28, 1932) (Biography of Pat Morita)

1930:
Itamar Franco, President of Brazil (b: June 28, 1930) (Biography of Itamar Franco)

1926:
Mel Brooks, American filmmaker (b: June 28, 1926) (Biography of Mel Brooks)

1921:
P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (b: June 28, 1921 ; d: December 23, 2004) (Biography of P. V. Narasimha Rao)

1914:
Lester Flatt, American musician (b: June 28, 1914) (Biography of Lester Flatt)

1913:
Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker (b: June 28, 1913) (Biography of Franz Antel)

1906:
Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 28, 1906 ; d: February 20, 1972) (Biography of Maria Goeppert-Mayer)

1902:
Richard Rodgers, American composer (b: June 28, 1902 ; d: December 30, 1979) (Biography of Richard Rodgers)

1891:
Carl Panzram, American serial killer (b: June 28, 1891) (Biography of Carl Panzram)

1867:
Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 28, 1867 ; d: December 10, 1936) (Biography of Luigi Pirandello)

1831:
Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (b: June 28, 1831 ; d: August 15, 1907) (Biography of Joseph Joachim)

1806:
Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b: June 28, 1806 ; d: February 17, 1883) (Biography of Napoleon Coste)

1712:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b: June 28, 1712 ; d: July 2, 1778) (Biography of Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

1703:
John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b: June 28, 1703 ; d: March 2, 1791) (Biography of John Wesley)

1577:
Peter Paul Rubens, German painter (b: June 28, 1577 ; d: May 30, 1640) (Biography of Peter Paul Rubens)

1547:
Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b: June 28, 1547 ; d: January 28, 1599) (Biography of Cristofano Malvezzi)

1503:
Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (b: June 28, 1503 ; d: November 14, 1556) (Biography of Giovanni della Casa)

1491:
King Henry VIII of England (b: June 28, 1491) (Biography of Henry VIII)

1490:
Albert of Mainz, bishop and elector of Mainz (b: June 28, 1490 ; d: September 24, 1545) (Biography of Albert of Mainz)

1476:
Pope Paul IV (b: June 28, 1476 ; d: August 18, 1559) (Biography of Pope Paul IV)

1243:
Emperor Go-Fukakusa, emperor of Japan (b: June 28, 1243 ; d: August 17, 1304) (Biography of Emperor Go-Fukakusa)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/28-june/births.html