Historical Events on June 28

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• 683 Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• 767 St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1098 Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul

• 1119 Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeats French Crusaders
• 1245 1st Council of Lyon (13th ecumenical council) opens

• 1485 Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Netherlands

• 1575 Spanish troops conquer Buren
• 1593 Earl Mauritius conquers Geertruidenberg
• 1629 Peace of Alès: Rights of French huguenots limited
• 1635 French colony of Guadeloupe established in the Caribbean
• 1651 Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians starts.

• 1675 Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburg army beats Sweden
• 1675 King Philip's War: Colonial militia destroys Wampanoag settlement at Mount Hope in Bristol, Rhode Island, in response to recent attacks at Swansea, Massachusetts

• 1748 Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed
• 1762 1st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston)

• 1770 Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
• 1776 Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack

• 1778 Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (General Washington beats Clinton)
• 1778 Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots
• 1807 British troops land at Ensenada, Argentina
• 1820 Colonel Robert Gibbon proves tomatoes are not poisonous by eating a tomato on the steps of a courthouse in Salem, New Jersey
• 1832 Gerrit Moll measures noise of guns
• 1833 Three missionaries of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society obtain permission from Chief Moshoeshoe (Moshesh) to found a mission station in Basutoland (now Lesotho)

• 1841 The Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris premieres the ballet Giselle
• 1846 The saxophone is patented by Antoine-Joseph "Adolfe" Sax
• 1855 The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University
• 1859 1st dog show held, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
• 1861 Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest
• 1862 Day 4 of 7 Day Battle of Savage's Station [Garnett's Farm] in Virginia
• 1863 American Civil War: Second Battle of Donaldsonville, Louisiana - Union forces successfully repel Confederate attack on Fort Butler, on the Mississippi River
• 1865 The Army of the Potomac is disbanded
• 1869 Amsterdam typographer strike
• 1870 U.S. Congress creates federal holidays (New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day), initially applicable only to federal employees
• 1874 Freedmen's Bank closes

• 1887 MLB Philadelphia Quakers (later Phillies) win most lopsided shut-out in franchise history, 24-0, over Hoosiers at Seventh Street Ballpark in Indianapolis, Indiana
• 1892 Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories
• 1894 Labor Day established as a holiday for US federal employees
• 1894 The Natal Legislature plans to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill, South Africa
• 1895 El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union

• 1897 Marquis C de Bonchamps' expedition reaches Gore Ethiopia
• 1902 Germany, Italy, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire renew their Triple Alliance for six more years
• 1902 US buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million
• 1902 US Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin
• 1904 International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam
• 1904 SS Norge runs aground and sinks off Rockall, North Atlantic, more than 635 die, largest maritime loss of life until Titanic

• 1909 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens

• 1911 Joseph Caillaux forms government in France

• 1917 Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam
• 1918 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands
• 1919 Boston Red Sox Carl Mays pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees, winning 1st game, 2-0, losing 2nd game, 4-1 (Polo Grounds, NYC)

• 1922 The Irish Civil War starts when Irish Free State forces attack anti-treaty republicans in Dublin
• 1923 MLB Brooklyn Robins blow 7-0 lead, as Phillies win 8-7 at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia

• 1924 Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's
• 1924 Tornado strikes Sandusky and Lorain, Ohio, killing 93
• 1926 Mercedes-Benz forms when the world's oldest automobile manufacturers DMG and Benz & Cie merge
• 1928 Alfred E Smith (NY-Governor) nominated for US President at Democratic Convention
• 1928 Friedrich Schmiedl attempts rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful)

• 1930 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on KC Monarchs
• 1934 Adolf Hitler flies to Essen, Germany for "Night of Long Knives"
• 1935 Earl Averill's consecutive-game streak ends at 673

• 1936 Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China
• 1937 Spanish pianist José Iturbi and his sister Amparo have their US debut performance as a piano duo, with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Robin Hood Dell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• 1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service (Dixie Clipper)
• 1939 Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A's 23-2 & 10-0
• 1940 "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio
• 1940 Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union
• 1941 German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev
• 1941 German troops occupy Galicia, Poland
• 1942 Col-gen Von Hoth' 6th Pantser enters Voronezj
• 1945 Polish Provisional government of National Unity set up by Soviets
• 1946 Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st President of Italy
• 1946 Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins
• 1947 "Tim-Tayshun" ("Temptation") novelty single by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford (billed as Cinderella G. Stump) hits #1
• 1948 British begin airlift “Operation Plainfare” to West Berlin
• 1950 North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War
• 1951 "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV
• 1954 111°F (44°C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)
• 1956 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates (Chicago Illinois)
• 1956 Riots break out in Poznan, Poland, 38 die

• 1957 Reds' fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters
• 1958 American swimmer Nancy Ramey sets world record for 100m butterfly in 1:09.6 in Los Angeles, California

• 1959 Meldrim trestle disaster; freight train derails over Ogeechee River in Georgia causing IPG tanks to explode killing 23
• 1959 Philadelphia Phillies' Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice, in a 6-0 loss to Giants at Seals Stadium, San Francisco, California
• 1960 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record)
• 1961 Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 innings tie
• 1962 Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands
• 1963 Belaunde Terry inaugurated as President of Peru

• 1965 Dutch Princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg announce their engagement
• 1966 Ernie Terrell beats Doug Jones by unanimous points decision over 15 rounds in Houston to retain his WBA heavyweight boxing title

• 1967 Israel annexes East Jerusalem
• 1968 Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking the "Pentagon Papers" to the New York Times
• 1969 John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut v WI at Lord's
• 1969 Police carry out an early morning raid on gay bar Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, NY; about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days. Beginning of the modern LGBT rights movement
• 1970 Around 500 Catholic workers at the Harland and Wolff shipyard are forced to leave their work by Protestant employees as serious rioting continues in Belfast

• 1973 Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League's "no girls" rule
• 1973 New Zealand ship HMNZS Otago sails for Mururoa nuclear test zone after France’s refusal to accept an International Court of Justice injunction against its atmospheric nuclear testing
• 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly elections take place
• 1974 Fall of earth and rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia)

• 1975 The South African rugby team beats France 33-18 in Pretoria
• 1976 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
• 1976 Three British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
• 1977 Billy Hunter becomes Rangers' 4th manager in 6 days
• 1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
• 1977 The United Party, main political opposition party in South Africa, is formally disbanded by the majority faction after members leave the party to join other new political parties
• 1978 Supreme Court orders Cal medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected
• 1978 UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as Ambassadors of Goodwill
• 1979 OPEC raises oil prices 24%
• 1980 NYC transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents
• 1980 The South African Springbok rugby team lead by Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 12-10 in Port Elizabeth to lead 3-0 in the series
• 1981 74 government officials die in attack on Islamic Republican Party conference in Tehran, Iran, including Chief Justice Mohammad Beheshti

• 1983 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Connecticut collapses, killing 3
• 1983 NASA launches Galaxy-A
• 1984 Former member of South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), Jeannette Schoon, and her six-year-old daughter, Katryn, are killed by a letter bomb at Lubango, in northern Angola
• 1985 Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx
• 1986 Irish population condemns divorce
• 1986 Kenneth and Nellie Pike challenge Ala Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick
• 1986 West European leaders, meeting in the Netherlands, delay indefinitely imposing economic sanctions against South Africa
• 1987 Boston outfielder Don Baylor sets MLB career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 when plunked by Rick Rhoden in Red Sox, 6-2 win over NY Yankees

• 1991 South Africa signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• 1992 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in US (7.4) rock California
• 1992 Burharnuddin Rabbani becomes president of Afghanistan
• 1992 Italian government of Amato forms
• 1992 LA Police commissioner Daryl Gates steps down
• 1992 The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law
• 1992 US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
• 1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most HRs by a catcher

• 1993 Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach
• 1993 NCRV shows last "Cheers" in Netherlands

• 1994 NHL Draft: Windsor Spitfires (OHL) defenceman Ed Jovanovski first pick by Florida Panthers
• 1995 NBA draft: Maryland power forward Joe Smith first pick by Golden State Warriors
• 1995 NJ Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign

• 1996 The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
• 1997 American TV evangelist Robert Schuller (70) attacks a male flight attendant (33), after disputes regarding during a luggage stowage, and cheese [1] [2]
• 2000 Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
• 2000 NBA Draft: Cincinnati power forward Kenyon Martin first pick by New Jersey Nets
• 2002 In South Africa, the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Treatment Action Campaign table a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan in the National Economic, Development and Labour Council

• 2004 Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism
• 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
• 2004 The 17th NATO Summit starts in Istanbul.
• 2005 A final design for Manhattan's Freedom Tower is formally unveiled
• 2005 NBA Draft: Utah center Andrew Bogut first pick by Milwaukee Bucks
• 2005 Operation Red Wings: 3 members of US Navy SEAL reconnaissance team killed on Sawtalo Sar Mountain, Kunar, Afghanistan, in an ambush; 2 helicopters dispatched to assist shot down, killing an additional 16 US troops [1]
• 2006 NBA Draft: Italian power forward Andrea Bargnani is first pick by Toronto Raptors
• 2006 The Republic of Montenegro admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution 60/264
• 2007 Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th member of the 3000 hit club, going 5 for 5 against the Colorado Rockies
• 2007 NBA Draft: Ohio State center Greg Oden first pick by Portland Trail Blazers
• 2007 Play "August: Osage County", written by Tracy Letts, premieres at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2008) [1]

• 2012 A series of car bombs in Iraq kills 14 and injures 50 people

• 2015 David Sweat shot and captured near Canadian border. 2nd prisoner to escape maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility June 6
• 2015 Greek Credit Crisis: Greek government says banks closed for a week and ATM withdrawals restricted after European Central Bank refused to supply emergency funds
• 2016 Suicide bombings and gun attacks at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport kill 42 and wound more than 200

• 2017 Wilshire Grand Center becomes the tallest building in Los Angeles and in the US west of the Mississippi at 1,100 ft
• 2018 Amsterdam elects its first-ever woman mayor Femke Halsema since its first mayor in 1343
• 2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo declared "largely contained" by World Health Organization, first outbreak to use new Merck vaccine
• 2018 Employee charged with attempted poisoning of colleague's sandwich in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany, leading authorities to investigate 21 other suspicious deaths
• 2018 Fire starts on Winter Hill on Lancashire moorland, England, lit by arson
• 2018 Lone gunman attacks offices of Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing nine
• 2018 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
• 2019 3,400 year old Bronze Age palace from the Mittani Empire uncovered on the banks of the Tigris River, due to lack of rainfall dropping the water level in the Mosul Dam reservoir

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