What happened on July 28? There are more than 256 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About July 28
July 28 is the 210th day of the year 2024. There are 156 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday. This day falls under the 30th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Austin, Texas 78727 sunrise occured at 06:45 AM and sunset occured at 08:28 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Leo. The modern birthstone for this month is Ruby while the mystical birthstone is Ruby.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 185 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For July 28
- 1364Troops of the Republic of Pisa and of the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
- 1540Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
- 1794Maximilien Robespierre is executed by guillotine in Paris during the French Revolution.
- 1809Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera – Sir Arthur Wellesley’s British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte.
- 1821José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
- 1864American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church – Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1868The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is certified, establishing African-American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
- 1896The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
- 1914World War I: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
- 1932U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the “Bonus Army” of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
- 1933Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Spain are established.
- 1935First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
- 1942World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227 in response to alarming German advances into the Soviet Union. Under the order all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be immediately executed.
- 1943World War II: Operation Gomorrah – The British bomb Hamburg causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
- 1945A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
- 1948The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the “Battle of London Airport”.
- 1955The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France.
- 1957Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992.
- 1965Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
- 1973Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
- 1976The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People’s Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
- 1993Andorra joins the United Nations.
- 1996The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
- 2001Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships.
- 2002Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
- 2005The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland.
- 2005Tornadoes touch down in a residential areas in south Birmingham and Coventry England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.
- 2008The historic Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare burns down for the second time in 80 years.
- 2010Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321.
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Who Were Born On July 28?
- 1347Queen Margaret of Durazzo, consort of Charles III of Naples (d. 1412)
- 1659Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1715)
- 1746Thomas Heyward, Jr., American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1809)
- 1750Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician (d. 1794)
- 1796Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian piano manufacturer (d. 1859)
- 1804Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher (d. 1872)
- 1815Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889)
- 1844Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (d. 1889)
- 1857Ballington Booth, English-born Salvation Army officer (d. 1940)
- 1860Elias M. Ammons, American politician (d. 1925)
- 1860Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1922)
- 1863Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski, Russian general (d. 1919)
- 1866Beatrix Potter, English author (d. 1943)
- 1867Charles Dillon Perrine, American-born Argentine astronomer (d. 1951)
- 1872Albert Sarraut, French politician (d. 1962)
- 1874Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (d. 1945)
- 1879Lucy Burns, American suffragist (d. 1966)
- 1887Marcel Duchamp, French painter (d. 1968)
- 1891Ron Oxenham, Australian cricketer (d. 1939)
- 1896Barbara La Marr, American actress (d. 1926)
- 1898Lawrence Gray, American actor (d. 1970)
- 1900Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1901Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player (d. 1979)
- 1901Rudy Vallee, American entertainer (d. 1986)
- 1902Karl Popper, Austrian-born British philosopher (d. 1994)
- 1907Earl Tupper, American inventor of Tupperware (d. 1983)
- 1909Aenne Burda German publisher (d. 2005)
- 1909Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (d. 1957)
- 1914Carmen Dragon, American composer (d. 1984)
- 1915Charles Townes, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1916David Brown, American film producer (d. 2010)
- 1922Jacques Piccard, Belgian-born Swiss undersea explorer (d. 2008)
- 1923Ray Ellis, American record producer and arranger (d. 2008)
- 1924C.T. Vivian, American Civil Rights Movement activist
- 1925Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 2011)
- 1926Charlie Biddle, American-born Quebec jazz bassist (d. 2003)
- 1927John Ashbery, American poet
- 1929Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States (d. 1994)
- 1930Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (d. 2006)
- 1930Junior Kimbrough, American blues guitarist and vocalist (d. 1998)
- 1930Ramsey Muir Withers, Canadian military figure
- 1931Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (d. 1992)
- 1932Natalie Babbitt, American author and illustrator of children’s books
- 1933Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey player
- 1934Jacques d'Amboise, American choreographer
- 1935Simon Dee, British television broadcaster (d. 2009)
- 1936Garfield Sobers, Barbadian cricketer
- 1936Russ Jackson, Canadian football player
- 1937Francis Veber, French film director and screenwriter
- 1938Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian politician
- 1938Chuan Leekpai, Thai politician
- 1938Ian McCaskill, Scottish weather forecaster
- 1938Luis Aragonés, Spanish football manager
- 1940Philip Proctor, American comedian
- 1941Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor
- 1941Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor
- 1941Susan Roces, Filipino actress
- 1942Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster
- 1942Tonia Marketaki, Greek film director and screenwriter (d. 1994)
- 1943Bill Bradley, American basketball player and politician
- 1943Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist (d. 1981)
- 1943Richard Wright, English keyboardist (Pink Floyd) (d. 2008)
- 1945Jim Davis, American cartoonist (Garfield)
- 1946Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani writer and feminist
- 1946Jonathan Edwards, American singer and songwriter
- 1946Linda Kelsey, American actress
- 1948Georgia Engel, American actress
- 1948Gerald Casale, American vocalist, bassist (Devo) and director
- 1948Sally Struthers, American actress
- 1949Peter Doyle, Australian singer (The New Seekers) (d. 2001)
- 1949Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and film producer
- 1949Steve Peregrin Took, English singer (d. 1980)
- 1949Vida Blue, American baseball player
- 1950Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian poet
- 1951Anthony A. Williams, American politician
- 1951Doug Collins, American basketball player and coach
- 1951Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect
- 1952Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince of Thailand
- 1952Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist
- 1953Don Black, founder and current webmaster of Stormfront
- 1954Bruce Abbott, American actor
- 1954Gerd Faltings, German mathematician
- 1954Hugo Chávez, 52nd President of Venezuela
- 1954Mikey Sheehy, Irish Gaelic footballer
- 1954Steve Morse, American guitarist (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple)
- 1955Nikolay Zimyatov, Russian cross-country skier
- 1956John Feinstein, American sportswriter, author and sports commentator
- 1958Michael Hitchcock, American actor
- 1958Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and activist (d. 1981)
- 1959William T. Vollman, American novelist and essayist
- 1960Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian film director
- 1960Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese manga artist (Captain Tsubasa, Hungry Heart Wild Striker)
- 1961Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter
- 1961Harlem Yu, Taiwanese singer/songwriter
- 1961Yannick Dalmas, French race car driver
- 1962Rachel Sweet, American singer
- 1963Beverley Craven, British singer
- 1964Lori Loughlin, American actress
- 1965Delfeayo Marsalis, American jazz trombonist and record producer
- 1965Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer
- 1966Shikao Suga, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1967Taka Hirose, Japanese bassist (Feeder)
- 1969Alexis Arquette, American actor
- 1969Dana White, American professional sports executive
- 1969Garth Snow, American ice hockey player
- 1970Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater
- 1970Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist (Arch Enemy)
- 1970Paul Strang, Zimbabwian cricketer
- 1971Annie Perreault, Canadian short-track speed skater
- 1971Stephen Lynch, American comedian and singer-songwriter
- 1972Ed Templeton, American skateboarder
- 1972Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
- 1972Robert Chapman, English cricketer
- 1972Yeom Jeong-ah, South Korean actress
- 1973Marc Dupré, Quebec humorist and singer
- 1973Steve Staios, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974Justin Lee Collins, British comedian
- 1975Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer
- 1976Jacoby Shaddix, American singer (Papa Roach)
- 1977Aki Berg, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1977Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player
- 1977Rahman “Rock” Harper, American personality, Restauranteur
- 1978Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1978Jacob Oram, New Zealand cricketer
- 1979Alena Popchanka, French swimmer
- 1979Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer
- 1979Henrik Hansen, Danish footballer
- 1979James Piotr Montague, British writer and journalist
- 1979Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
- 1980Noel Sullivan, Welsh reality television contestant
- 1980Stephen Christian, American singer (Anberlin)
- 1981Michael Carrick, English footballer
- 1981Nancy Alexiadi, Greek singer
- 1981Zo In Sung, South Korean actor
- 1982Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress
- 1982Tom Pelphrey, American actor
- 1983Cody Hay, Canadian figure skater
- 1983Dhanush,Indian film actor, occasional playback singer and lyricist
- 1984DeMeco Ryans, American football player
- 1984John David Washington, American actor and football player
- 1984Zach Parise, American ice hockey player
- 1985Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor
- 1985Sharifah Sofia, Malaysian actress
- 1986Alexandra Chando, American actress
- 1987Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma, Spanish footballer
- 1987Sumire, Japanese fashion model (d. 2009)
- 1988Ayla Brown, American singer
- 1990Shana Swash, English actress
- 1990Simone Pizzuti, Italian footballer
- 1990Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, American rapper
- 1992George Spencer-Churchill, Earl of Sunderland
- 1993Cher Lloyd, English singer and rapper
- 1993Hannah Lochner, Canadian actress
- 1993Harry Kane, English footballer
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Who Died On July 28?
- 450Theodosius II, Roman Emperor (b. 401)
- 1057Pope Victor II (b. c. 1018)
- 1128William Clito, Count of Flanders (b. 1102)
- 1230Duke Leopold VI of Austria (b. 1176)
- 1285Keran, Queen of Armenia, consort of King Leo III of Armenia (birth year unknown)
- 1527Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish conquistador (b. 1460)
- 1540Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (b. 1495)
- 1631Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish dramatist (b. 1569)
- 1655Cyrano de Bergerac, French poet (b. 1619)
- 1667Abraham Cowley, English poet (b. 1618)
- 1675Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer (b. 1605)
- 1685Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English statesman (b. 1618)
- 1718Etienne Baluze, French scholar (b. 1630)
- 1741Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (b. 1678)
- 1750Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (b. 1685)
- 1762George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician (b. 1691)
- 1794Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1767)
- 1794Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1758)
- 1809Richard Beckett, English soldier (b.1772)
- 1818Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (b. 1746)
- 1835Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (b. 1768)
- 1836Nathan Mayer Rothschild, British financier (b. 1777)
- 1842Clemens Brentano, German poet (b. 1778)
- 1844Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon I (b. 1768)
- 1849King Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798)
- 1869Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist (b. 1787)
- 1878George Law Curry, American newspaper publisher and politician (b. 1820)
- 1895Edward Beecher, American theologian (b. 1803)
- 1930Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862)
- 1933Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna (b. 1890)
- 1934Louis Tancred, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
- 1934Marie Dressler, Canadian actress (b. 1868)
- 1942William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (b. 1853)
- 1957Edith Abbott, American social worker (b. 1876)
- 1957Isaac Heinemann, German-born Israeli scholar and professor of classical literature (b. 1876)
- 1965Edogawa Rampo, Japanese author (b. 1894)
- 1965Sheikh Attallah Suheimat, Arab and Jordanian leader, politician,and a statesperson. (b. 1875)
- 1967Karl W. Richter, American aviator (b. 1942)
- 1968Otto Hahn, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1879)
- 1969Ramón Grau, Cuban politician (b. 1882)
- 1971Charles E. Pont, American painter and printmaker (b. 1898)
- 1971Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canadian soldier and diplomat (b. 1890)
- 1971Myril Hoag, American baseball player (b. 1908)
- 1972Charu Majumdar, Indian revolutionary leader (b. 1918)
- 1972Helen Traubel, American soprano (b. 1903)
- 1979Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898)
- 1979Don Miller, American college football player (b. 1902)
- 1981Fr. Stanley Rother, American Roman Catholic Priest and missionary (b. 1935)
- 1982Keith Green, American gospel singer and pianist (b. 1953)
- 1990Jill Esmond, British actress (b. 1908)
- 1996Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and educator (b. 1908)
- 1997Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (b. 1920)
- 1997Seni Pramoj, Thai politician (b. 1905)
- 1998Lenny McLean, English bareknuckle fighter (b. 1949)
- 1999Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
- 2000Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist and historian (b. 1918)
- 2001Ahmed Sofa, Bangladeshi writer (b. 1943)
- 2002Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
- 2003Lady Valerie Goulding, Irish politician and activist (b. 1918)
- 2004Eugene Roche, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2004Francis Crick, English molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
- 2004Sam Edwards, American actor (b. 1915)
- 2004Tiziano Terzani, Italian journalist (b. 1938)
- 2006David Gemmell, British writer (b. 1948)
- 2006Patrick Allen, British actor and voice actor (b. 1927)
- 2007Jim LeRoy, American aerobatic pilot (b. 1961)
- 2007Karl Gotch, Belgian professional wrestler (b. 1924)
- 2008Suzanne Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (b. 1977)
- 2009Jim Johnson, American football coach (b. 1941)
- 2009Reverend Ike, American televangelist (b. 1935)
- 2010George P. Lee, former general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and convicted sex offender (b. 1943)
- 2010Ivy Bean, English internet celebrity (b. 1905)
- 2011Abdul Fatah Younis, Former Libyan Interior Minister, assassinated for pro-Gadaffi ties (b. 1944)
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