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| Birthday June 28, 1491 Henry VIII, of England (1509-47)., Don't lose your head over him |
| Birthday June 28, 1577 Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter |
| Birthday June 28, 1712 Jean Jacques Rousseau, in France social contrActor |
| Birthday June 28, 1824 Paul Broca, French brain surgeon, anthropologist |
| Birthday June 28, 1857 Western writer Emerson Hough is born |
| Birthday June 28, 1867 Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (6 Characters) (Nobel 1934) |
| Birthday June 28, 1873 Alexis Carrel, French surgeon, sociologist, biologist (Nobel 1912) |
| Birthday June 28, 1902 Richard Rogers, composer |
| Birthday June 28, 1926 Mel Brooks, comedian, Actor, director (To Be or Not to Be) |
| Birthday June 28, 1946 Gilda Radner, comedian (SNL - Baba Wawa) Detroit |
| Birthday June 28, 1947 Patrick Kincaid, send him a card author of TODAY |
| Birthday June 28, 1969 Danielle Briesbois, Archie Bunker's girl |
| History June 28, 1519 Charles elected Holy Roman emperor |
| History June 28, 1778 Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" helped American patriots |
| History June 28, 1778 Battle of Monmouth |
| History June 28, 1820 Tomato is proved to be nonpoisonous |
| History June 28, 1836 James Madison 4th US pres died |
| History June 28, 1836 Former President James Madison dies |
| History June 28, 1838 Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey |
| History June 28, 1861 Leipzig Obs discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) comet d'Arrest |
| History June 28, 1862 Confederates capture commercial ship |
| History June 28, 1888 Robert Louis Stevenson sets sail for the South Seas |
| History June 28, 1889 Maria Mitchell - 1st American woman astronomer - dies at 71 |
| History June 28, 1914 Archduke Ferdinand assassinated |
| History June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated |
| History June 28, 1914 Aust Archduke Ferdinand & wife Sofia assassinated (starts WW I) |
| History June 28, 1916 Lasky Company merges with Famous Players, later to become Paramount |
| History June 28, 1918 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands |
| History June 28, 1919 Keynes predicts economic chaos |
| History June 28, 1919 Harry S. Truman marries Bess Wallace |
| History June 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed |
| History June 28, 1919 Harry S Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence |
| History June 28, 1919 Carl Mazes pitches a complete double-header against Yanks |
| History June 28, 1928 Louis Armstrong records West End Blues |
| History June 28, 1938 Queen Victoria ascends to British throne |
| History June 28, 1939 Pan Am begins transatlantic air service Dixie Clipper |
| History June 28, 1939 Yanks hit 13 HRs sweep A's 23-2 & 10-0 |
| History June 28, 1940 Britain recognizes General Charles de Gaulle as the leader of the Free French |
| History June 28, 1942 Dumont TV network begins (WABD NY) |
| History June 28, 1948 Yugoslavia expelled from COMINFORM |
| History June 28, 1950 N Korean forces captured Seoul S Korea |
| History June 28, 1956 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago Il |
| History June 28, 1965 U.S. forces launch first offensive |
| History June 28, 1965 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by Pres Johnson |
| History June 28, 1969 The Stonewall Riot |
| History June 28, 1971 Phillies Rick Wise hits 2 HRs & no-hits the Reds |
| History June 28, 1972 Nixon announces draftees will not go to Vietnam |
| History June 28, 1975 A teenage girl's boyfriend murders her parents |
| History June 28, 1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers |
| History June 28, 1978 Supreme Court orders Cal medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected |
| History June 28, 1982 Prince Chuck & Lady Di name their baby "William" |
| History June 28, 1983 Bridge section along I-95 in Conn collapsed kills 3 |
| History June 28, 1986 Kenneth & Nellie Pike challenge Ala Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick |
| History June 28, 1987 Don Baylor sets career hit by pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Roiden) |
| History June 28, 1987 Gay Pride Day |
| History June 28, 1992 Two big quakes rock California |
| History June 28, 1993 A serial rapist strikes in Allentown |
| History June 28, 1997 Mike Tyson bites ear |
| History June 28, 2006 DaimlerChrysler announces Smart's arrival in United States |