Historical Events In June - 28

1912  Audrey Langford, singing teacher on June - 28.   

1913  On this day in history george Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer (Serf, John Socman)   

1914  Assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia, in Sarajevo by a Serbian Nationalist,Gavrilo Princip. This incident precipitated a war with Serbia, eventually starting WW1 on June - 28.   

1914  Austria invades Siberia (WW I) on June - 28.   

1914  On this day in history charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player   

1914  On this day in history franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated   

1915  Victor Trumper, cricketer (48 Tests for Australia, 3163 runs), dies on June - 28.   

1917  Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1917  Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer/actor (My Fair Lady) on June - 28.   

1918  On June - 28 the first flight between Hawaiian Islands   

1918  On June - 28 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands   

1918  Bert Schierbeek, [Lambertus], Dutch writer/poet (Cross Roads) on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history harry S Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence   

1919  Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed and setting the stage for WWII on this day in history.   

1919  Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees on June - 28.   

1920  On this day in history a. E. Hotchner, American editor, novelist and playwright   

1921  P V Narasimha Rao, premier of India (1991- ) on June - 28.   

1922  Terje Stigen, Norwegian author (Det siste paradiset) on this day in history.   

1923  On June - 28 dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th   

1923  On this day in history lloyd Labeach, Panama City, 100m/200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1948)   

1924  On this day in history tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio &Lorain Ohio, killing 93   

1924  On June - 28 test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's   

1924  Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host on this day in history.   

1926  On June - 28 mel Brooks, NYC, comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs)   

1927  On June - 28 the birth of Mel Brooks, American comedy director and actor   

1927  On June - 28 theo van Tijn, Dutch marxist/social-historian   

1928  Alfred E Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention on June - 28.   

1928  Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist on June - 28.   

1929  The following railways are jointly acquired by Canadian National and Canadian Pacific and operated under a newly incorporated company, the Northern Alberta Railways Edmonton, Dunvegan &British Columbia Railway (447 miles) Alberta &Great Waterways Railway (286 miles) Central Canada Railway (98 miles) Pembina Valley Railway (26 miles) A total of 857 miles on this day in history.   

1929  Don Dubbins, Brooklyn, actor (Enchanted Island, Fix) on June - 28.   

1929  The following railways are jointly acquired by Canadian National and Canadian Pacific and operated under a newly incorporated company, the Northern Alberta Railways: Edmonton, Dunvegan &British Columbia Railway (447 miles) Alberta &Great Waterways Railway (286 miles) Central Canada Railway (98 miles) Pembina Valley Railway (26 miles) A total of 857 miles on June - 28.   

1930  Lightning strikes drill boat John B. King in the St. Lawrence River, setting off dynamite and killing 31 crew members on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on KC Monarchs   

1930  Nikolay Nikolayevich Karetnikov, composer on this day in history.   

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1367  On June - 28 birth of sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia   

1476  Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], inquisition/Pope (1555-59) was born on this day in history.   

1476  On June - 28 birth of pope Paul IV (d. 1559)   

1490  Albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop/monarch of Mainz/cardinal was born on June - 28.   

1491  Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47) was born on June - 28.   

1503  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)   

1547  Cristofano Malvezzi, composer was born on June - 28.   

1550  John Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator was born on June - 28.   

0548  Theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies on this day in history.   

0573  Death of Alboin, king of Longobarden, probably poisoned by his wife on June - 28.   

0767  On June - 28 paul I, Italian Pope (757-67), dies   

1061  On June - 28 floris I, count of Holland, dies   

1175  Death of Andrei Bogolyubsky, Russian prince on this day in history.   

1194  On June - 28 death of emperor Xiaozong of Song China (b. 1127)   

1385  On June - 28 andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies   

1389  Death of Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia (b. 1329) on this day in history.