Page 4: Historical Events In July - 28

1898  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Retired Colourman"(BG) on July - 28.   

1898  On July - 28 spanish troops in Ponce, Puerto Rico, surrender   

1900  Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut on July - 28.   

1900  On July - 28 maurice Johnstone, composer   

1901  Rudy Vallee, Vt, singer (Vagabond Dreams, My Time Is Your Time) on July - 28.   

1902  Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian/British philosopher (Logic of Forschung) on July - 28.   

1903  On this day in history catherine Dale Owen, actress (Behind Office Doors), Louisville KY   

1904  On this day in history [John] Selwyn [Brooke] Lloyd, British statsman   

1904  Plehve, Russian foreign minister (bomb under carriage), dies on July - 28.   

1905  On July - 28 charles William Hutton, architect   

1906  Yankees turn triple-play, beat Cleveland 6-4 on this day in history.   

1906  On July - 28 gottlob Frick, singer   

1907  Earl S Tupper, inventor (Tupperware) on July - 28.   

1908  Zbigniew Turski, composer on this day in history.   

1909  Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (Under the Volcano) on July - 28.   

1910  On this day in history bill Goodwin, SF Calif, announcer (Jolson Story, Burns & Allen)   

1911  96°F (35.6°C) in De Bilt Netherlands on this day in history.   

1911  Ann Doran, Amarillo Tx, actress (Longstreet, Shirley) on July - 28.   

1913  On July - 28 uS wins its first Davis Cup since 1902, beating England, 3-2   

1913  12th Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2) on July - 28.   

1914  Austria-Hungary attacks Serbia-WW I begins on July - 28.   

1914  Foxtrot first danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox) on July - 28.   

1914  On this day in history the first World War begins when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia   

1914  World War I begins as Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia on July - 28.   

1914  Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox) on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history 10,000 blacks march on 5th Ave (NYC) protesting lynchings   

1915  On July - 28 sailors and Marines land in Haiti to restore order   

1915  On July - 28 vilbrun G Sam, rebellion leader/president of Haiti, lynched   

1916  On July - 28 navy establishes a Code and Signal Section which initially worked against German ciphers and tested the security of communications during U.S. naval training maneuvers.   

1916  On this day in history david Brown, NYC, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes)   

1917  On July - 28 silent Parade in NYC to protest murders of blacks in race riots   

1919  Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale (VVI) forms in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1920  Pancho Villa, bandito and revolutionary, surrenders to the Mexican government on July - 28.   

1922  On July - 28 jacques Piccard, Switzerland, undersea explorer (bathyscaph Trieste)   

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1165  On this day in history birth of ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic/philosopher   

1347  On July - 28 birth of margherita of Durazzo, queen of Naples (d. 1412)   

1456  On July - 28 birth of jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia)   

1514  On this day in history birth of maximilian of Burgundy, viceroy of Holland   

1609  On July - 28 birth of judith J Leyster, Dutch house painter, baptised   

1659  Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1719  On July - 28 birth of jan Nepveu, governor-general of Suriname (1769-79) [or Aug 27]   

1745  On this day in history birth of piotr A von der Pahlen, milt governor (St Petersburg)   

0450  Theodosius II de Jongere, emperor Austrian Empire, dies on this day in history.   

1057  On July - 28 victor II, [Gebhard], Pope (1055-57), dies   

1101  Su Tung-p'o, Chinese poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1128  On this day in history death of william Clito, Count of Flanders (b. 1102)   

1230  Death of Duke Leopold VI of Austria (b. 1176) on this day in history.   

1285  Death of Queen Keran of Armenia, consort of Leo III of Armenia on July - 28.   

1330  On July - 28 michael III, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies in battle   

1527  On this day in history death of rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish conquistador