Page 5: Historical Events In June - 28

1912  On this day in history audrey Langford, singing teacher   

1913  George Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer (Serf, John Socman) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history austria invades Siberia (WW I)   

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

1914  On June - 28 franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated   

1915  On this day in history victor Trumper, cricketer (48 Tests for Australia, 3163 runs), dies   

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  The first flight between Hawaiian Islands on June - 28.   

1918  1st flight between Hawaiian Islands on this day in history.   

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

1919  Harry S Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence on this day in history.   

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

1919  On June - 28 carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees   

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

1921  On June - 28 p V Narasimha Rao, premier of India (1991- )   

1922  Terje Stigen, Norwegian author (Det siste paradiset) on June - 28.   

1923  On this day in history 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  Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's on this day in history.   

1924  On June - 28 henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host   

1926  Mel Brooks, NYC, comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs) on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history the birth of Mel Brooks, American comedy director and actor   

1927  Theo van Tijn, Dutch marxist/social-historian on June - 28.   

1928  On June - 28 alfred E Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention   

1928  On this day in history andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist   

1929  On June - 28 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.   

1929  On this day in history don Dubbins, Brooklyn, actor (Enchanted Island, Fix)   

1929  On June - 28 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.   

1930  On June - 28 lightning strikes drill boat John B. King in the St. Lawrence River, setting off dynamite and killing 31 crew members.   

1930  On June - 28 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 June - 28.   

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1367  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia was born on June - 28.   

1476  Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], inquisition/Pope (1555-59) was born on June - 28.   

1476  On this day in history birth of pope Paul IV (d. 1559)   

1490  Albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop/monarch of Mainz/cardinal was born on this day in history.   

1491  Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47) was born on this day in history.   

1503  On June - 28 birth of giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)   

1547  On June - 28 birth of cristofano Malvezzi, composer   

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  Paul I, Italian Pope (757-67), dies on June - 28.   

1061  Floris I, count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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  Andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies on June - 28.   

1389  On June - 28 death of prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia (b. 1329)