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This day in history: 28 July

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347 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 28 July.
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2022: Catastrophic floods devastate Eastern Kentucky, resulting in 45 fatalities and causing damage to thousands of homes and businesses.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Alphonsa Muttathupadathu (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: Botvid

Christian feast day: Jaime Hilario Barbal

Christian feast day: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, Henry Purcell (Episcopal Church commemoration)

Christian feast day: Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schütz, George Frederick Handel (Lutheran commemoration)

Christian feast day: July 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Nazarius and Celsus

Christian feast day: Pedro Poveda Castroverde

Christian feast day: Pope Victor I

Christian feast day: Samson of Dol

Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval (Canada)

Fiestas Patrias, celebrates the independence of Peru from Spain by General José de San Martín in 1821.

Events

2022Catastrophic floods devastate Eastern Kentucky, resulting in 45 fatalities and causing damage to thousands of homes and businesses.

2018Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.

2017Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.

2011While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport, but crashes into the sea South

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.

2005The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.

2002Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.

2002Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing 14 of the 16 people on board.

2001Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.

1996The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.

1984Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles.

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.

1974Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.

1973Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.

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.

1962Beginning of the 8th World Festival of Youth and Students.

1960The German Volkswagen Act comes into force.

1957Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.

1945A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.

1943World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.

1942World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment r

1939The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.

1938Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.

1935First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.

1932During the Great Depression, U.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.

1917Anti-lynching movement: The Silent Parade takes place in New York City, in protest against murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.

1915The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.

1914World War I: In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on the Kingdom of Serbia and begins the Great War.

1911The Australasian Antarctic Expedition began as the SY Aurora departed London.

1896The city of Miami is incorporated.

1883A moderate earthquake measuring magnitude 4.3–5.2 strikes the Italian island of Ischia, killing over 2,300 people.

1868The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.

1866At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).

1864American Civil War: In the Battle of Ezra Church, Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt under General John Bell Hood to prevent Union forces led by General William T. Sherman from approaching Atlanta, Georgia.

1854USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy and current museum ship in Baltimore Harbor, is commissioned.

1821José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.

1809Peninsular War: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army repulse a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte in the Battle of Talavera.

1808Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.

1794French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.

1778Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.

Born on this day

2003Malik Nabers, American football player

2000Emile Smith Rowe, English footballer

1999GloRilla, American rapper

1996Harriet Dart, British tennis player

1994Hyojung, South Korean singer

1994Walker Buehler, American baseball player

1993Cher Lloyd, English singer

1993Evan Rodrigues, Canadian ice hockey player

1993Harry Kane, English footballer

1992Spencer Boldman, American actor

1990Simone Pizzuti, Italian footballer

1990Soulja Boy, American rapper, producer, and actor

1988Gunnar Nelson, Icelandic professional fighter and mixed martial artist

1987Christofer Ranzmaier, Austrian politician

1987Pedro, Spanish footballer

1987Yevhen Khacheridi, Ukrainian-Greek footballer

1986Alexandra Chando, American actress

1986Essence Carson, American basketball player

1986Lauri Korpikoski, Finnish ice hockey player

1986Nolan Gerard Funk, Canadian actor

1985Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

1985Mathieu Debuchy, French footballer

1984Ali Krieger, American soccer player

1984DeMeco Ryans, American football player and coach

1984John David Washington, American actor and football player

1984Zach Parise, American ice hockey player

1983Cody Hay, Canadian figure skater

1983Ilir Latifi, Swedish-Kosovar mixed martial artist

1983Sam Dastyari, Iranian-Australian politician

1982Cain Velasquez, Mexican-American mixed martial artist and wrestler

1981Michael Carrick, English footballer and coach

1981Willie Green, American basketball player and coach

1979Alena Popchanka, Belarusian-French swimmer and coach

1979Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer-songwriter and producer

1979Henrik Hansen, Danish footballer

1979Lee Min-woo, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

1978Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist

1978Kārlis Vērdiņš, Latvian poet

1977Aki Berg, Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player

1977Manu Ginóbili, Argentinian basketball player

Died on this day

2025Laura Dahlmeier, German biathlete, Olympic champion (born 1993)

2024Doug Creek, American baseball player (born 1969)

2024Francine Pascal, American author (born 1932)

2024John Anderson, Scottish television personality, teacher and coach (born 1931)

2024Reyes Moronta, Dominican baseball player (born 1993)

2022Bernard Cribbins, British actor (born 1928)

2021Dusty Hill, American musician (born 1949)

2020Junrey Balawing, Filipino record holder (born 1993)

2018Wanny van Gils, Dutch footballer (born 1959)

2016Émile Derlin Zinsou, Beninese politician (born 1918)

2016Mahasweta Devi, Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (born 1926)

2015Clive Rice, South African cricketer and coach (born 1949)

2015Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (born 1954)

2015Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (born 1950)

2014Alakbar Mammadov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager (born 1930)

2014Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1925)

2013Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (born 1932)

2013Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal (born 1914)

2013Mustafa Adrisi, Ugandan general and politician, 3rd Vice President of Uganda (born 1922)

2013Rita Reys, Dutch jazz singer (born 1924)

2013William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1917)

2012Colin Horsley, New Zealand-English pianist and educator (born 1920)

2012Sepp Mayerl, Austrian mountaineer (born 1937)

2012William F. Milliken Jr., American race car driver and engineer (born 1911)

2011Abdul Fatah Younis, Libyan general (born 1944)

2009Jim Johnson, American football player and coach (born 1941)

2007Jim LeRoy, American soldier and pilot (born 1961)

2007Karl Gotch, Belgian-American wrestler and trainer (born 1924)

2006David Gemmell, English author (born 1948)

2004Francis Crick, English biologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)

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Aristotle

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