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July 28
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July 28 is the 209th day of the year (210th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 156 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason . Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard , on the same day.
1586 - The first potato arrives in Britain .
1609 - Bermuda is first settled by survivors of the English Sea Venture en route to Virginia .
1794 - Maximilien Robespierre is executed by guillotine in Paris during the French Revolution .
1809 - Peninsular War : Battle of Talavera : Sir Arthur Wellesley 's British , Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force under Joseph Bonaparte .
1821 - José de San Martín declares independence for Peru from Spain.
1864 - American Civil War : Battle of Ezra Church : Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia .
1868 - The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is passed, establishing African-American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
1896 - The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
1914 - World War I : Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand .
1932 - 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.
1933 - Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Spain are established.
1942 - World War II : Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227 in response to alarming German advances into Russia . Under the order all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so will be immediately executed.
1943 - World War II: Operation Gomorrah : The British bomb Hamburg causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
1945 - A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
1948 - The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the "Battle of London Airport".
1955 - The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours , France.
1957 - Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya , western Kyūshū , Japan , kill 992.
1958 - Lord Jellicoe makes his maiden speech in the House of Lords .
1965 - Vietnam 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.
1973 - Summer Jam at Watkins Glen : 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
1976 - The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 magnitude flattens Tangshan , the People's Republic of China , killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
1991 - Baseball : pitcher Dennis Martínez of the Montreal Expos throws a perfect game .
1994 - Baseball: pitcher Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers throws a perfect game.
1996 - Kennewick Man , the remains of a prehistoric man, is discovered near Kennewick, Washington .
1997 - Guatemala becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty .
2002 - Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania , are rescued after 77 hours underground.
2005 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland .
2005 - A tornado touches down in a residential area in south Birmingham , England , causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.
2008 - The historic Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier burns down for a second time in 80 years.
Births
1347 - Margherita of Durazzo , queen of Naples (d. 1412 )
1659 - Charles Ancillon , French Huguenot pastor (d. 1715 )
1746 - Thomas Heyward, Jr. , American patriot, signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1809 )
1750 - Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician, creator of the French Republican calendar (d. 1794 )
1796 - Ignaz Bösendorfer , Austrian musician (d. 1859 )
1804 - Ludwig Feuerbach , German philosopher (d. 1872 )
1815 - Stefan Dunjov , Banat Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889 )
1844 - Gerard Manley Hopkins , English poet (d. 1889 )
1857 - Ballington Booth , co-founder of Volunteers of America (d. 1940 )
1860 - Elias M. Ammons , governor of Colorado (d. 1925 )
1860 - Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1922 )
1863 - Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski , Russian general (d. 1919 )
1866 - Beatrix Potter , English author (d. 1943 )
1867 - Charles Dillon Perrine , American-born astronomer (d. 1951 )
1872 - Albert Sarraut , French politician (d. 1962 )
1874 - Ernst Cassirer , German philosopher (d. 1945 )
1887 - Marcel Duchamp , French painter (d. 1968 )
1891 - Ron Oxenham , Former Australain cricketer (d. 1939 )
1896 - Barbara La Marr , American actress (d. 1926 )
1898 - Lawrence Gray , American actor (d. 1970 )
1900 - Catherine Dale Owen , American actress (d. 1965 )
1901 - Rudy Vallee , American entertainer (d. 1986 )
1901 - Freddie Fitzsimmons , American baseball player (d. 1979 )
1902 - Karl Popper , Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994 )
1907 - Earl Tupper , American inventor (d. 1983 )
1909 - Malcolm Lowry , English novelist (d. 1957 )
1914 - Carmen Dragon , American composer (d. 1984 )
1915 - Charles Townes , American physicist, Nobel laureate
1916 - David Brown , American film producer
1922 - Jacques Piccard , Belgian-born undersea explorer
1924 - C.T. Vivian , American 1960s Civil Rights Movement activist
1925 - Baruch S. Blumberg , American scientist, Nobel laureate
1926 - Charlie Biddle , American-born Quebec jazz bassist (d. 2003 )
1927 - John Ashbery , American poet
1929 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis , First Lady of the United States (d. 1994 )
1930 - Jean Roba , Belgian comics author (d. 2006 )
1930 - Junior Kimbrough , American bluesman (d. 1998 )
1930 - Ramsey Withers , Chief of the Defence Staff of Canada
1931 - Johnny Martin , Former Australain cricketer (d. 1992 )
1933 - Charlie Hodge , French Canadian ice hockey goaltender
1934 - Jacques d'Amboise , American choreographer
1935 - Simon Dee , British television broadcaster
1936 - Russ Jackson , Canadian football player
1936 - Garfield Sobers , Barbadian West Indies cricketer
1937 - Francis Veber , French film director and screenwriter
1938 - Alberto Fujimori , President of Peru
1938 - Chuan Leekpai , Thai politician and Former Prime Minister of Thailand
1938 - Luis Aragonés , Spanish football manager
1940 - Philip Proctor , American comedian
1941 - Susan Roces , Filipino actress
1941 - Riccardo Muti , Italian conductor
1942 - Marty Brennaman , American sportscaster
1943 - Mike Bloomfield , American musician (d. 1981 )
1943 - Bill Bradley , American basketball player and politician
1943 - Richard Wright , English musician (Pink Floyd )
1945 - Jim Davis , American cartoonist (Garfield )
1946 - Jonathan Edwards , American singer and songwriter
1946 - Linda Kelsey , American actress
1946 - Fahmida Riaz , Pakistani writer and feminist
1948 - Gerald Casale , american musician and director (founding member of Devo )
1948 - Georgia Engel , American actress
1948 - Sally Struthers , American actress
1949 - Steve Peregrin Took , English singer (d. 1980 )
1949 - Vida Blue , American baseball player
1949 - Peter Doyle , Australian singer (The New Seekers ) (d. 2001 )
1950 - Shahyar Ghanbari , Iranian poet
1951 - Anthony A. Williams , Mayor of Washington, D.C.
1951 - Santiago Calatrava , Spanish architect
1952 - Yoshitaka Amano , Japanese artist
1952 - Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince of Thailand
1954 - Bruce Abbott , American actor
1954 - Hugo Chávez , President of Venezuela
1954 - Gerd Faltings , German mathematician
1954 - Steve Morse , American guitarist
1954 - Mikey Sheehy , Gaelic footballer
1955 - Nikolay Zimyatov , Russian cross-country skier
1958 - Terry Fox , Canadian athlete and activist (d. 1981 )
1958 - Michael Hitchcock , American actor
1960 - Yōichi Takahashi , Japanese mangaka of Captain Tsubasa and Hungry Heart Wild Striker
1961 - Yannick Dalmas , French race car driver
1961 - Alexander Kurlovitch , Soviet weightlifter
1962 - Rachel Sweet , American singer
1964 - Lori Loughlin , American actress
1965 - Priscilla Chan , Hong Kong singer
1965 - Delfeayo Marsalis , American jazz musician
1966 - Shikao Suga , Japanese singer/songwriter
1969 - Garth Snow , American ice hockey goaltender
1969 - Alexis Arquette , American actor
1969 - Dana White , UFC President
1970 - Michael Amott , Swedish guitarist (Arch Enemy )
1970 - Isabelle Brasseur , Canadian figure skater
1970 - Paul Strang , Former Zimbabwian cricketer
1971 - Stephen Lynch , American musician
1971 - Annie Perreault , Canadian short-track speed skater
1972 - Elizabeth Berkley , American actress
1972 - Ed Templeton , American skateboarder
1972 - Yeom Jeong-ah , South Korean actress
1973 - Steve Staios , Canadian ice hockey player
1973 - Marc Dupré , Quebec humorist and singer
1974 - Justin Lee Collins , British comedian
1975 - Leonor Watling , Spanish actress and singer
1976 - Jacoby Shaddix , American singer (Papa Roach )
1977 - Manu Ginóbili , Argentine basketball player
1977 - Aki Berg , Finnish ice hockey player
1978 - Hitomi Yaida , Japanese singer/songwriter
1979 - Lee Minwoo , Korean singer (Shinhwa )
1979 - Birgitta Haukdal , Icelandic singer
1979 - Henrik Hansen , Danish footballer
1980 - Stephen Christian , American singer (Anberlin )
1981 - Michael Carrick , English footballer
1981 - Jo In Sung , South Korean actor
1982 - Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir , Icelandic singer and actress
1982 - Tom Pelphrey , American actor
1984 - DeMeco Ryans , American football player
1984 - Zach Parise , American ice hockey player
1985 - Dustin Milligan , Canadian actor
1985 - Tynisha Keli , American singer
1986 - Alexandra Chando , American actress
1988 - Ayla Brown , American singer
1988 - Casper Johansen , Danish footballer
1990 - Shana Swash , English actress
1990 - Soulja Boy , American rapper
1993 - Hannah Lochner , Canadian actress
Deaths
450 - Theodosius II , Roman Emperor (b. 401 )
1057 - Pope Victor II
1128 - William Clito , Count of Flanders (b. 1102 )
1230 - Duke Leopold VI of Austria (b. 1176 )
1285 - Queen Keran of Armenia , consort of Leo III of Armenia
1527 - Rodrigo de Bastidas , Spanish conquistador
1540 - Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex , English statesman (b. 1495 )
1631 - Guillén de Castro y Bellvis , Spanish dramatist (b. 1569 )
1655 - Cyrano de Bergerac , French poet (b. 1619 )
1667 - Abraham Cowley , English poet (b. 1618 )
1675 - Bulstrode Whitelocke , English lawyer (b. 1605 )
1685 - Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington , English statesman (b. 1618 )
1718 - Etienne Baluze , French scholar (b. 1630 )
1741 - Antonio Vivaldi , Italian composer (b. 1678 )
1750 - Johann Sebastian Bach , German composer (b. 1685 )
1762 - George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe , English politician (b. 1691 )
1794 - Maximilien Robespierre , French Revolutionary leader (b. 1758 )
1794 - Louis de Saint-Just , French Revolutionary leader (b. 1767 )
1818 - Gaspard Monge , French mathematician (b. 1746 )
1835 - Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier , French marshal (b. 1768 )
1842 - Clemens Brentano , German poet (b. 1778 )
1844 - Joseph Bonaparte , older brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain (b. 1768 )
1849 - King Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798 )
1869 - Jan Evangelista Purkyně , Czech anatomist (b. 1787 )
1878 - George Law Curry , Newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon (b. 1820 )
1895 - Edward Beecher , American theologian (b. 1803 )
1930 - Allvar Gullstrand , Swedish ophthalmologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862 )
1934 - Marie Dressler , Canadian actress (b. 1868 )
1934 - Louis Tancred , Former South African cricketer (b. 1876 )
1942 - William Matthew Flinders Petrie , English Egyptologist (b. 1853 )
1957 - Edith Abbott , American social worker, educator, and author (b. 1876 )
1965 - Edogawa Ranpo , Japanese author (b. 1894 )
1967 - Karl W. Richter , Lieutenant, USAF , American aviator (b. 1942 )
1968 - Otto Hahn , German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1879 )
1969 - Ramón Grau , Cuban president (b. 1882 )
1971 - Myril Hoag , American baseball player (b. 1908 )
1971 - Charles E. Pont , American artist (b. 1898 )
1972 - Helen Traubel , American soprano (b. 1903 )
1972 - Charu Majumdar , Indian revolutionary leader (b. 1918 )
1979 - Charles Shadwell , English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898 )
1981 - Fr. Stanley Rother , Roman Catholic Priest, Martyr and Missionary to Guatemala (b. 1935 )
1982 - Keith Green , American gospel singer and pianist (b. 1953 )
1990 - Jill Esmond , British actress (b. 1908 )
1996 - Roger Tory Peterson , American ornithologist and educator (b. 1908 )
1997 - Seni Pramoj , Thai politician (b. 1905 )
1998 - Lenny McLean , English bareknuckle fighter (b. 1949 )
1999 - Trygve Haavelmo , Norwegian economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911 )
2000 - Abraham Pais , Dutch-born American physicist and historian (b. 1918 )
2002 - Archer John Porter Martin , English chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910 )
2003 - Lady Valerie Goulding , Irish politician and activist (b. 1918 )
2004 - Francis Crick , English molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916 )
2004 - Sam Edwards , American actor (b. 1915 )
2004 - Eugene Roche , American actor (b. 1928 )
2004 - Tiziano Terzani , Italian journalist (b. 1938 )
2006 - David Gemmell , British writer (b. 1948 )
2007 - Jim LeRoy , Airshow pilot
2007 - Karl Gotch , Belgian professional wrestler (b. 1924 )
Holidays and observances
Roman Catholicism
External links
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