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What happened in history on this day: June 28?
On June 28 in ...
- 1776 - Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack.
- 1778 - Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey.
- 1834 - Congress reduces the weight and fineness of standard gold coins, and changes the silver/gold ratio to 16 to 1.
- 1862 - Day four of the Seven Days - Battle of Savage's Station.
- 1863 - US President Abraham Lincoln replaces General Joseph Hooker as commander of the Army of the Potomac with General George Meade.
- 1894 - Labor Day is established as a US federal employees holiday.
- 1919 - In Versailles, France, the peace Treaty of Versailles is signed, formally ending the Great War (World War I), five years to the day after the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
- 1919 - In Versailles, France, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau sign the Treaty of Guarantee. The treaty calls for Great Britain and the USA to come to France's immediate aid if Germany makes an unprovoked assault on the country.
- 1924 - Tornado strikes Sandusky and Lorain in Ohio, USA, killing 93.
- 1928 - Alfred E Smith (Governor of New York) is nominated for President of the USA at Democratic Convention.
- 1935 - US President Franklin Roosevelt orders the construction of a gold vault at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
- 1942 - The world's first commercial TV network began operations (Dumont TV, WABD New York).
- 1956 - First atomic reactor built for private research operates in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1960 - 26.42 cm (10.40 inches) of rainfall in Dunmor, Kentucky, USA (state 24-hour record).
- 1964 - Organization for Afro-American Unity forms in New York by Malcolm X.
- 1965 - First US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon Johnson.
- 1968 - Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers.
- 1971 - US Supreme Court overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali.
- 1975 - Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Illinois).
- 1977 - US Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers.
- 1978 - The U.S. scientific satellite Seasat is launched, the first dedicated oceanographic satellite.
- 1978 - The Supreme Court of the United States bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of programs which give advantages to minorities.
- 1983 - A 100-foot long section of the six-lane Mianus River Bridge along I-95 in Greenwich, Connecticut, linking New York City with New England collapses, killing 3, injuring 3.
- 1984 - Motorola introduces the 16-MHz 68020 processor, a 32-bit version of the 68000, in CMOS, with on-board cache. Estimated performance is 2-3 MIPS. Price is US$487 each.
- 1984 - Richard Ramírez, aka the "Night Stalker," performs his first recorded murder.
- 1987 - An accidental explosion at Hohenfels Training Area in Federal Republic of Germany kills three U.S. troopers.
- 1988 - Four workers are asphyxiated at a metal-plating plant in Auburn, Indiana (a fifth victim dies two days later).
- 1991 - In Sierra Madre, California, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurs.
- 1992 - In Landers, California, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs, followed in three hours by a 6.5 earthquake in Big Bear.
- 2003 - In St. Charles, Illinois, the Bloomington Gold Corvettes USA show is held, over four days. Mecum Collector Car Auctioneers conducts the auction of over 300 Corvettes. Roger Judski pays US$640,000 for a 1967 L88 red coupe with only 12 miles on it. This is a world record for any production Corvette.
- 2007 - The US Fish and Wildlife Service announces it would remove the bald eagle from the endangered species list.
- 2010 - The US Supreme Court rules 5-4 that a ban on handgun ownership in the city of Chicago was unconstitutional, ruling that the US Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defence.
- 2020 - The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 10 million worldwide. The U.S. continues to report the highest number of any country as it reaches 2.5 million, a quarter of all cases globally. The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 500,000.
Births on June 28
- 1894 - Birth of Lois Wilson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Alice - Aldrich Family).
- 1902 - Birth of Richard Rodgers in Hammels Station, New York, USA; composer (Rodgers and Hammerstein).
- 1902 - Birth of Alan Bunce in Westfield, New Jersey, USA; actor (Ethel and Albert radio and TV show).
- 1903 - Birth of Alan Bunce in Westfield, New Jersey, USA; actor (Albert - Ethel and Albert).
- 1946 - Birth of Gilda Radner in Detroit, Michigan, USA; comedienne (Baba Wawa - Saturday Night Live).
- 1946 - Birth of John "Mike" Lounge in Denver, Colorado, USA; astronaut (STS 51-I, STS 26, STS 35).
- 1949 - Birth of Don Baylor in Texas, USA; baseball player (1979 American League RBI leader).
- 1954 - Birth of Ava Barber in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; country singer (Lawrence Welk Show).
- 1966 - Birth of Mary Stuart Masterson in Houston, Texas, USA; actress (Some Kind of Wonderful).
- 1969 - Birth of Danielle Brisebois in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (All in the Family, Archie Bunker's Place, Big Bad Mama 2).
- 1969 - Birth of Tichina Arnold in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Ryan's Hope, Sharla - All My Children).
Deaths on June 28
- 1836 - Death of James Madison in his Montpelier home in Virginia, USA; co-author of The Federalist Papers, Representative for Virginia (1789-), Secretary of State (1801-), 4th President of the USA (1808-).
- 2010 - U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, longest serving member ever of the Congress (Democrat, Representative for West Virginia 1952-58, Senator for West Virginia 1958-2010), dies at age 92 in Washington, D.C.
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