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What happened in history on this day: July 28?
On July 28 in ...
- 1849 - Memmon is first clipper to reach San Francisco, 120 days out of New York.
- 1862 - Confederate forces defeated at Moore's Hill, Missouri, USA.
- 1864 - Atlanta Campaign - Battle of Ezra Church.
- 1866 - Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US.
- 1900 - The hamburger is created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut, USA.
- 1914 - The Foxtrot is first danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (New York City, by Harry Fox).
- 1915 - 10,000 blacks march on 5th Ave (New York City) protesting lynchings.
- 1915 - US Marines on US heavy cruiser Washington land in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to restore order.
- 1921 - President Warren Harding issues executive order requiring coin designs to come under purview of Commission of Fine Arts.
- 1930 - 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record high).
- 1932 - President Herbert Hoover evicts bonus marchers from their encampment.
- 1934 - 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Orofino, Idaho (state record).
- 1943 - President Franklin Roosevelt announces end of coffee rationing in the US.
- 1945 - US Army bomber crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Building, 14 die.
- 1945 - US Senate ratifies United Nations charter 89-2.
- 1951 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated feature film Alice in Wonderland to theaters in the USA.
- 1959 - Hawaii's first US election sends first Asian-Americans to Congress.
- 1962 - Nineteen die in a train crash in Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1964 - US Congress passes the Fiscal Year 1965 appropriations legislation, which includes US$600,000 for production of 45 million silver dollars.
- 1964 - Ranger 7 launched toward the Moon.
- 1977 - First oil flow through the length of the Alaska pipeline.
- 1986 - NASA releases transcript from doomed Challenger, pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, "Uh-oh!" as spacecraft disintegrated.
- 2008 - Stack's conducts an auction prior to the ANA convention in Baltimore. Some highlights:
- 1795 Capped Bust 13 Leaves gold $10 eagle MS-64 PCGS: US$546,250;
- 1796 Capped Bust No Stars gold $2.50 quarter eagle MS-62 PCGS: US$488,750;
- 1797 Draped Bust Small Eagle 15 Stars half dollar MS-66 NGC: US$1.38 million;
- 1907 Saint-Gaudens Extremely High Relief Roman Numerals $20 double eagle pattern gold PR-58 NGC: US$690,000.
Births on July 28
- 1892 - Birth of Joe E Brown in Holgate, Ohio, USA; comedian (Buck Circus Hour).
- 1901 - Birth of Rudy Vallee in Vermont, USA; singer ("Vagabond Dreams", "My Time Is Your Time").
- 1910 - Birth of Bill Goodwin in San Francisco, California, USA; announcer (The Burns and Allen Show radio show, The Bob Hope Radio Show, Boing Boing Show), spokesman (Swan Soap, Maxwell House Coffee, Carnation Evaporated Milk).
- 1911 - Birth of Ann Doran in Amarillo, Texas, USA; actress (Longstreet, Shirley, Twilight Zone, Cagney and Lacey, Hunter, appeared in estimated 500 movies and 1000 TV shows).
- 1916 - Birth of David Brown in New York City, New York, USA; director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes).
- 1916 - Birth of Laird Cregar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square).
- 1930 - Birth of Darryl Hickman in Hollywood, California, USA; actor (Human Comedy, Tea and Sympathy).
- 1937 - Birth of Peter Duchin in New York City, New York, USA; pianist/bandleader (Peter Duchin Orchestra).
- 1943 - Birth of Bill Bradley in Crystal City, Missouri, USA; basketball player (New York Knicks), politician (Senator-Democrat-New Jersey), Rhodes scholar.
- 1946 - Birth of Linda Kelsey in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actress (Billie - Lou Grant, Kate - Day by Day).
- 1948 - Birth of Sally Struther in Portland, Oregon, USA; actress (Gloria - All in the Family, Gilmore Girls).
- 1948 - Birth of Georgia Engel in Washington DC; actress (Georgette - Mary Tyler Moore Show, Coach).
- 1961 - Birth of Scott E Parazynski in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; medical doctor/astronaut.
- 1967 - Birth of Lori Loughlin in New York, USA; actress (Summerland, Full House, Edge of Night, New Kids, Secret Admirer).
- 1986 - Birth of Alexandra Chando, American actress (As The World Turns TV show).
Deaths on July 28
- 1993 - Death of Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (heart ailment) (born 1965).
- 1997 - Death of Hedi Oplesch in St. Paul, Minnesota (born in Munich, Germany). Oplesch taught German in the school system of Robbinsdale, Minnesota. She created a long lasting television series teaching German to children.
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