June 28 in history
Events on June 28
Notable events that happened on June 28 in past years.
- 2016
A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.
Wikipedia article: 2016 Atatürk Airport attack - 2001
Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
Wikipedia article: Slobodan Milošević - 1981
A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party.
Wikipedia article: Haft-e Tir bombing - 1969
Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
Wikipedia article: Stonewall riots - 1950
Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.
Wikipedia article: Hangang Bridge bombing - 1945
Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day.
Wikipedia article: Provisional Government of National Unity - 1922
The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
Wikipedia article: Irish Civil War - 1914
Causes of World War I: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo, beginning the July Crisis and providing the casus belli of World War I.
Wikipedia article: Causes of World War I - 1896
An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
Wikipedia article: Twin Shaft disaster - 1880
Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
Wikipedia article: Bushranger - 1855
Sigma Chi fraternity is founded in North America.
Wikipedia article: Sigma Chi - 1797
French troops disembark in Corfu, beginning the French rule in the Ionian Islands.
Wikipedia article: Corfu - 1776
American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
Wikipedia article: Thomas Hickey (soldier) - 1519
Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1098
Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch.
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