28th June: 767 - St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. 1119 - Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeats French Crusaders 1245 - 1st Council of Lyons (13th ecumenical council) opens 1389 - Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe (see Vidovdan). 1461 - Edward IV crowned king of England 1485 - Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Neth 1519 - King Carlos I elected Holy Roman Catholic Emperor Charles V 1524 - Duke of Bourbon occupies Province 1575 - Spanish troops conquer Buren 1583 - Duke Frans de Valois returns to France 1593 - Earl Mauritius conquerors Geertruidenberg 1629 - Peace of Ales: Rights of French huguenots limited 1635 - French colony of Guadeloupe established in Caribbean 1651 - Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians starts. 1675 - Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburg army beats Sweden 1748 - Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed 1762 - 1st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston) 1762 - Russian tsarina Catharina II seizes power 1770 - Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia 1776 - Charleston, SC repulses British sea attack 1778 - Battle of Monmouth, NJ (Gen Washington beats Clinton) 1778 - Mary Ludwig Hayes Molly Pitcher aids American patriots 1807 - British troops lands at Ensenada, Argentina 1820 - Tomato is proven non-poisonous 1832 - Gerrit Moll measures noise of guns 1833 - Three missionaries of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society obtain permission from Chief Moshoeshoe (Moshesh) to found a mission station in Basutoland (now Lesotho) 1838 - Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, London 1841 - The Théâtre de lAcadémie Royale de Musique in Paris premieres the ballet Giselle 1846 - Saxophone is patented by Antoine Joseph Sax 1855 - The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University 1859 - 1st dog show held (Newcastle-on-Tyne, England) 1861 - Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet dArrest 1862 - Day 4 of 7 Days-Battle of Savages Station/Garnetts Farm, VA 1865 - The Army of the Potomac is disbanded 1869 - Amsterdam typographer strike 1874 - Freedmens Bank closes Leader of the Kelly gang Ned Kelly 1880 - Ned Kelly the Australian bushranger captured at Glenrowan. 1887 - Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0 1892 - Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories 1894 - Labor Day established as a holiday for federal employees 1894 - The Natal Legislature plans to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill, South Africa 1895 - El Salvador, Honduras & Nicaragua form Central American Union 1897 - Marquis C de Bonchamps expedition reaches Gore Ethiopia 1898 - 15th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Charlotte Sterry beats L Martin (6-4 6-4) 1898 - 22nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Reginald Doherty beats L Doherty (6-3 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1) 1902 - Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin 1902 - US buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million 1902 - Germany, Italy, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire renew their Triple Alliance for six more years 1904 - International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam 1904 - The SS Norge Runs aground and sinks 1907 - Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey 1909 - 1st French air show, Concours dAvation opens 1911 - Joseph Caillaux forms government in France Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand 1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip at 10.45, the casus belli of WWI 1917 - Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam 1918 - 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands 1919 - Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees 1919 - Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France - also established the League of Nations 1922 - The Irish Civil War starts when Irish Free State forces attack anti-treaty republicans in Dublin. 1923 - Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th 1923 - Queen Wilhelmina & Prince Henry of the Netherlands state visit to London 1924 - Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lords 1924 - Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio & Lorain Ohio, killing 93 1928 - Alfred E Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for US president at Democratic Convention 1928 - Friedrich Schmiedl attempted rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful) 1930 - 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on KC Monarchs Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler 1934 - Hitler flies to Essen (Night of Long Knifes) 1935 - Earl Averills consecutive-game streak ends at 673 1935 - FDR orders a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky 1935 - 70th British Golf Open: Alf Perry shoots a 283 at Muirfield 1936 - The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China. 1938 - Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lords 1939 - Joe Louis TKOs Tony Galent in 4 for heavyweight boxing title 1939 - Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service (Dixie Clipper) 1939 - Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep As 23-2 & 10-0 Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis 1940 - Quiz Kids? premieres on radio 1940 - Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union 1941 - German & Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev 1941 - German troops occupy Galicia, Poland 1942 - Col-gen Von Hoth 6th Pantser enters Voronezj 1942 - Dumont TV network begins (WABD NY) 1945 - Polish Provisional government of National Unity set up by Soviets 1946 - Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st pres of Italy 1946 - Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleve Indians games begins 1947 - Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1 1948 - US/British airlift to West Berlin begins 1950 - Michael Todds Peep Show opens at Winter Garden NYC for 278 perfs 1950 - North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War 1951 - Amos n Andy premieres on CBS TV LPGA Golfer Betsy Rawls 1953 - 8th US Womens Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls 1954 - 111°F (44°C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record) 1956 - 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago Ill 1956 - Riots break out in Poznan Poland, 38 die 1957 - Reds fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters 1957 - Frick overrules & names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, & Hank Aaron to team 1958 - Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden 1958 - Nancy Ramey swims world record 100m (1:09.6) 1959 - Phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0) MLB Legend Stan Musial 1960 - 10.40 (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record) 2014 - I met and fell in love with you
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