June 28

June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining.

Table of contents

1 Events

2 Births

3 Deaths

4 Holidays and observances

1243 - Innocent IV[?] becomes pope.
1519 - Charles V elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1635 - Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
1651 - Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians, the biggest battle in the 17th century, starts.
1838 - Queen Victoria crowned.
1894 - Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophia are killed by a Serbian nationalist, the casus belli of World War I.
1919 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I.
1936 - The puppet state of Mengjiang is formed, with Demchugdongrub as the head.
1950 - Seoul captured by troops from North Korea.
1960 - US-owned oil refineries in Cuba confiscated and nationalised.
1967 - Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
1978 - The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 438 US 265 1978, bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities.
1990 - Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam Osborne, found guilty by a U.S. court of copyright violation for copying the appearance and menu system of Lotus 1-2-3 in its competing spreadsheet program.
1997 - Boxer Mike Tyson is disqualified for biting off part of the ear of his opponent Evander Holyfield.

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