Page 5: Historical Events In June - 28

1912  Audrey Langford, singing teacher on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history george Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer (Serf, John Socman)   

1914  On this day in history assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia, in Sarajevo by a Serbian Nationalist,Gavrilo Princip. This incident precipitated a war with Serbia, eventually starting WW1   

1914  Austria invades Siberia (WW I) on this day in history.   

1914  On June - 28 charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player   

1914  Franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated on this day in history.   

1915  Victor Trumper, cricketer (48 Tests for Australia, 3163 runs), dies on June - 28.   

1917  Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam on June - 28.   

1917  On June - 28 willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer/actor (My Fair Lady)   

1918  On June - 28 the first flight between Hawaiian Islands   

1918  1st flight between Hawaiian Islands on this day in history.   

1918  On June - 28 bert Schierbeek, [Lambertus], Dutch writer/poet (Cross Roads)   

1919  On June - 28 harry S Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence   

1919  On this day in history treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed and setting the stage for WWII   

1919  On this day in history carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees   

1920  A. E. Hotchner, American editor, novelist and playwright on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history p V Narasimha Rao, premier of India (1991- )   

1922  On this day in history terje Stigen, Norwegian author (Det siste paradiset)   

1923  On June - 28 dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th   

1923  On June - 28 lloyd Labeach, Panama City, 100m/200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1948)   

1924  Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio &Lorain Ohio, killing 93 on this day in history.   

1924  Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host   

1926  Mel Brooks, NYC, comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs) on this day in history.   

1927  The birth of Mel Brooks, American comedy director and actor on June - 28.   

1927  Theo van Tijn, Dutch marxist/social-historian on this day in history.   

1928  On June - 28 alfred E Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention   

1928  Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist on this day in history.   

1929  On June - 28 the following railways are jointly acquired by Canadian National and Canadian Pacific and operated under a newly incorporated company, the Northern Alberta Railways Edmonton, Dunvegan &British Columbia Railway (447 miles) Alberta &Great Waterways Railway (286 miles) Central Canada Railway (98 miles) Pembina Valley Railway (26 miles) A total of 857 miles.   

1929  Don Dubbins, Brooklyn, actor (Enchanted Island, Fix) on June - 28.   

1929  The following railways are jointly acquired by Canadian National and Canadian Pacific and operated under a newly incorporated company, the Northern Alberta Railways: Edmonton, Dunvegan &British Columbia Railway (447 miles) Alberta &Great Waterways Railway (286 miles) Central Canada Railway (98 miles) Pembina Valley Railway (26 miles) A total of 857 miles on this day in history.   

1930  Lightning strikes drill boat John B. King in the St. Lawrence River, setting off dynamite and killing 31 crew members on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on KC Monarchs   

1930  Nikolay Nikolayevich Karetnikov, composer on June - 28.   

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1367  On June - 28 birth of sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia   

1476  On this day in history birth of paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], inquisition/Pope (1555-59)   

1476  On this day in history birth of pope Paul IV (d. 1559)   

1490  Albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop/monarch of Mainz/cardinal was born on June - 28.   

1491  Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47) was born on June - 28.   

1503  Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556) was born on this day in history.   

1547  On June - 28 birth of cristofano Malvezzi, composer   

1550  John Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator was born on this day in history.   

0548  Theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies on June - 28.   

0573  On this day in history death of alboin, king of Longobarden, probably poisoned by his wife   

0767  Paul I, Italian Pope (757-67), dies on June - 28.   

1061  Floris I, count of Holland, dies on June - 28.   

1175  On June - 28 death of andrei Bogolyubsky, Russian prince   

1194  On this day in history death of emperor Xiaozong of Song China (b. 1127)   

1385  On June - 28 andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies   

1389  On this day in history death of prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia (b. 1329)