Page 5: Historical Events In June - 28

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

1913  On June - 28 george Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer (Serf, John Socman)   

1914  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 on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history austria invades Siberia (WW I)   

1914  Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player on June - 28.   

1914  On June - 28 franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated   

1915  On June - 28 victor Trumper, cricketer (48 Tests for Australia, 3163 runs), dies   

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  On June - 28 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands   

1918  Bert Schierbeek, [Lambertus], Dutch writer/poet (Cross Roads) on this day in history.   

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

1919  Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed and setting the stage for WWII on this day in history.   

1919  Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history a. E. Hotchner, American editor, novelist and playwright   

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 this day in history dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th   

1923  On this day in history lloyd Labeach, Panama City, 100m/200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1948)   

1924  On June - 28 tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio &Lorain Ohio, killing 93   

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

1924  On June - 28 henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host   

1926  On June - 28 mel Brooks, NYC, comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs)   

1927  On June - 28 the birth of Mel Brooks, American comedy director and actor   

1927  Theo van Tijn, Dutch marxist/social-historian on June - 28.   

1928  Alfred E Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention on June - 28.   

1928  On June - 28 andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist   

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 June - 28.   

1929  On this day in history don Dubbins, Brooklyn, actor (Enchanted Island, Fix)   

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 June - 28.   

1930  On June - 28 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 this day in history.   

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

1476  On June - 28 birth of paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], inquisition/Pope (1555-59)   

1476  Pope Paul IV (d. 1559) was born on June - 28.   

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

1491  On June - 28 birth of henry VIII, King of England (1509-47)   

1503  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)   

1547  Cristofano Malvezzi, composer was born on June - 28.   

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

0548  On June - 28 theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies   

0573  Death of Alboin, king of Longobarden, probably poisoned by his wife on this day in history.   

0767  Paul I, Italian Pope (757-67), dies on this day in history.   

1061  On June - 28 floris I, count of Holland, dies   

1175  Death of Andrei Bogolyubsky, Russian prince on this day in history.   

1194  Death of Emperor Xiaozong of Song China (b. 1127) on this day in history.   

1385  Andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies on June - 28.   

1389  Death of Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia (b. 1329) on this day in history.