About June 28
June 28, 2024 is the 180th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 186 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Cancer is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 215 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
June 28: More About This Day
In common years it is always in ISO week 26.
This date is the only date each year where both the month and day are different perfect numbers, June 6 being the only date where the month and day are the same perfect number.
What Happened On June 28
- 1461 –Edward IV is crowned King of England.
- 1519 –Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1776 –American Revolutionary War: Fort Moultrie is attacked during the Battle of Sullivan’s Island; this event is commemorated in Carolina Day.
- 1807 –Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelock lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals.
- 1838 –Coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom.
- 1859 –The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
- 1895 –Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis claim to Barony of Arizona is “wholly fictitious and fraudulent”.
- 1895 –El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America.
- 1904 –The SS Norge runs aground and sinks
- 1921 –Serbian King Alexander I proclaimed the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
- 1922 –The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
- 1936 –The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
- 1948 –Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
- 1950 –Hangang Bridge bombing: Korean War.
- 1964 –Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
- 1969 –Stonewall Riots begin in New York City marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
- 1978 –The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
- 1997 –Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II – Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Holyfield’s ear.
- 2001 –Slobodan Milošević deported to ICTY to stand trial.
- 2004 –Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
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