About July 28
July 28, 2024 is the 210th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 156 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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Leo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 185 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 28
- 1540 –Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
- 1794 –Maximilien Robespierre is executed by guillotine in Paris during the French Revolution.
- 1809 –Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera – Sir Arthur Wellesley’s British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte.
- 1821 –José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
- 1868 –The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is certified, establishing African-American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
- 1896 –The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
- 1914 –World War I: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
- 1932 –U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the “Bonus Army” of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
- 1933 –Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Spain are established.
- 1935 –First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
- 1942 –World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227 in response to alarming German advances into the Soviet Union. Under the order all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be immediately executed.
- 1945 –A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
- 1948 –The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the “Battle of London Airport”.
- 1957 –Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992.
- 1973 –Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
- 1976 –The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People’s Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
- 1996 –The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
- 2001 –Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships.
- 2002 –Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
- 2008 –The historic Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare burns down for the second time in 80 years.
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