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
- 1651 –The Battle of Beresteczko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
- 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.
- 1841 –The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier
- 1846 –The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France.
- 1882 –The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
- 1896 –An explosion in the Newton Coal Company’s Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston City, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
- 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.
- 1950 –Hangang Bridge bombing: Korean War.
- 1956 –in Poznań, workers from HCP factory went to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
- 1964 –Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
- 1967 –Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
- 1969 –Stonewall Riots begin in New York City marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
- 1973 –Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
- 1976 –The Angolan court sentenced US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
- 1978 –The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
- 1987 –For the first time in the military history, a civilian target was attacked by chemical weapons when Iraqi warplanes dropped mustard gas bombs on the Iranian town of Sardasht in rwo separate bombing rounds, on four residential areas.
- 1996 –The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
- 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.
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