About June 28
June 28, 2021 is the 179th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 186 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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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 218 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.
- 1651 –The Battle of Beresteczko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
- 1776 –American Revolutionary War: Fort Moultrie is attacked during the Battle of Sullivan’s Island; this event is commemorated in Carolina Day.
- 1838 –Coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom.
- 1841 –The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier
- 1859 –The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
- 1865 –The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
- 1883 –In Milan in Italy inaugurated the first central European electricity power station.
- 1895 –El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America.
- 1914 –Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I.
- 1936 –The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
- 1942 –Nazi Germany started its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue
- 1950 –Hangang Bridge bombing: Korean War.
- 1950 –Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
- 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.
- 1967 –Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
- 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.
- 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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