What are the important events that happened on June 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 28: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 28 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 15, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,648 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctacontagon’ day.
Cancer is the zodiac 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,207 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 28: This Day In History
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.
June 28 Historical Events
- 1461 –Edward IV is crowned King of England.
- 1519 –Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1776 –American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
- 1865 –The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
- 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.
- 1919 –The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, formally ending World War I between Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, the United States and allies on the one side and Germany and Austria-Hungary on the other side.
- 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.
- 1992 –The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law.
- 1994 –Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan; 7 persons are killed, 660 injured.
- 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.
Who were born on June 28?
- 1703 –John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
- 1719 –Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (d. 1785)
- 1824 –Paul Broca, French physician (d. 1880)
- 1918 –Willie Whitelaw, British politician, Deputy Prime Minister (d. 1999)
- 1921 –P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (d. 2004)
- 1935 –John Inman, English actor (d. 2007)
- 1938 –John Byner, American comedian
- 1957 –Lance Nethery, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
- 1966 –Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress
- 1971 –Lorenzo Amoruso, Italian footballer
Who died on June 28?
- 1389 –Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia (b. 1329)
- 1889 –Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (b. 1818)
- 1914 –Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1863)
- 1916 –Ştefan Luchian, Romanian painter (b. 1868)
- 1974 –Frank Sutton, American actor (b. 1923)
- 1980 –José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
- 1985 –Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (b. 1913)
- 2001 –Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930)
- 2001 –Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902)
- 2009 –Fred Travalena, American comedian and impressionist (b. 1942)
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