What are the important events that happened on July 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 28: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 28 is the 209^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 156 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 15, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 487,128 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 ‘dihectaenneagon’ day.

Leo is the zodiac 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 204 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 4,602 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 28 Historical Events

• 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.
• 1864 –
  American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church – Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1868 –
  The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is certified, establishing African-American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• 1935 –
  First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
• 1943 –
  World War II: Operation Gomorrah – The British bomb Hamburg causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
• 1945 –
  A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
• 2005 –
  Tornadoes touch down in a residential areas in south Birmingham and Coventry England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.
• 2008 –
  The historic Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare burns down for the second time in 80 years.
• 2010 –
  Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321.

Who were born on July 28?

• 1804 –
  Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher (d. 1872)
• 1874 –
  Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (d. 1945)
• 1929 –
  Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States (d. 1994)
• 1933 –
  Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1936 –
  Russ Jackson, Canadian football player
• 1941 –
  Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor
• 1953 –
  Don Black, founder and current webmaster of Stormfront
• 1960 –
  Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese manga artist (Captain Tsubasa, Hungry Heart Wild Striker)
• 1969 –
  Dana White, American professional sports executive
• 1979 –
  Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa)

Who died on July 28?

• 1057 –
  Pope Victor II (b. c. 1018)
• 1128 –
  William Clito, Count of Flanders (b. 1102)
• 1285 –
  Keran, Queen of Armenia, consort of King Leo III of Armenia (birth year unknown)
• 1527 –
  Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish conquistador (b. 1460)
• 1794 –
  Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1758)
• 1895 –
  Edward Beecher, American theologian (b. 1803)
• 1965 –
  Sheikh Attallah Suheimat, Arab and Jordanian leader, politician,and a statesperson. (b. 1875)
• 1997 –
  Seni Pramoj, Thai politician (b. 1905)
• 1999 –
  Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
• 2001 –
  Ahmed Sofa, Bangladeshi writer (b. 1943)