What happened this day in history July 28

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 209th 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, 1,753,660,800 seconds 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.

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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.

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July 28 Historical Events

  • 1364
    Troops of the Republic of Pisa and of the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
  • 1809
    Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera – Sir Arthur Wellesley’s British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte.
  • 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.
  • 1935
    First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
  • 1948
    The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the “Battle of London Airport”.
  • 1955
    The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France.
  • 1993
    Andorra joins the United Nations.
  • 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.

Who were born on July 28?

  • 1931
    Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (d. 1992)
  • 1933
    Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1938
    Luis Aragonés, Spanish football manager
  • 1941
    Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor
  • 1952
    Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince of Thailand
  • 1954
    Gerd Faltings, German mathematician
  • 1961
    Yannick Dalmas, French race car driver
  • 1969
    Garth Snow, American ice hockey player
  • 1979
    Alena Popchanka, French swimmer
  • 1979
    Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer

Who died on July 28?

  • 1527
    Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish conquistador (b. 1460)
  • 1836
    Nathan Mayer Rothschild, British financier (b. 1777)
  • 1930
    Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862)
  • 1971
    Charles E. Pont, American painter and printmaker (b. 1898)
  • 1979
    Don Miller, American college football player (b. 1902)
  • 1981
    Fr. Stanley Rother, American Roman Catholic Priest and missionary (b. 1935)
  • 1990
    Jill Esmond, British actress (b. 1908)
  • 1996
    Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and educator (b. 1908)
  • 1997
    Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (b. 1920)
  • 2004
    Francis Crick, English molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)

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