A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on July 28 throughout history.
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French Revolutionary figure Maximilien Robespierre and 22 other leaders of "the Terror" are guillotined to thunderous cheers in Paris
Identifying the causes of World War I remains a debated issue. World War I began in the Balkans on 28 July 1914, and hostilities ended on 11 November 1918, leaving 17 million dead and 25 million...
Silent Parade organized by James Weldon Johnson, 10,000 African Americans march on Fifth Avenue in NYC to protest against lynching
Operation Gomorrah: RAF bombing over Hamburg causes a firestorm that kills 42,600 German civilians
Tangshan Earthquake, 7.6 in magnitude, kills over 300,000 in northern China, the largest loss of life from an earthquake in the 20th century
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican...
"White Zombie," the first feature-length zombie film, directed by Victor Halperin and starring Bela Lugosi, is released in the US
Foxtrot is first danced at the New Amsterdam Roof Garden in New York City by Harry Fox
,000 attend the "Summer Jam" rock festival featuring The Grateful Dead, The Band, and The Allman Brothers Band at Watkins Glen, New York, at the time the largest ever audience at a pop festival
Legendary England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham on debut takes 5 for 74 in the Australian first innings in a seven-wicket third Test win at Trent Bridge
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707...
American philosopher and scholar-pastor Jonathan Edwards (23) weds Sarah Pierpont (17), until his death in 1758
Broadway musical actress-singer Ethel Merman (56) divorces Academy Award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine (47) after 32 days of marriage
Battle at Aquileja: Emperor Theodosius beats emperor Magnus Maximis
Pope Stephen II re-annoints Pepin de Korte (the Short) as King of France
The Battle of Velbazhd was fought by the Bulgarian Empire and the Kingdom of Serbia on 28 July 1330, near the town of Velbazhd (present day Kyustendil). The growing power of the Serbian Kingdom from...
Navigator Gil Eanes leaves Cape Bojador for Lisbon
The First French War of Religion (2 April 1562 – 19 March 1563) was the opening civil war of the French Wars of Religion.
Cardinal Granvelle returns to Madrid
English astronomer and mathematician Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to England on his return from Roanoke Island in modern-day North Carolina [date disputed]
Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquers Schenkenschans
De Croissy succeeds Le Plectia as French Minister of Finance
Monarch Amangkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram surrenders to the VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie / Dutch East India Company)
Prussian King Frederik Willhelm I orders compulsory education for 5- to 12-year olds
Danish Captain Vitus Bering, on a Russian expedition, is the first European to sight Mount Saint Elias, the second-highest mountain in Canada and the US
Thames River Police is established by an act of British Parliament, replacing the earlier Marine Police (1798-1800) as the world's oldest continuously serving police force
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered to the north by Ecuador and Colombia, to the east by Brazil, to the southeast by Bolivia, to the south by...
Assassination attempt on French King Louis-Philippe in Paris, masterminded by Giuseppe Marco Fieschi, kills 18 people with a 25-barrel volley gun; the king survives
Denmark phases out slavery, beginning with all newborn children of enslaved women; the parent generation is freed the following year [1]
Memnon is the first clipper to reach San Francisco from New York during the Gold Rush, arriving after a voyage of 120 days
First photograph of a total solar eclipse is captured on a daguerreotype by Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski at the Royal Observatory in Königsberg, Prussia
First use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by Sir William James Herschel of the Indian Civil Service
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to...
The metric system becomes a legal measurement system in the US
Shocks triggered by the volcano Epomeo on the Isle of Ischia, Italy, destroy 1,200 houses in Casamicciola and kill 2,000 people
The city flag of Miami depicts three horizontal stripes, one orange, one white, and one green, and the city's seal in the middle of the white stripe.
The flag of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Bandera de Puerto Rico), officially the Flag of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Bandera del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit. 'Flag of the Free...
Louis Lassing creates the hamburger in Connecticut
Interior Minister of Russia, Vyacheslav Plehve, is assassinated; as leader of the most reactionary elements of government, he is hated for his repressive policies
Yankees turn a triple play and defeat Cleveland 6-4
96°F (35.6°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands
International Federation of Free Trade Unions ("Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale") forms in Amsterdam
US and Panamanian pact about the safeguarding of the Panama Canal
IX Summer Olympic Games open in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Chicago Cardinals become first NFL team to train out of state (Michigan)
Greensburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Green County, Kentucky, United States.
MLB Chicago White Sox score 11 in the 8th to beat the Yankees 14-12 in New York
Orofino oro-FEE-noh; ("fine gold" [ore] in Spanish) is a city in and the county seat of Clearwater County, Idaho, United States, along Orofino Creek and the north bank of the Clearwater River.
Edward Paynter (5 November 1901 – 5 February 1979) was an English cricketer: an attacking batsman and excellent fielder.
34,000-ton Cunard-White Star liner Mauretania launches in Birkenhead, England
Fifth Dutch government of Prime Minister Hendrikus Colijn falls
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.1 million people in 2024.
Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha rivers.
"Elevator girl" Betty Lou Oliver survives falling 75 stories after fog causes a US bomber plane to crash into the Empire State Building, breaking the cables supporting the elevator she was operating. This remains a world record for the longest survived elevator fall
The Romanian Communist Party was a communist party in Romania. It was founded in 1921, and became the founding and ruling party of the Communist Socialist Republic of Romania in 1947.
IG Farben chemical plant explodes in Ludwigshafen, Germany, killing 182
The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France
Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992
This is a list of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans in the U.S. Congress. Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent.
19 die in a train crash in Steelton, Pennsylvania
England is all out for 611 in reply to Australia's 8-656, and the match ends in a draw
Radio 390 (1965–1967) was a pirate radio station on Red Sands Fort, (near Whitstable), a former Maunsell Fort on the Red Sands sandbar in the River Thames estuary. Previously the fort had been used...
Dutch end censorship of "Blue Movie"
39th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Dallas 20, All-Stars 7 (54,162 attendees)
69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck in Belem, Brazil
The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the...
Eldon Joersz and Geo Morgan set a world airspeed record of 3,530 kph
Valdez (Alutiiq: Suacit) is a city in the Chugach Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. In 2020, the population of Valdez was 3,985, up slightly from 3,976 in 2010.
Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and manager, who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the...
The internal conflict in Peru is an armed conflict between the Government of Peru and the Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path.
NASA launches Telstar-3A
23rd modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles
Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms, from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011.
Bomb attack in East Beirut kills 25
IBM announces a price hike on older models
Buffalo Bills defeat Philadelphia Eagles 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley
Groundbreaking of Florida Marlins' 7,500-seat spring training stadium
Baseball players decide to strike on August 12, 1994
Americans Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes win inaugural beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics; Kiraly is first to win gold in indoor and beach events
Guatemala becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground
A tornado touches down in a residential area in south Birmingham, England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people
Historic Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier burns down for a second time in 80 years
18 people are killed and 11 injured in ethnic clashes in Ethiopia
39 people are killed after a bus veers off a bridge in Avellino Province, Italy
Earliest evidence of cancer is found in a 1.7 million-year-old toe fossil from Swartkrans Cave, South Africa, published in the South African Journal of Science
Carr Fire reaches Redding, California, with the death toll at 5, having burned 80,000 acres
Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: South Korean Ko Jin-young wins her second major title of the season by two strokes from Shanshan Feng, Jennifer Kupcho and Kim Hyo-joo
19-year-old gymnast Daiki Hashimoto of Japan becomes youngest Olympic men's artistic individual all-around champion in history at the Tokyo Games
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera that aired from 1985 to 2025. It was created by television executive Reg Watson.
Scientists genetically engineer female animals to reproduce without a male for the first time using fruit flies [1]
American fencers Lee Kiefer and Lauren Scruggs go 1-2 in the women's foil at the Paris Olympics; Kiefer successfully defends her gold medal from 2020
Cambridge researchers discover a 4,000-year-old Egyptian handprint [1]
Beatrix Potter, English writer and illustrator, known for english writer and illustrator, was born on 1866-07-28.
Lucy Burns, American suffragist, known for american suffragist, was born on 1879-07-28. Lucy Burns (July 28, 1879 – December 22, 1966) was an American suffragist and women's rights advocate.
Marcel Duchamp, American painter, sculptor, and chess player, known for french painter, sculptor, and chess player, was born on 1887-07-28.
Karl Popper, Austrian austrian–british philosopher of science, known for austrian–british philosopher of science, was born on 1902-07-28.
Rudy Vallee, American musician, known for american singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer, was born on 1901-07-28.
Soulja Boy, American musician, known for american rapper and songwriter, was born on 1991-07-28.
Vida Blue athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1949-07-28. Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. (July 28, 1949 – May 6, 2023) was an American professional baseball player.
Terry Fox, Canadian athlete, known for canadian athlete, was born on 1958-07-28. Terrance Stanley Fox (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research…
Garfield Sobers, Barbadian athlete, known for barbadian cricketer, was born on 1937-07-28.
Bill Bradley, American athlete, known for american basketball player and politician, was born on 1944-07-28.
Harry Kane, English athlete, known for english footballer, was born on 1994-07-28.
Alberto Fujimori is born
Jim Davis is born
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is born
Alexis Tsipras is born
Juan Guaidó, Venezuelan venezuelan politician, known for venezuelan politician, was born on 1984-07-28. Juan Gerardo Antonio Guaidó Márquez is a Venezuelan politician and opposition figure.
Battle at Aquileja: Emperor Theodosius beats emperor Magnus Maximis
Pope Stephen II re-annoints Pepin de Korte (the Short) as King of France
The Battle of Velbazhd was fought by the Bulgarian Empire and the Kingdom of Serbia on 28 July 1330, near the town of Velbazhd (present day Kyustendil). The growing power of the Serbian Kingdom from...
Navigator Gil Eanes leaves Cape Bojador for Lisbon
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.
The First French War of Religion (2 April 1562 – 19 March 1563) was the opening civil war of the French Wars of Religion.
Cardinal Granvelle returns to Madrid
English astronomer and mathematician Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to England on his return from Roanoke Island in modern-day North Carolina [date disputed]
Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquers Schenkenschans
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707...
De Croissy succeeds Le Plectia as French Minister of Finance
Monarch Amangkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram surrenders to the VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie / Dutch East India Company)
Prussian King Frederik Willhelm I orders compulsory education for 5- to 12-year olds
American philosopher and scholar-pastor Jonathan Edwards (23) weds Sarah Pierpont (17), until his death in 1758
Danish Captain Vitus Bering, on a Russian expedition, is the first European to sight Mount Saint Elias, the second-highest mountain in Canada and the US
French Revolutionary figure Maximilien Robespierre and 22 other leaders of "the Terror" are guillotined to thunderous cheers in Paris
Thames River Police is established by an act of British Parliament, replacing the earlier Marine Police (1798-1800) as the world's oldest continuously serving police force
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered to the north by Ecuador and Colombia, to the east by Brazil, to the southeast by Bolivia, to the south by...
Assassination attempt on French King Louis-Philippe in Paris, masterminded by Giuseppe Marco Fieschi, kills 18 people with a 25-barrel volley gun; the king survives
Denmark phases out slavery, beginning with all newborn children of enslaved women; the parent generation is freed the following year [1]
Memnon is the first clipper to reach San Francisco from New York during the Gold Rush, arriving after a voyage of 120 days
First photograph of a total solar eclipse is captured on a daguerreotype by Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski at the Royal Observatory in Königsberg, Prussia
First use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by Sir William James Herschel of the Indian Civil Service
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to...
The metric system becomes a legal measurement system in the US
Beatrix Potter, English writer and illustrator, known for english writer and illustrator, was born on 1866-07-28.
Lucy Burns, American suffragist, known for american suffragist, was born on 1879-07-28. Lucy Burns (July 28, 1879 – December 22, 1966) was an American suffragist and women's rights advocate.
Shocks triggered by the volcano Epomeo on the Isle of Ischia, Italy, destroy 1,200 houses in Casamicciola and kill 2,000 people
Marcel Duchamp, American painter, sculptor, and chess player, known for french painter, sculptor, and chess player, was born on 1887-07-28.
The city flag of Miami depicts three horizontal stripes, one orange, one white, and one green, and the city's seal in the middle of the white stripe.
The flag of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Bandera de Puerto Rico), officially the Flag of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Bandera del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit. 'Flag of the Free...
Louis Lassing creates the hamburger in Connecticut
Rudy Vallee, American musician, known for american singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer, was born on 1901-07-28.
Karl Popper, Austrian austrian–british philosopher of science, known for austrian–british philosopher of science, was born on 1902-07-28.
Interior Minister of Russia, Vyacheslav Plehve, is assassinated; as leader of the most reactionary elements of government, he is hated for his repressive policies
Yankees turn a triple play and defeat Cleveland 6-4
96°F (35.6°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands
Identifying the causes of World War I remains a debated issue. World War I began in the Balkans on 28 July 1914, and hostilities ended on 11 November 1918, leaving 17 million dead and 25 million...
Foxtrot is first danced at the New Amsterdam Roof Garden in New York City by Harry Fox
Silent Parade organized by James Weldon Johnson, 10,000 African Americans march on Fifth Avenue in NYC to protest against lynching
International Federation of Free Trade Unions ("Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale") forms in Amsterdam
US and Panamanian pact about the safeguarding of the Panama Canal
IX Summer Olympic Games open in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Chicago Cardinals become first NFL team to train out of state (Michigan)
Greensburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Green County, Kentucky, United States.
MLB Chicago White Sox score 11 in the 8th to beat the Yankees 14-12 in New York
"White Zombie," the first feature-length zombie film, directed by Victor Halperin and starring Bela Lugosi, is released in the US
Orofino oro-FEE-noh; ("fine gold" [ore] in Spanish) is a city in and the county seat of Clearwater County, Idaho, United States, along Orofino Creek and the north bank of the Clearwater River.
Edward Paynter (5 November 1901 – 5 February 1979) was an English cricketer: an attacking batsman and excellent fielder.
Garfield Sobers, Barbadian athlete, known for barbadian cricketer, was born on 1937-07-28.
34,000-ton Cunard-White Star liner Mauretania launches in Birkenhead, England
Alberto Fujimori is born
Fifth Dutch government of Prime Minister Hendrikus Colijn falls
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.1 million people in 2024.
Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha rivers.
Operation Gomorrah: RAF bombing over Hamburg causes a firestorm that kills 42,600 German civilians
Bill Bradley, American athlete, known for american basketball player and politician, was born on 1944-07-28.
"Elevator girl" Betty Lou Oliver survives falling 75 stories after fog causes a US bomber plane to crash into the Empire State Building, breaking the cables supporting the elevator she was operating. This remains a world record for the longest survived elevator fall
Jim Davis is born
The Romanian Communist Party was a communist party in Romania. It was founded in 1921, and became the founding and ruling party of the Communist Socialist Republic of Romania in 1947.
IG Farben chemical plant explodes in Ludwigshafen, Germany, killing 182
Vida Blue athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1949-07-28. Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. (July 28, 1949 – May 6, 2023) was an American professional baseball player.
The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France
Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992
Terry Fox, Canadian athlete, known for canadian athlete, was born on 1958-07-28. Terrance Stanley Fox (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research…
This is a list of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans in the U.S. Congress. Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent.
19 die in a train crash in Steelton, Pennsylvania
Broadway musical actress-singer Ethel Merman (56) divorces Academy Award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine (47) after 32 days of marriage
England is all out for 611 in reply to Australia's 8-656, and the match ends in a draw
Radio 390 (1965–1967) was a pirate radio station on Red Sands Fort, (near Whitstable), a former Maunsell Fort on the Red Sands sandbar in the River Thames estuary. Previously the fort had been used...
Dutch end censorship of "Blue Movie"
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is born
39th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Dallas 20, All-Stars 7 (54,162 attendees)
,000 attend the "Summer Jam" rock festival featuring The Grateful Dead, The Band, and The Allman Brothers Band at Watkins Glen, New York, at the time the largest ever audience at a pop festival
69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck in Belem, Brazil
The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the...
Alexis Tsipras is born
Tangshan Earthquake, 7.6 in magnitude, kills over 300,000 in northern China, the largest loss of life from an earthquake in the 20th century
Eldon Joersz and Geo Morgan set a world airspeed record of 3,530 kph
Legendary England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham on debut takes 5 for 74 in the Australian first innings in a seven-wicket third Test win at Trent Bridge
Valdez (Alutiiq: Suacit) is a city in the Chugach Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. In 2020, the population of Valdez was 3,985, up slightly from 3,976 in 2010.
Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and manager, who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the...
The internal conflict in Peru is an armed conflict between the Government of Peru and the Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path.
NASA launches Telstar-3A
23rd modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles
Juan Guaidó, Venezuelan venezuelan politician, known for venezuelan politician, was born on 1984-07-28. Juan Gerardo Antonio Guaidó Márquez is a Venezuelan politician and opposition figure.
Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms, from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011.
Bomb attack in East Beirut kills 25
IBM announces a price hike on older models
Buffalo Bills defeat Philadelphia Eagles 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley
Soulja Boy, American musician, known for american rapper and songwriter, was born on 1991-07-28.
Groundbreaking of Florida Marlins' 7,500-seat spring training stadium
Baseball players decide to strike on August 12, 1994
Harry Kane, English athlete, known for english footballer, was born on 1994-07-28.
Americans Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes win inaugural beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics; Kiraly is first to win gold in indoor and beach events
Guatemala becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican...
A tornado touches down in a residential area in south Birmingham, England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people
Historic Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier burns down for a second time in 80 years
18 people are killed and 11 injured in ethnic clashes in Ethiopia
39 people are killed after a bus veers off a bridge in Avellino Province, Italy
Earliest evidence of cancer is found in a 1.7 million-year-old toe fossil from Swartkrans Cave, South Africa, published in the South African Journal of Science
Carr Fire reaches Redding, California, with the death toll at 5, having burned 80,000 acres
Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: South Korean Ko Jin-young wins her second major title of the season by two strokes from Shanshan Feng, Jennifer Kupcho and Kim Hyo-joo
19-year-old gymnast Daiki Hashimoto of Japan becomes youngest Olympic men's artistic individual all-around champion in history at the Tokyo Games
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera that aired from 1985 to 2025. It was created by television executive Reg Watson.
Scientists genetically engineer female animals to reproduce without a male for the first time using fruit flies [1]
American fencers Lee Kiefer and Lauren Scruggs go 1-2 in the women's foil at the Paris Olympics; Kiefer successfully defends her gold medal from 2020
Cambridge researchers discover a 4,000-year-old Egyptian handprint [1]