What Happened on Jun 28

Sinibaldo Fieschi (Innocent IV) elected Pope

Pope Innocent IV, born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was pope from June 28, 1243, to December 7, 1254. Born in Genoa (although some sources say Manarola)... Read more

Battle of Kosovo

The Battle of Kosovo was a battle fought in 1389 on St Vitus' Day, June 15*, between the Serbian Empire and its allies, and the Ottoman Empire, in... Read more

Settlers Send Military Expedition to Destroy Wampanoag Town at Mount Hope in Retaliation for Swansea Attacks

On the testimony of a Native American witness, Plymouth Colony arrested three Wampanoags, including one of Metacom's councilors. A jury among whom... Read more

Battle of Sullivan's Island

At around 9 AM, on June 28, the British fleet fired a signal gun to advance against the fort. Less than an hour later, the nine warships arrived at... Read more

Carolina Day

Carolina Day is the day set aside to commemorate the first decisive victory of the American Revolutionary War. On June 28, 1776, a small band of... Read more

Battle of Monmouth

Lee, as Washington's senior subordinate, was initially appointed commander of the advance force, but turned it down because of his doubts about the... Read more

Henry Thomas Harrison's Espionage Prompts Battle of Gettysburg

Career as a Confederate spy In November 1861, Harrison was discharged from the Militia and eventually became a spy for CSA Secretary of War,... Read more

Battle of Sappony Church

Description: Maj. Gen. William H.F. “Rooney” Lee’s cavalry division pursued Wilson’s and Kautz’s raiders who failed to destroy the Staunton River... Read more

Sinking of the SS Norge

SS Norge was a Danish passenger liner sailing from Copenhagen, Oslo and Kristiansand to New York, mainly with emigrants, which sank off Rockall in... Read more

Assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand

The Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria, with his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, was paying a visit of state to Bosnia, then... Read more

Battle Of Gully Ravine

The Battle of Gully Ravine (Sığındere) was a World War I battle fought at Cape Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula. By June 1915 all thoughts the... Read more

Signing of the Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.... Read more

Germany Initiates Case Blue

Case Blue (German: Fall Blau) was the German codename used by the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) for its 1942 strategic summer offensive in... Read more

Main Attack of Operation Epsom

Poor weather hampered the start of Operation Epsom on 26 June—both over the battlefield itself, where rain had made the ground boggy and there was... Read more

"Dead Of Night" Is Released

Dead of Night (1945) is a British portmanteau (or compendium) horror film made by Ealing Studios, its various episodes directed by Alberto... Read more

Ronald Reagan Appears as Grover Cleveland Alexander in "The Winning Team"

In 1908, in rural Nebraska, telephone linemen Grover Cleveland Alexander is saving to buy a farm, so that he and sweetheart Aimee Arrants can... Read more

American Airlines Flight 910 Collides with a Single Engine Temco Swift

American Flight 910 took off from San Francisco at 23:05 for a flight to Dallas. At 06:56 the following morning, a Temco Swift airplane (N3858K, cn... Read more

"The King And I" Is Released

The King and I is a 1956 musical film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Walter Lang and produced by Charles Brackett and Darryl F. Zanuck. The... Read more

The Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village Unofficially Ignite the Gay Rights Movement

The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June... Read more

Supreme Court reverses conviction of Muhammad Ali by unanimous decision

Clay v. United States, 403 U.S. 698 (1971), was boxer Muhammad Ali's appeal of his conviction for refusing to report for induction into the United... Read more

Second Battle of Quang Tri Begins

The Second Battle of Quang Tri (Vietnamese: Thành cổ Quảng Trị) began on June 28 and lasted 81 days until September 16, 1972, when the Army of the... Read more

Glastonbury Festival 1978

This became known as the “impromptu” Festival. This happened with the arrival of travellers washed out from Stonehenge who were led to believe that... Read more

AC/DC releases Fly on the Wall

Fly on the Wall is the tenth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, originally released on 28 June 1985. The band's second and last... Read more

Mayor Washington kicks off Taste of Chicago

Let's eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we must eat again! Read more

FDA Approves Pharmacia and UpJohn's Adrucil

Treating symptoms of colon, rectum, breast, stomach, and pancreas cancer. Adrucil is an antimetabolite. It works by interfering with the... Read more