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July 28 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 155 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events [ ] 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed on order from Henry VIII of England on charges of treason . Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard , on the same day.1609 - Bermuda is first settled, by survivors of the English Sea Venture , en route to Virginia .1794 - Maximilien Robespierre is guillotined in front of a cheering crowd, for sending thousands of others to a similar fate during the French Revolution .1809 - Peninsular War : Battle of Talavera - Sir Arthur Wellesley 's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force under Joseph Bonaparte .1821 - Peru : Jose de San Martin declares independence from Spain .1864 - American Civil War : Battle of Ezra Church - The battle begins on this day when Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta .1866 - The Metric Act of 1866 becomes law and legalizes the standardization of weights and measures in the United States .1873 - The Japanese government implements land and tax reform as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.1878 - Great Britain's William Gowland becomes the first non-Japanese to reach Yarigatake peak (3,180 meters), and he names the mountain the Japanese Alps , a name that is eventually used to refer to the entire mountain range.1896 - The City of Miami is incorporated.1914 - World War I begins: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after it failed to meet the conditions of an ultimatum it set on July 23 following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serbian assassin. This event leads to the outbreak of war .1932 - US President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army " of World War I veterans gathered in Washington .1942 - World War II : USSR leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227 in response to alarming German advances into Russia . Under the order all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so will be immediately killed.1943 - World War II: Operation Gomorrah - The British bomb Hamburg causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.1945 - A US Army B-25 bomber accidentally crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 injuring 26.1955 - The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France.1958 - Lord Jellicoe makes his maiden speech in the House of Lords .1965 - Vietnam War : US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.1976 - The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 magnitude flattens Tangshan , the People's Republic of China , killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.1994 - Pitcher Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers throws a perfect game against the California Angels in a 4-0 win at The Ballpark in Arlington .1996 - Kennewick Man , the remains of a prehistoric man, was discovered near Kennewick .1997 - Guatemala becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty .2002 - Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County , were rescued after 77 hours underground.2005 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army (The PIRA) call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland .2005 - A tornado touches down in a residential area in south Birmingham , England , causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.
2007 - Major League Baseball . Breaks its single day attendence record as 717,478 fans attend 17 games.Births [ ] 356 BC - Alexander the Great , Greek king and military leader (d. 323 BC )1347 - Margherita of Durazzo , queen of Naples (d. 1412 )1659 - Charles Ancillon , French Huguenot pastor (d. 1715 )1746 - Thomas Heyward , American patriot, signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1809 )1750 - Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician, creator of the French Republican calendar (d. 1794 )1796 - Ignaz Bösendorfer , Austrian musician (d. 1859 )1804 - Ludwig Feuerbach , German philosopher (d. 1872 )1815 - Stefan Dunjov , Banat Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889 )1844 - Gerard Manley Hopkins , English poet (d. 1889 )1857 - Ballington Booth , co-founder of Volunteers of America (d. 1940 )1860 - Elias M. Ammons , governor of Colorado (d. 1925 )1863 - Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski , Russian general (d. 1919 )1866 - Beatrix Potter , English author (d. 1943 )1867 - Charles Dillon Perrine , American-born astronomer (d. 1951 )1872 - Albert Sarraut , French politician (d. 1962 )1874 - Ernst Cassirer , German philosopher (d. 1945 )1887 - Marcel Duchamp , French painter (d. 1968 )1896 - Barbara La Marr , American actress (d. 1926 )1898 - Lawrence Gray , American actor (d. 1970 )1901 - Rudy Vallee , American entertainer (d. 1986 )1901 - Freddie Fitzsimmons , American baseball player (d. 1979 )
1902 - Karl Popper , Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994 )1907 - Earl Tupper , American inventor (d. 1983 )1909 - Malcolm Lowry , English novelist (d. 1957 )1914 - Carmen Dragon , American composer (d. 1984 )1915 - Charles Townes , American physicist, Nobel laureate 1916 - David Brown , American film producer1922 - Jacques Piccard , Belgian-born undersea explorer1925 - Baruch S. Blumberg , American scientist, Nobel laureate 1927 - John Ashbery , American poet1929 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis , First Lady of the United States (d. 1994 )1930 - Jean Roba , Belgian comics author (d. 2006 )1930 - Junior Kimbrough , American bluesman (d. 1998 )
1933 - Charlie Hodge , French Canadian ice hockey goaltender1934 - Jacques d'Amboise , American choreographer1935 - Simon Dee , British television broadcaster1936 - Russ Jackson , Canadian football player1936 - Garfield Sobers , Barbadian West Indies cricketer
1937 - Francis Veber , French film director and screenwriter1938 - Alberto Fujimori , President of Peru1938 - Chuan Leekpai , Thai politician and Former Prime Minister of Thailand
1940 - Philip Proctor , American comedian1941 - Riccardo Muti , Italian conductor1942 - Marty Brennaman , American sportscaster1943 - Mike Bloomfield , American musician (d. 1981 )1943 - Bill Bradley , American basketball player and politician
1943 - Richard Wright English musician (Pink Floyd )
1945 - Jim Davis , American cartoonist1946 - Fahmida Riaz , Pakistani writer and feminist1946 - Linda Kelsey , American actress
1948 - Georgia Engel , American actress1948 - Sally Struthers , American actress
1949 - Steve Peregrin Took , English singer (d. 1980 )1949 - Vida Blue , American baseball player
1949 - Peter Doyle , Australian singer (The New Seekers ) (d. 2001 )
1950 - Shahyar Ghanbari , Iranian poet1951 - Anthony A. Williams , Mayor of Washington 1951 - Santiago Calatrava , Spanish architect
1952 - Yoshitaka Amano , Japanese artist1952 - Vajiralongkorn
1954 - Steve Morse , American guitarist1954 - Hugo Chávez , President of Venezuela
1954 - Bruce Abbott , American actor
1954 - Gerd Faltings , German mathematician
1955 - Nikolay Zimyatov , Russian cross-country skier1958 - Terry Fox , Canadian athlete and activist (d. 1981 )1958 - Michael Hitchcock , American actor
1961 - Alexander Kurlovitch , Soviet weightlifter1962 - Rachel Sweet , American singer1964 - Lori Loughlin , American actress1965 - Priscilla Chan , Hong Kong singer1965 - Delfeayo Marsalis , jazz musician
1969 - Garth Snow , American ice hockey goaltender1969 - Alexis Arquette , American actor
1970 - Michael Amott , Swedish guitarist (Arch Enemy )1970 - Isabelle Brasseur , Canadian figure skater
1971 - Stephen Lynch , American musician1971 - Annie Perreault , Canadian short-track speed skater
1972 - Elizabeth Berkley , American actress1972 - Ed Templeton , American skateboarder
1972 - Yeom Jeong-ah , South Korean actress
1973 - Steve Staios , Canadian ice hockey player1973 - Marc Dupré , Quebec humorist and singer
1974 - Justin Lee Collins , British comedian1975 - Leonor Watling , Spanish actress and singer1976 - Jacoby Shaddix , American singer (Papa Roach )1977 - Emanuel Ginóbili , Argentine basketball player1977 - Aki Berg , Finnish ice hockey player
1979 - Lee Minwoo , Korean singer (Shinhwa )1979 - Birgitta Haukdal , Icelandic singer
1981 - Michael Carrick , English footballer1981 - Jo In Sung , South Korean actor
1982 - Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir , Icelandic singer and actress1982 - Tom Pelphrey , American actor
1984 - DeMeco Ryans , American football player1984 - Zach Parise , American ice hockey player
1985 - Dustin Milligan , Canadian actor1985 - Tynisha Keli , American singer
1986 - Alexandra Chando , American actress1988 - Ayla Brown , American singer1990 - Soulja Boy , American rapper1993 - Hannah Lochner , Canadian actressDeaths [ ] 450 - Theodosius II , Roman Emperor (b. 401 )1057 - Pope Victor II 1128 - William Clito , Count of Flanders (b. 1102 )1230 - Duke Leopold VI of Austria (b. 1176 )1285 - Queen Keran of Armenia , consort of Leo III of Armenia 1527 - Rodrigo de Bastidas , Spanish conquistador1540 - Thomas Cromwell , English statesman1631 - Guillén de Castro y Bellvis , Spanish dramatist (b. 1569 )1655 - Cyrano de Bergerac , French poet (b. 1619 )1667 - Abraham Cowley , English poet (b. 1618 )1675 - Bulstrode Whitelocke , English lawyer (b. 1605 )1685 - Henry Bennet , English statesman (b. 1618 )1718 - Etienne Baluze , French scholar (b. 1630 )1741 - Antonio Vivaldi , Italian composer (b. 1678 )1750 - Johann Sebastian Bach , German composer (b. 1685 )1762 - George Dodington , English politician (b. 1691 )1794 - Maximilien Robespierre , French Revolutionary leader (b. 1758 )1794 - Louis de Saint-Just , French Revolutionary leader (b. 1767 )
1818 - Gaspard Monge , French mathematician (b. 1746 )1835 - Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier , French marshal (b. 1768 )1842 - Clemens Brentano , German poet (b. 1778 )1844 - Joseph Bonaparte , older brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain (b. 1768 )1849 - King Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798 )1869 - Jan Evangelista Purkyně , Czech anatomist (b. 1787 )1878 - George Law Curry , Newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon (b. 1820 )1930 - Allvar Gullstrand , Swedish ophthalmologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862 )1934 - Marie Dressler , Canadian actress (b. 1868 )1942 - William Matthew Flinders Petrie , English Egyptologist (b. 1853 )1957 - Edith Abbott , American social worker, educator, and author (b. 1876 )1965 - Edogawa Ranpo , Japanese author (b. 1894 )1967 - Karl W. Richter , Lieutenant, USAF , American aviator (b. 1942 )1968 - Otto Hahn , German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1879 )1969 - Ramón Grau , Cuban president (b. 1882 )1971 - Myril Hoag , American baseball player (b. 1908 )1972 - Helen Traubel , American soprano (b. 1903 )1972 - Charu Majumdar , Indian revolutionary leader (b. 1918 )
1982 - Keith Green , American gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist (b. 1953 )1990 - Jill Esmond , British actress (b. 1908 )1996 - Roger Tory Peterson , American ornithologist and educator (b. 1908 )1997 - Seni Pramoj , Thai politician, Thai Prime Minister (b. 1905 )1998 - Lenny McLean , "The Guv'nor", London bareknuckle fighter,"the hardest man in Britain". (b. 1949 )1999 - Trygve Haavelmo , Norwegian economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911 )2000 - Abraham Pais , Dutch-born American physicist and science historian (b. 1918 )2002 - Archer John Porter Martin , English chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910 )2003 - Lady Valerie Goulding , Irish Senator and campaigner for the disabled (b. 1918 )2004 - Francis Crick , English molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916 )2004 - Sam Edwards , American actor (b. 1915 )
2004 - Eugene Roche , American actor (b. 1928 )
2004 - Tiziano Terzani , Italian journalist (b. 1938 )
2006 - David Gemmell , British writer (b. 1948 )2007 - Jim LeRoy , Stunt Plane pilot2007 - Karl Gotch , Professional wrestler, Olympian (b. 1924 ) Holidays and observances [ ] Roman Catholicism
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156 Familypedia people were born on July 28
196 Familypedia people died on July 28
68 Familypedia people were first married on July 28