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What Happened On June 28

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1859: The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. 1911: The Nakhla meteorite (fragments pictured), the first meteorite to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, fell to Earth in Abu Hummus, Egypt. 1911: The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt. 1846: Belgian musician Adolphe Sax patented his design of the saxophone (example pictured). 1841: Giselle (title role pictured), a ballet by the French composer Adolphe Adam, was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris. 1098: Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch. 1963: Profumo affair: During the trial of Stephen Ward, Mandy Rice-Davies uttered the phrase "Well he would, wouldn't he?" 1916: First World War: Around 55,000 workers in Berlin went on strike to protest against the trial of anti-war campaigner Karl Liebknecht. 2009: Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis. 1987: For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bomb the Iranian town of Sardasht.

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1859 First ever
The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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1911 First ever
The Nakhla meteorite (fragments pictured), the first meteorite to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, fell to Earth in Abu Hummus, Egypt.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1911 First ever
The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1846 Oddly true
Belgian musician Adolphe Sax patented his design of the saxophone (example pictured).
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1841 First ever
Giselle (title role pictured), a ballet by the French composer Adolphe Adam, was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1098 First ever
Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch.
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1963 Oddly true
Profumo affair: During the trial of Stephen Ward, Mandy Rice-Davies uttered the phrase "Well he would, wouldn't he?"
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1916 First ever
First World War: Around 55,000 workers in Berlin went on strike to protest against the trial of anti-war campaigner Karl Liebknecht.
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2009 Oddly true
Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1987 First ever
For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bomb the Iranian town of Sardasht.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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2016A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others. Wikipedia →
2012The United States Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius. Wikipedia →
2009Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis. Wikipedia →
2004Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation. Wikipedia →
2001Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial. Wikipedia →
1997Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear. Wikipedia →
1989On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle. Wikipedia →
1987For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bomb the Iranian town of Sardasht. Wikipedia →
1982Aeroflot Flight 8641 crashes in Mazyr, Belarus, killing 132 people. Wikipedia →
1981A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party. Wikipedia →
1978The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, bars quota systems in college admissions. Wikipedia →
1976The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial. Wikipedia →
1973Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time. Wikipedia →
1969Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement. Wikipedia →
1964Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Wikipedia →
1956In Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe. Wikipedia →
1950Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 and 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre. Wikipedia →
1950Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day. Wikipedia →
1950Korean War: The Korean People's Army kills almost a thousand doctors, nurses, inpatient civilians and wounded soldiers in the Seoul National University Hospital massacre. Wikipedia →
1948Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform. Wikipedia →
1948Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era. Wikipedia →
1945Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day. Wikipedia →
1942World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue. Wikipedia →
1940Romania cedes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum. Wikipedia →
1936The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China. Wikipedia →
1926Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies. Wikipedia →
1922The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces. Wikipedia →
1921Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution. Wikipedia →
1919The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I. Wikipedia →
1917World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers. Wikipedia →
1914Causes of World War I: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo, beginning the July Crisis and providing the casus belli of World War I. Wikipedia →
1911The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt. Wikipedia →
1904The SS Norge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270 mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking. Wikipedia →
1902The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal. Wikipedia →
1896An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners. Wikipedia →
1895The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis's claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent." Wikipedia →
1894Labor Day becomes an official US holiday. Wikipedia →
1882The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone. Wikipedia →
1881The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed. Wikipedia →
1880Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan. Wikipedia →
1870The US Congress establishes the first federal holidays (New Year Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas).
1865The Army of the Potomac is disbanded. Wikipedia →
1859The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Wikipedia →
1855Sigma Chi fraternity is founded in North America. Wikipedia →
1841The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier. Wikipedia →
1838Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Wikipedia →
1807Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelocke lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals. Wikipedia →
1797French troops disembark in Corfu, beginning the French rule in the Ionian Islands. Wikipedia →
1778American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness. Wikipedia →
1776American Revolution: Thomas Jefferson and the Committee of Five present the draft of the United States Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress, which orders it to "lie on the table" for further edits by the assembly. Wikipedia →
1776American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day. Wikipedia →
1776American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition. Wikipedia →
1745A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style). Wikipedia →
1651The Battle of Berestechko between Poland and Ukraine starts. Wikipedia →
1635Guadeloupe becomes a French colony. Wikipedia →
1575Sengoku period of Japan: The combined forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu are victorious in the Battle of Nagashino. Wikipedia →
1519Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Wikipedia →
1495A French force heavily defeats a much larger Neapolitan and Spanish army at the battle of Seminara, leading to the creation of the Tercios by Gonzalo de Córdoba. Wikipedia →
1461Edward, Earl of March, is crowned King Edward IV of England. Wikipedia →
1360Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II. Wikipedia →
1098Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch. Wikipedia →

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