This Day in History
28 Jul 1148
Second Crusade Crusaders abandon their siege of Damascus
28 Jul 1330
Battle of Velbuzd Serbian forces defeats Bulgarian army
28 Jul 1434
Navigator Gil Eanes leaves Cape Bojador for Lisbon
28 Jul 1586
Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe on return to England
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Bonus Marchers evicted by U S Army
During the Great Depression President Herbert Hoover orders the U.S. Army under General Douglas MacArthur to evict by force the Bonus Marchers from the nation...
14th Amendment adopted
Following its ratification by the necessary three-quarters of U.S. states the 14th Amendment guaranteeing to African Americans citizenship and all its privile...
President Johnson announces more troops to Vietnam
President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that he has ordered an increase in U.S. military forces in Vietnam from the present 75000 to 125000. Johnson also said ...
Future first lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy is born
On this day in 1929 President John F. Kennedys beautiful and popular wife Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy is born into a prominent New York family.Jacquel...
Animal House released in theaters
On this day in 1978 National Lampoons Animal House a movie spoof about 1960s college fraternities starring John Belushi opens in U.S. theaters. Produ...
Plane crashes into Empire State Building
A United States military plane crashes into the Empire State Building on this day in 1945 killing 14 people. The freak accident was caused by heavy fog.The B-...
Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia
On July 28 1914 one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo Austria-Hungary ...
Johann Sebastian Bach, The Pop Chart Wizard!
July 28 1750 Johann Sebastian Bach the master of sublime Baroque music died on this day. Celebrated for the choral and sacred music that he co...
Vivaldi Dies On ‘Black Day’ of July 28
July 28 1741 Italian composer Antonio Lucio Vivaldi died on this day. Lovers of Baroque music came to regard July 28 as a black day because the other maste...
1864 Battle of Atlanta, Georgia (Ezra Church) - second sortie US700 CS4642
Dodge was crucial for the Union during the American Civil War for his intelligence gathering abilities and was a pioneer in developing the field of military in...
1893 A petition organised by Kate Sheppard, demanding women's suffrage, is delivered to New Zealand's parliament; signed by over 25,000 women, a 5th of the adult European female population
The most prominent member of the New Zealand Womens Suffrage movement. Her efforts in leading the call for suffrage at the head of the Temperance Union led to ...
1917 Silent Parade organised by James Weldon Johnson of 10,000 African-Americans who march on 5th Ave in NYC to protest against lynching
James Weldon Johnson displayed an extraordinary array of talent throughout his life becoming a lawyer diplomat writer poet and civil rights leader....
1992 R&B singer Mary J. Blige releases her debut album "What's the 411?", with production by Puff Daddy
Billboard ranked her as the most successful female R&B artist of the past 25 years sold more than 50 million albums and 15 million singles worldwide....
2014 Israel criticizes John Kerry's proposed ceasefire, stating that no ceasefire deal will be accepted without the destruction of tunnels leading from Gaza to Israel and the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip
The 68th United States Secretary of State. He was also the candidate of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election losing to incumbent President...
Dell Workstation 400 Introduced
Dell Computer Corp. announced its entry into the workstation market with the Dell Workstation 400. The move to the more powerful desktop computers most commonl...
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