| 1894-06-28
Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
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| 1948-06-28
The Cominform circulates the "Resolution on the situation in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia"; Yugoslavia is expelled from the Communist bloc.
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| 1635-06-28
Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
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| 1859-06-28
The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
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| 1992-06-28
The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law.
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| 1776-06-28
American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
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| 1883-06-28
In Milan in Italy inaugurated the first central European electricity power station.
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| 1948-06-28
Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
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| 1880-06-28
The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
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| 1936-06-28
The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
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| 1776-06-28
American Revolutionary War: Fort Moultrie is attacked during the Battle of Sullivan's Island; this event is commemorated in Carolina Day.
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| 1881-06-28
Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia.
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| 1983-06-28
The Mianus River Bridge collapses over the Mianus River in Connecticut, killing 3 drivers in their vehicles.
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| 1807-06-28
Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelock lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals.
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| 1904-06-28
The SS Norge runs aground and sinks
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| 1865-06-28
The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
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| 1940-06-28
Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union.
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| 1763-06-28
A massive earthquake occurs on the same day in Komárom in Hungary, in Komárno in Slovakia and in Zsámbék in Hungary.
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| 1973-06-28
Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
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| 1914-06-28
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I.
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| 1902-06-28
The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
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| 1981-06-28
A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of Islamic Republic Party.
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| 1964-06-28
Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
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| 1838-06-28
Coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom.
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| 1997-06-28
Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield II – Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Holyfield's ear.
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| 1896-06-28
An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston City, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
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| 1651-06-28
The Battle of Beresteczko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
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| 1389-06-28
The Ottomans defeat the Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe (see Vidovdan).
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| 1882-06-28
The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
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| 1922-06-28
The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
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| 1994-06-28
Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan; 7 persons are killed, 660 injured.
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| 2005-06-28
War in Afghanistan: Three U.S. Navy SEALs and 16 American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed during Operation Red Wing, a failed counter-insurgent mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan.
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| 1841-06-28
The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier
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| 1895-06-28
El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America.
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| 1950-06-28
Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
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| 1976-06-28
The Angolan court sentenced US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
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| 2004-06-28
Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
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| 1967-06-28
Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
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| 1996-06-28
The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
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| 2006-06-28
The Republic of Montenegro is admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly.
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| 1778-06-28
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Monmouth is fought between the American Continental Army under George Washington and the British Army led by Sir Henry Clinton.
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| 1098-06-28
Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
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| 1919-06-28
The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, formally ending World War I between Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, the United States and allies on the one side and Germany and Austria-Hungary on the other side.
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| 1519-06-28
Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
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| 1978-06-28
The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
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| 1990-06-28
Paperback Software International Ltd. is found liable by a U.S. court for copyright violation for copying the appearance and menu system of Lotus 1-2-3 in its competing spreadsheet program.
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| 1969-06-28
Stonewall Riots begin in New York City marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
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