June 28th, 1650

Born on June 28th, 1650

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 137,000 days old!

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What happened on June 28th?

June 28th, 1963

Profumo affair: During the trial of Stephen Ward, Mandy Rice-Davies uttered the phrase "Well he would, wouldn't he?"

June 28th, 1880

Police captured Australian bank robber and cultural icon Ned Kelly (pictured) after a gun battle in Glenrowan, Victoria.

June 28th, 2016

Gunmen attacked Istanbul's Atatürk Airport, killing 45 people and injuring more than 230 others.

June 28th, 1989

President Slobodan Milošević gave a speech at Gazimestan in which he described the possibility of "armed battles" in the future of Serbia's national development.

June 28th, 1969

In response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, groups of gay and transgender people began demonstrations, a watershed event for the worldwide gay rights movement.

June 28th, 1956

Polish workers demanding better working conditions began massive protests in Poznań, but were later violently repressed by the Polish People's Army and the Internal Security Corps.

June 28th, 1950

Korean War: South Korean forces began the Bodo League massacre, summarily executing tens of thousands of suspected North Korean sympathizers.

June 28th, 1942

World War II: The Wehrmacht launched Case Blue, a strategic German offensive to capture oil fields in the south of the Soviet Union.

June 28th, 1916

First World War: Around 55,000 workers in Berlin went on strike to protest against the trial of anti-war campaigner Karl Liebknecht.

June 28th, 1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip (pictured), a Yugoslav nationalist, sparking the outbreak of World War I.

June 28th, 1911

The Nakhla meteorite (fragments pictured), the first meteorite to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, fell to Earth in Abu Hummus, Egypt.

June 28th, 1904

In the worst maritime disaster involving a Danish merchant ship, SS Norge ran aground on Hasselwood Rock and sank in the North Atlantic, resulting in more than 635 deaths.

June 28th, 1895

The U.S. Court of Private Land Claims ruled that James Reavis's claim to 18,600 sq mi (48,000 km2) of land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico was "wholly fictitious and fraudulent".

June 28th, 1846

Belgian musician Adolphe Sax patented his design of the saxophone (example pictured).

June 28th, 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 28th

Same year
Born in 1650

51

William III of England

King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1702

*November 14th, 1650, The Hague †March 8th, 1702, Kensington Palace

53

Steven Blankaart

Dutch entomologist

*October 24th, 1650, Middelburg †February 23rd, 1704, Amsterdam

64

William Dampier

British pirate and explorer (1651-1715)

*November 30th, 1650, East Coker †January 1st, 1715, London

72

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

English soldier and statesman (1650-1722)

*May 26th, 1650, Musbury †June 16th, 1722, Cumberland Lodge

47

Frederick Casimir Kettler

Duke of Courland (1650-1698)

*July 6th, 1650, Jelgava †January 22nd, 1698, Jelgava

64

Ferdinand Christoph Harpprecht

German jurist and university teacher (1650-1714)

*June 3rd, 1650, Tübingen †November 9th, 1714, Tübingen

66

Johann Martin Veith

Swiss draughtsperson (1650-1717)

*May 9th, 1650, Schaffhausen †April 14th, 1717, Schaffhausen

50

Georg Bose

German merchant

*January 25th, 1650, Leipzig †July 23rd, 1700, Leipzig

59

Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild

German noble (1650-1710)

*November 19th, 1650, Gotha †May 13th, 1710, Römhild

69

Luigi Priuli

Italian cardinal (1650-1720)

*September 15th, 1650, Venice †March 15th, 1720, Rome

58

Anne Jules de Noailles

Second Duke of Noailles

*February 5th, 1650, Paris †October 2nd, 1708, Versailles

67

Domenico Martinelli

Italian architect (1650-1718)

*November 30th, 1650, Lucca †September 11th, 1718, Lucca

37

Nell Gwyn

Royal mistress (1650-1687)

*February 2nd, 1650, London †November 14th, 1687, London

54

Marian Schirmer

*November 21st, 1650, Brunn am Gebirge †June 27th, 1705, Vienna

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1650 is a normal year and no leap year.

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