June 28th, 1841

Born on June 28th, 1841

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What happened on June 28th, 1841?

June 28th, 1841

The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Opera_Ballet

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giselle

What else 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".

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

Born on June 28th, 1841

77

Marie Bonnevial

French teacher and feminist

*June 28th, 1841, Rive-de-Gier †December 4th, 1918, Bichat–Claude Bernard Hospital

84

James Earp

Union Army soldier, brother of Virgil Earp

*June 28th, 1841, Hartford †January 25th, 1926, San Bernardino

Same year
Born in 1841

62

Antonín Dvořák

Czech composer

*September 8th, 1841, Nelahozeves †May 1st, 1904, Prague

80

Otto von Gierke

German philosopher (1841–1921)

*January 11th, 1841, Szczecin †October 10th, 1921, Berlin

90

Ferdinand Buisson

French academic and politician (1841-1932)

*December 20th, 1841, former 1st arrondissement of Paris †February 16th, 1932, Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine

68

Alessandro Fortis

Italian politician (1842-1909)

*September 16th, 1841, Forlì †December 4th, 1909, Rome

88

Georges Clemenceau

Prime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920

*September 28th, 1841, Mouilleron-en-Pareds †November 24th, 1929, Paris

74

Karl Marbach

French priest (1841-1916)

*November 22nd, 1841, Wissembourg †October 15th, 1916, Strasbourg

90

Gustave Le Bon

French psychologist (1841-1931)

*May 7th, 1841, Nogent-le-Rotrou †December 13th, 1931, Paris

63

Henry Morton Stanley

British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)

*January 28th, 1841, Denbigh †May 10th, 1904, London

68

George Turner

British artist (1841-1910)

*April 2nd, 1841, Cromford †March 29th, 1910, Idridgehay

75

Emil Theodor Kocher

Surgeon, laureate of the 1909 Nobel Prize in Medicine (1841-1917)

*August 25th, 1841, Bern †July 27th, 1917, Bern

84

Henri Fayol

French mining engineer and executive, developer a general theory of business administration Fayolism (1841-1925)

*July 29th, 1841, Istanbul †November 19th, 1925, Rue de Bellechasse

71

Lester Frank Ward

American sociologist and paleontologist (1841-1913)

*June 18th, 1841, Joliet †April 18th, 1913, Washington, D.C.

53

Emmanuel Chabrier

French Romantic composer and pianist

*January 18th, 1841, Ambert †September 13th, 1894, 9th arrondissement of Paris

77

Wilfrid Laurier

7th prime minister of Canada (1841-1919)

*November 20th, 1841, Saint-Lin–Laurentides †February 17th, 1919, Ottawa

93

Oliver Wendell Holmes

American jurist (1841–1935); US Supreme Court justice from 1902 to 1932

*March 8th, 1841, Boston †March 6th, 1935, Washington, D.C.

70

Gerhard Armauer Hansen

Norwegian physician

*July 29th, 1841, Bergen †February 12th, 1912, Florø

86

Ina Coolbrith

American poet, writer, and librarian

*March 10th, 1841, Nauvoo †February 29th, 1928, Oakland

74

Leopold Kny

German botanist (1841–1916)

*July 6th, 1841, Wrocław †June 26th, 1916, Berlin

70

Sam Loyd

American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician

*January 30th, 1841, Philadelphia †April 10th, 1911, New York City

69

Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev

Russian chemist

*June 20th, 1841, Kazan †August 19th, 1910, Kazan

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