June 28th, 1890

Born on June 28th, 1890

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on June 28th?

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 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 to riot, 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 by a Yugoslav nationalist named Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, 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.

June 28th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: The militia of the Province of South Carolina repelled a British attack on Charleston.

June 28th, 1461

Edward IV was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

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

Born on June 28th, 1890

82

Vera Inber

Soviet writer

*June 28th, 1890, Odesa †November 11th, 1972, Moscow

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94

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

German physicist (1912–2007)

*June 28th, 1912, Kiel †April 28th, 2007, Söcking

52

Elon Musk

Businessman (born 1971)

*June 28th, 1971, Pretoria

71

Alexis Carrel

French surgeon and biologist

*June 28th, 1873, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon †November 5th, 1944, Paris

76

Esther Forbes

Novelist (1891-1967)

*June 28th, 1891, Westborough †August 12th, 1967, Worcester

63

Georg Loeschcke

German classical archaeologist (1852-1915)

*June 28th, 1852, Penig †November 26th, 1915, Baden-Baden

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

69

Luigi Pirandello

Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1867-1936)

*June 28th, 1867, Agrigento †December 10th, 1936, Rome

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

66

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712–1778)

*June 28th, 1712, Geneva †July 2nd, 1778, Ermenonville

83

Muhammad Yunus

Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

*June 28th, 1940, Chittagong

70

Gernot Rohr

German-French association football player and manager

*June 28th, 1953, Mannheim

51

Robert Fleig

French resistance fighter and rower

*June 28th, 1893, Strasbourg †November 23rd, 1944, Strasbourg

69

Alice Maud Krige

South African actress and producer

*June 28th, 1954, Upington

77

Richard Rodgers

American composer of songs and Broadway musicals (1902–1979)

*June 28th, 1902, Queens †December 30th, 1979, New York City

51

Alessandro Nivola

American actor

*June 28th, 1972, Boston

57

Mary Stuart Masterson

American actress and director

*June 28th, 1966, Manhattan

42

Gilda Radner

American actress and comedian (1946–1989)

*June 28th, 1946, Detroit †May 20th, 1989, Los Angeles

72

Horst Niendorf

German actor and voice actor

*June 28th, 1926, Piesteritz †June 17th, 1999, Xàbia

75

Robert Guérin

President of FIFA (1876-1952)

*June 28th, 1876, France †March 19th, 1952

65

Maria Goeppert Mayer

German-born American theoretical physicist (1906-1972)

*June 28th, 1906, Katowice †February 20th, 1972, San Diego

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Born in 1890

85

Mortimer Wheeler

British archaeologist (1890-1976)

*September 10th, 1890, Glasgow †July 22nd, 1976, London

79

Charles de Gaulle

President of France from 1959 to 1969

*November 22nd, 1890, Lille †November 9th, 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises

85

Agatha Christie

English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)

*September 15th, 1890, Torquay †January 12th, 1976, Winterbrook

78

Dwight D. Eisenhower

President of the United States from 1953 to 1961

*October 14th, 1890, Denison †March 28th, 1969, Washington, D.C.

25

Max Immelmann

German flying ace

*September 21st, 1890, Dresden †June 18th, 1916, Sallaumines

63

Edwin Howard Armstrong

American electrical engineer and inventor

*December 18th, 1890, Manhattan †February 1st, 1954, New York City

88

Jean Rhys

British novelist (1890–1979)

*August 24th, 1890, Roseau †May 14th, 1979, Exeter

46

H. P. Lovecraft

American author (1890–1937)

*August 20th, 1890, Providence †March 15th, 1937, Providence

81

William Lawrence Bragg

Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer

*March 31st, 1890, Adelaide †July 1st, 1971, Ipswich

57

Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger

Nazi leader (1890-1947)

*April 14th, 1890, Zielonowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship †April 25th, 1947, Nuremberg

79

Ho Chi Minh

Vietnamese communist leader (1890–1969)

*May 19th, 1890, Kim Liên †September 2nd, 1969, Hanoi

86

Groucho Marx

American comedian (1890–1977)

*October 2nd, 1890, Manhattan †August 19th, 1977, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

72

Ronald Fisher

British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890–1962)

*February 17th, 1890, London †July 29th, 1962, Adelaide

55

Robert Ley

German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)

*February 15th, 1890, Niederbreidenbach †October 25th, 1945, Nuremberg Court Prison

70

Boris Pasternak

Russian writer (1890-1960)

*February 10th, 1890, Moscow †May 30th, 1960, Peredelkino

78

Naima Wifstrand

Swedish actress

*September 4th, 1890, Kungsholm parish †October 23rd, 1968, Gustav Vasa parish

56

Alfred Jodl

German general and convicted war criminal (1890–1946)

*May 10th, 1890, Würzburg †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

84

Vannevar Bush

American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890–1974)

*March 11th, 1890, Everett †June 28th, 1974, Belmont

75

Steve Brown

Jazz musician best known for his work on string bass (1890-1965)

*January 13th, 1890, New Orleans †September 15th, 1965, Detroit

74

Stan Laurel

British-American actor (1890–1965)

*June 16th, 1890, Ulverston †February 23rd, 1965, Santa Monica

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1890 is a normal year and no leap year.

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