June 28th, 1903

Born on June 28th, 1903

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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, 1903

56

George Padmore

Trinidadian anti-colonial writer (1903-1959)

*June 28th, 1903, Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago †September 23rd, 1959, University College Hospital

59

André Maschinot

French footballer (1903-1963)

*June 28th, 1903, Valdoie †March 10th, 1963, Colmar

52

Adrian Rollini

American jazz musician

*June 28th, 1903, New York City †May 15th, 1956, Homestead

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94

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

German physicist (1912–2007)

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

77

Richard Rodgers

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

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

52

Elon Musk

Businessman (born 1971)

*June 28th, 1971, Pretoria

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

63

Georg Loeschcke

German classical archaeologist (1852-1915)

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

71

Alexis Carrel

French surgeon and biologist

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

65

Maria Goeppert Mayer

German-born American theoretical physicist (1906-1972)

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

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

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

66

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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

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

69

Alice Maud Krige

South African actress and producer

*June 28th, 1954, Upington

89

Carlos Encinas González

Mexican painter (1907-1997)

*June 28th, 1907, Salamanca †January 28th, 1997, León de Los Aldama

72

Horst Niendorf

German actor and voice actor

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

51

Alessandro Nivola

American actor

*June 28th, 1972, Boston

42

Gilda Radner

American actress and comedian (1946–1989)

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

57

Mary Stuart Masterson

American actress and director

*June 28th, 1966, Manhattan

65

Gerhard Dickel

German director of church music and choir director

*June 28th, 1938, Bad Berleburg †July 14th, 2003, Hamburg

44

Florian Zeller

Novelist, playwright

*June 28th, 1979, Paris

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53

Preston Tucker

American businessman (1903-1956)

*September 21st, 1903, Michigan †December 26th, 1956, Ypsilanti

87

Prince Abdul Rahman

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

*February 8th, 1903, Alor Setar †December 6th, 1990, Penang

74

Bing Crosby

American singer and actor (1903–1977)

*May 3rd, 1903, Tacoma †October 14th, 1977, Alcobendas

91

Heinrich Drake

German sculptor and illustrator (1903-1994)

*February 15th, 1903, Lügde †July 26th, 1994, Berlin

84

Marguerite Yourcenar

French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)

*June 8th, 1903, City of Brussels †December 17th, 1987, Bar Harbor

91

Jan Tinbergen

Dutch economist (1903–1994)

*April 12th, 1903, The Hague †June 9th, 1994, The Hague

120

Alfred Krohn

German rower

*May 2nd, 1903, Szczecin

46

George Orwell

British writer and journalist

*June 25th, 1903, Motihari †January 21st, 1950, London

87

Anne Revere

American actress (1903-1990)

*June 25th, 1903, New York City †December 18th, 1990, Locust Valley

85

Alan Paton

South African writer and activist (1903-1988)

*January 11th, 1903, Pietermaritzburg †April 12th, 1988, Durban

65

Theodor W. Adorno

German philosopher, sociologist and theorist (1903–1969)

*September 11th, 1903, Frankfurt †August 6th, 1969, Visp

53

Francis L. Sullivan

British actor (1903-1956)

*January 6th, 1903, London †November 19th, 1956, New York City

65

Vernon Duke

American composer (1903-1969)

*October 10th, 1903, Parafjanava †January 16th, 1969, Santa Monica

77

Reginald Gardiner

Actor (1903-1980)

*February 27th, 1903, London †July 7th, 1980, Westwood

85

Konrad Lorenz

Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973

*November 7th, 1903, Vienna †February 27th, 1989, Vienna

91

Ernest Walton

Irish physicist and Nobel laureate (1903-1995)

*October 6th, 1903, Abbeyside †June 25th, 1995, Belfast

86

Claude Arrieu

French composer

*November 30th, 1903, 8th arrondissement of Paris †March 7th, 1990, 19th arrondissement of Paris

96

Habib Bourguiba

Leader of the Tunisian National Movement, founder of the Tunisian Republic and the first President of the Tunisian Republic after independence

*August 3rd, 1903, Monastir †April 6th, 2000, Monastir

94

Benjamin Spock

American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care (1903-1998)

*May 2nd, 1903, New Haven †March 15th, 1998, La Jolla

92

Alec Douglas-Home

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964

*July 2nd, 1903, Mayfair †October 9th, 1995, The Hirsel

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1903 is a normal year and no leap year.

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