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Day Of The Week: June 28
June 28, 2024 is the 180th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 186 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Cancer is your zodiac sign. Pearl is your modern birthstone. Moonstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Day In History: June 28
In common years it is always in ISO week 26.
This date is the only date each year where both the month and day are different perfect numbers, June 6 being the only date where the month and day are the same perfect number.
Historical Events: June 28
- 1776 –American Revolutionary War: Fort Moultrie is attacked during the Battle of Sullivan’s Island; this event is commemorated in Carolina Day.
- 1778 –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.
- 1807 –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.
- 1880 –The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
- 1895 –El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America.
- 1914 –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.
- 1936 –The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
- 1950 –Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
- 1992 –The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law.
- 2005 –War in Afghanistan: Three U.S. Navy SEALs, 16 American Special Operations Forces soldiers, and an unknown number of Taliban insurgents are killed
Who were born on June 28?
- 1824 –Paul Broca, French physician (d. 1880)
- 1891 –Carl Spaatz, American Air Force general (d. 1974)
- 1913 –Walter Oesau, German pilot (d. 1944)
- 1934 –Robert Carswell, British law lord
- 1940 –Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker, economist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1941 –Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (d. 2006)
- 1952 –Ray Ashcroft, English actor
- 1971 –Bobby Hurley, American basketball player
- 1971 –Ray Slijngaard, Dutch musician
- 1972 –Christopher Leslie, English politician
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