Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: July 28
July 28, 2024 is the 210th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 156 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Ruby is your modern birthstone. Ruby is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: July 28
- 1864 –American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church – Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1932 –U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the “Bonus Army” of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
- 1933 –Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Spain are established.
- 1942 –World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227 in response to alarming German advances into the Soviet Union. Under the order all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be immediately executed.
- 1943 –World War II: Operation Gomorrah – The British bomb Hamburg causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
- 1945 –A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
- 1955 –The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France.
- 1965 –Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
- 1976 –The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People’s Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
- 2005 –Tornadoes touch down in a residential areas in south Birmingham and Coventry England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.
Who were born on July 28?
- 1887 –Marcel Duchamp, French painter (d. 1968)
- 1896 –Barbara La Marr, American actress (d. 1926)
- 1916 –David Brown, American film producer (d. 2010)
- 1930 –Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (d. 2006)
- 1932 –Natalie Babbitt, American author and illustrator of children’s books
- 1948 –Gerald Casale, American vocalist, bassist (Devo) and director
- 1953 –Don Black, founder and current webmaster of Stormfront
- 1955 –Nikolay Zimyatov, Russian cross-country skier
- 1961 –Harlem Yu, Taiwanese singer/songwriter
- 1966 –Shikao Suga, Japanese singer-songwriter
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