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What happend on 28. July in History
In our data base we found 308 events happened on 28. July:
• 450: Theodosius II, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401) [category: Deaths]
• 1057: Pope Victor II (b. 1018) [category: Deaths]
• 1128: William Clito, English son of Sybilla of Conversano (b. 1102) [category: Deaths]
• 1230: Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (b. 1176) [category: Deaths]
• 1285: Keran, Queen of Armenia [category: Deaths]
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• 1347: Margaret of Durazzo (d. 1412) [category: Births]
• 1364: Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina. [category: Events]
• 1527: Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish explorer (b. 1460) [category: Deaths]
• 1540: Thomas Cromwell, English statesman (b. 1495) [category: Deaths]
• 1540: Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day. [category: Events]
• 1571: La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines was founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest encomienda/province in the country. [category: Events]
• 1631: Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish playwright (b. 1569) [category: Deaths]
• 1643: Antonio Tarsia, Slovenian composer (d. 1722) [category: Births]
• 1655: Cyrano de Bergerac, French poet (b. 1619) [category: Deaths]
• 1659: Charles Ancillon, French pastor (d. 1715) [category: Births]
• 1667: Abraham Cowley, English poet (b. 1618) [category: Deaths]
• 1675: Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer (b. 1605) [category: Deaths]
• 1685: Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English statesman (b. 1618) [category: Deaths]
• 1718: Étienne Baluze, French scholar (b. 1630) [category: Deaths]
• 1741: Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (b. 1678) [category: Deaths]
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• 1746: Thomas Heyward, Jr., American statesman, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1809) [category: Births]
• 1750: Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1750: Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (b. 1685) [category: Deaths]
• 1762: George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician (b. 1691) [category: Deaths]
• 1794: Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French military officer and politician (b. 1767) [category: Deaths]
• 1794: Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician (b. 1758) [category: Deaths]
• 1794: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France during the French Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1796: Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian businessman, founded the Bösendorfer Company (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1804: Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1809: Richard Beckett, English soldier (b.1772) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera – Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte. [category: Events]
• 1815: Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1818: Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (b. 1746) [category: Deaths]
• 1821: José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain. [category: Events]
• 1835: Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (b. 1768) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: Nathan Mayer Rothschild, English banker and financier (b. 1777) [category: Deaths]
• 1842: Clemens Brentano, German poet (b. 1778) [category: Deaths]
• 1844: Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1844: Joseph Bonaparte, French brother of Napoleon (b. 1768) [category: Deaths]
• 1849: Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798) [category: Deaths]
• 1854: USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the US Navy, is commissioned. [category: Events]
• 1857: Ballington Booth, English Salvation Army officer, co-founder of Volunteers of America (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1860: Elias M. Ammons, American politician (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1860: Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1863: Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski, Russian general (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1864: American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church – Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia. [category: Events]
• 1866: Albertson Van Zo Post, American fencer (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1866: Beatrix Potter, English author (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1867: Charles Dillon Perrine, American-Argentine astronomer (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1868: The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law. [category: Events]
• 1869: Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787) [category: Deaths]
• 1872: Albert Sarraut, French politician (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1874: Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1878: George Law Curry, American publisher and politician (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Lucy Burns, American activist (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1887: Marcel Duchamp, French painter (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1891: Ron Oxenham, Australian cricketer (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1895: Edward Beecher, American theologian (b. 1803) [category: Deaths]
• 1896: Barbara La Marr, American actress (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1896: The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated. [category: Events]
• 1898: Lawrence Gray, American actor (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1900: Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1901: Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1901: Rudy Vallée, American singer, actor, and saxophonist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1902: Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1907: Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware Brands (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1909: Aenne Burda German publisher (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1909: Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1914: Carmen Dragon, American composer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1914: World War I: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. [category: Events]
• 1915: Charles Townes, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1916: David Brown, American film producer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1917: Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Jacques Piccard, Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1923: Ray Ellis, American conductor, producer, and arranger (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1924: C. T. Vivian, American minister, author, and activist [category: Births]
• 1925: Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1926: Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian bassist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1927: John Ashbery, American poet [category: Births]
• 1929: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American book editor, 37th First Lady of the United States (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1930: Jean Roba, Belgian writer and illustrator (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1930: Junior Kimbrough, American singer and guitarist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1930: Ramsey Muir Withers, Canadian general [category: Births]
• 1930: Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: John DeWitt, American athlete (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1932: Natalie Babbitt, American author and illustrator [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1933: Charlie Hodge, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1933: Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th Yokozuna (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Spain are established. [category: Events]
• 1934: Jacques d'Amboise, American choreographer [category: Births]
• 1934: Louis Tancred, South African cricketer (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Marie Dressler, Canadian actress (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Simon Dee, English talk show host (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1935: John Rahm, American golfer (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. [category: Events]
• 1936: Garfield Sobers, Barbadian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1936: Russ Jackson, Canadian football player [category: Births]
• 1937: Francis Veber, French director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1938: Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Chuan Leekpai, Thai politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Ian McCaskill, Scottish meteorologist and weatherman [category: Births]
• 1938: Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer, coach, and manager [category: Births]
• 1938: Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service. [category: Events]
• 1940: Philip Proctor, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1941: Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor [category: Births]
• 1941: Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) [category: Births]
• 1941: Susan Roces, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1942: Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1942: Tonia Marketaki, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1942: Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1943: Bill Bradley, American basketball player and politician [category: Births]
• 1943: Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and composer (The Electric Flag) (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1943: Richard Wright, English keyboard player and songwriter (Pink Floyd) (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: Operation Gomorrah – The British bomb Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians. [category: Events]
• 1945: Jim Davis, American cartoonist and writer [category: Births]
• 1945: A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26. [category: Events]
• 1946: Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani writer and activist [category: Births]
• 1946: Jonathan Edwards, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Linda Kelsey, American actress [category: Births]
• 1948: Georgia Engel, American actress [category: Births]
• 1948: Gerald Casale, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director (Devo and Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers) [category: Births]
• 1948: Sally Struthers, American actress [category: Births]
• 1948: The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the "Battle of London Airport". [category: Events]
• 1949: Peter Doyle, Australian singer (The New Seekers) (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1949: Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1949: Steve Peregrin Took, English singer-songwriter and musician (Tyrannosaurus Rex, Pink Fairies, Shagrat, Steve Took's Horns) (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1949: Vida Blue, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1950: Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian poet [category: Births]
• 1951: Anthony A. Williams, American politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Doug Collins, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1951: Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect and engineer, designed the Athens Olympic Sports Complex [category: Births]
• 1952: Glenn A. Baker, Australian music journalist and commentator [category: Births]
• 1952: Vajiralongkorn, Thai prince [category: Births]
• 1952: Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist [category: Births]
• 1953: Don Black, American white supremacist [category: Births]
• 1954: Bruce Abbott, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Gerd Faltings, German mathematician [category: Births]
• 1954: Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan military officer and politician, President of Venezuela [category: Births]
• 1954: Mikey Sheehy, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1954: Steve Morse, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple, Living Loud, Angelfire, Kansas, and Flying Colors) [category: Births]
• 1955: Nikolay Zimyatov, Russian skier [category: Births]
• 1955: The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France. [category: Events]
• 1956: John Feinstein, American sportswriter and author [category: Births]
• 1957: Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, educator, and author (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kill 992. [category: Events]
• 1958: Michael Hitchcock, American actor, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1958: Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and activist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1959: William T. Vollmann, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1960: Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian director [category: Births]
• 1960: Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1961: Aleksandr Kurlovich, Soviet weightlifter [category: Births]
• 1961: Harlem Yu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1961: Yannick Dalmas, French race car driver [category: Births]
• 1962: Rachel Sweet, American singer, actress, and scriptwriter [category: Births]
• 1963: Beverley Craven, English singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1963: Michael Ruhlman, American author [category: Births]
• 1964: Lori Loughlin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Delfeayo Marsalis, American trombonist and producer [category: Births]
• 1965: Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer [category: Births]
• 1965: Attallah Suheimat, Arab-Jordanian politician (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Edogawa Rampo, Japanese author (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1966: Shikao Suga, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1967: Taka Hirose, Japanese bass player (Feeder) [category: Births]
• 1967: Karl W. Richter, American air force officer (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Otto Hahn, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Alexis Arquette, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Dana White, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1969: Garth Snow, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1969: Ramón Grau, Cuban politician (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1970: Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars, Candlemass, Carcass, and Carnage) [category: Births]
• 1970: Paul Strang, Zimbabwean cricketer [category: Births]
• 1970: Baba Bujha Singh, Indian revolutionary [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Annie Perreault, Canadian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1971: Stephen Lynch, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Charles E. Pont, American painter (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canadian soldier and diplomat (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Myril Hoag, American baseball player (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Ed Templeton, American skateboarder [category: Births]
• 1972: Elizabeth Berkley, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Robert Chapman, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1972: Yeom Jeong-ah, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Charu Majumdar, Indian revolutionary leader (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Helen Traubel, American soprano (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Marc Dupré, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1973: Steve Staios, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1973: Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway. [category: Events]
• 1974: Justin Lee Collins, English comedian, author, and actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed. [category: Events]
• 1975: Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer (Marlango) [category: Births]
• 1976: Jacoby Shaddix, American singer-songwriter (Papa Roach and Fight the Sky) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1977: Aki Berg, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Chris Samuels], American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Dexter Jackson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Gabriel Diggs, American DJ and producer [category: Births]
• 1977: Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Rahman "Rock" Harper, American chef [category: Births]
• 1978: Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1978: Jacob Oram, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1978: Julian Peterson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Alena Popchanka, French swimmer [category: Births]
• 1979: Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer-songwriter and producer (Írafár) [category: Births]
• 1979: Henrik Hansen, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: James Piotr Montague, English writer and journalist [category: Births]
• 1979: Lee Min-woo, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Shinhwa) [category: Births]
• 1979: Stefanie Küster, German model and dancer [category: Births]
• 1979: Charles Shadwell, English bandleader (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Don Miller, American football player (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Anthony Weaver, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Darina, Mexican singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1980: Harumi Nemoto, Japanese model [category: Births]
• 1980: Leo Houlding, English rock climber [category: Births]
• 1980: Noel Sullivan, Welsh singer and actor (Hear'Say) [category: Births]
• 1980: Stephen Christian, American singer-songwriter and author (Anberlin and Anchor & Braille) [category: Births]
• 1981: Bi Wenjing, Chinese gymnast [category: Births]
• 1981: Billy Aaron Brown, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Cole Williams, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Dave Rosin, Canadian guitarist and singer (Hedley) [category: Births]
• 1981: Michael Carrick, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Nancy Alexiadi, Greek singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Zo In Sung, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Stanley Rother, American priest and missionary (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Tom Pelphrey, American actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Keith Green, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Cody Hay, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1983: Dhanush, Indian actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Olavi Uusivirta, Finnish singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1984: DeMeco Ryans, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: John David Washington, American football player, actor, and producer [category: Births]
• 1984: Leah Luv, American porn actress and director [category: Births]
• 1984: Zach Parise, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Darren Murphy, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Mathieu Debuchy, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Sharifah Sofia, Malaysian actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Alexandra Chando, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Lauri Korpikoski, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: John Stevens, American singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Sumire, Japanese model (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1988: Ayla Brown, American basketball player and singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Natasha Nice, French-American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Shana Swash, English actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Simone Pizzuti, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Soulja Boy, American rapper, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Jill Esmond, English actress (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Cher Lloyd, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1993: Hannah Lochner, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Harry Kane, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Andorra joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1995: Ben Watton, English actor [category: Births]
• 1996: Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and educator (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man. [category: Events]
• 1997: Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Seni Pramoj, Thai politician (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Lenny McLean, English boxer, actor, and author (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Emily Hahn, American actress [category: Births]
• 2000: Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist and historian (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Ahmed Sofa, Bangladeshi writer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships. [category: Events]
• 2002: Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground. [category: Events]
• 2003: Valerie Goulding, Irish politician and activist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Eugene Roche, American actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Francis Crick, English biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Sam Edwards, American actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Tiziano Terzani, Italian journalist (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland. [category: Events]
• 2005: Tornadoes touch down in residential areas in south Birmingham and Coventry, England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people. [category: Events]
• 2006: David Gemmell, English writer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Patrick Allen, English voice actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jim LeRoy, American pilot (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Karl Istaz, Belgian wrestler (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Suzanne Tamim, Lebanese singer (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: The historic Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare burns down for the second time in 80 years. [category: Events]
• 2009: Jim Johnson, American football player and coach (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Reverend Ike, American minister (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: George P. Lee, American missionary and criminal (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Ivy Bean, English internet celebrity (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321. [category: Events]
• 2011: Abdul Fatah Younis, Libyan military officer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Adam Cullen, Australian artist (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Amos Degani, Israeli politician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Carol Kendall, American author (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Colin Horsley, New Zealand pianist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: David Thomas, English cricketer (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sepp Mayerl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: William F. Milliken, Jr., American race car driver and engineer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: The Municipality of Mabalacat becomes a component city in the Province of Pampanga in the Philippines [category: Events]
• _: Alphonsa Muttathupadathu [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval (Canada) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Peru from Spain by General José de San Martín in 1821. (Peru) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: July 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberation Day (San Marino) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Tree Planting Day (Australian schools) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nazarius and Celsus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pantaleon [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Hepatitis Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ólavsøka Eve (Faroe Islands) [category: Holidays and observances]