Today in History
28 July
174 births · 115 deaths · 46 events recorded
Notable Births
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Malik Nabers
b. 2003
American football player (born 2003)
Emile Smith Rowe
b. 2000
English footballer (born 2000)
GloRilla
b. 1999
American rapper (born 1999)
Harriet Dart
b. 1996
British tennis player (born 1996)
Walker Buehler
b. 1994
American baseball player (born 1994)
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
b. 1929
First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963
Charles Dillon Perrine
b. 1867
American astronomer (1867–1951)
Gerard Manley Hopkins
b. 1844
English poet and Catholic priest (1844–1889)
Notable Deaths
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Laura Dahlmeier
d. 2025
German biathlete (1993–2025)
Reyes Moronta
d. 2024
Dominican baseball player (1993–2024)
Bernard Cribbins
d. 2022
British actor (1928–2022)
Dusty Hill
d. 2021
American musician (1949–2021)
Alex Forbes
d. 2014
Scottish footballer and manager
Abraham Pais
d. 2000
Dutch-American physicist and science historian
Jack Renshaw
d. 1987
Australian politician (1909–1987)
Johann Sebastian Bach
d. 1750
German composer (1685–1750)
On This Day in History
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2022
Catastrophic floods devastate Eastern Kentucky, resulting in 45 fatalities and causing damage to thousands of homes and businesses.
2022 Appalachian floods
2018
Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
Wendy Tuck
2017
Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.
Nawaz Sharif
2011
While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport, but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island, killing both crew members on board.
Seoul
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.
Airblue Flight 202
2005
The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
Provisional Irish Republican Army
2002
Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
Coal mining
2002
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing 14 of the 16 people on board.
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560