28 July

Notable Births

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)

Hyojung

b. 1994

South Korean singer (born 1994)

Harry Kane

b. 1993

English footballer (born 1993)

Evan Rodrigues

b. 1993

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1993)

Cher Lloyd

b. 1993

English singer (born 1993)

Spencer Boldman

b. 1992

American actor (born 1992)

Soulja Boy

b. 1990

American rapper and songwriter (born 1990)

Gunnar Nelson (fighter)

b. 1988

Icelandic mixed martial artist (born 1988)

Yevhen Khacheridi

b. 1987

Ukrainian footballer (born 1987)

Pedro (footballer, born 1987)

b. 1987

Spanish footballer

Alexandra Chando

b. 1986

American actress

Lauri Korpikoski

b. 1986

Finnish ice hockey player (born 1986)

Mathieu Debuchy

b. 1985

French association football player (born 1985)

Dustin Milligan

b. 1985

Canadian actor (born 1985)

Ali Krieger

b. 1984

American soccer player (born 1984)

Zach Parise

b. 1984

American ice hockey player (born 1984)

Notable Deaths

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)

Émile Derlin Zinsou

d. 2016

Beninese politician; President of Benin (1968-1969)

Mahasweta Devi

d. 2016

Indian writer and activist

Jan Kulczyk

d. 2015

Polish businessman (1950–2015)

Edward Natapei

d. 2015

Former Prime Minister of Vanuatu

Clive Rice

d. 2015

South African cricketer

Alakbar Mammadov

d. 2014

Soviet footballer (1930–2014)

Eileen Brennan

d. 2013

American actress and singer (1932–2013)

Rita Reys

d. 2013

Dutch jazz singer (1924–2013)

William Scranton

d. 2013

Governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967

Ersilio Tonini

d. 2013

Italian cardinal

Abdul Fatah Younis

d. 2011

Libyan general

Jim Johnson (American football)

d. 2009

American football player and coach (1941–2009)

Karl Gotch

d. 2007

Belgian professional wrestler, amateur wrestling, and coach (1924–2007)

Jim LeRoy

d. 2007

United States Marine (1961–2007)

Abraham Pais

d. 2000

Dutch-American physicist and science historian

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

2001

Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.

Ian Thorpe

1996

The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.

Prehistory

1984

Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles.

Olympic Games

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.

1976 Tangshan earthquake

1974

Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.

Alpha Group

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1973

Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.

Summer Jam at Watkins Glen

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.

Vietnam War