July 28
1540 - King Henry VIII of England's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was executed and Henry married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
1609 - The English ship Sea Venture, commanded by Adm. Sir George Somers, ran ashore on Bermuda, where the passengers and crew founded a colony.
1750 - Composer Johann Sebastian Bach died in Leipzig, Germany at age 65.
1794 - Maximilien Robespierre, one of the leading figures of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine for execution.
1821 - Peru declared its independence from Spain.
1868 - The 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which established the citizenship of African Americans and guaranteed due process of law, was ratified.
1896 - The city of Miami, Florida was incorporated.
1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, precipitating the start of World War I; declarations of war by other European nations quickly followed.
1932 - President Herbert Hoover ordered Douglas MacArthur to evict the Bonus Marchers (a group of World War I veterans) from their camps. The marchers had gathered to demand payments they weren't set to receive until 1945.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the end of coffee rationing, which had limited people to one pound of coffee every five weeks since it began in November 1942.
1945 - A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City's Empire State Building, killing 14 people.
1945 - The U.S. Senate ratified the United Nations Charter on a 89-2 vote.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
1976 - An earthquake devastated northern China, killing at least 242,000 people, according to an official estimate.
1995 - A jury in Union, South Carolina, rejected the death penalty for Susan Smith, sentencing her to life in prison for drowning her two young sons (Smith will be eligible for parole in 2024).
1998 - Bell Atlantic and GTE announced a $52 billion merger that created Verizon.
2002 - Nine Pennsylvania coal miners were rescued after 77 hours of being trapped in a mine shaft.
2004 - The Democratic National Convention in Boston nominated Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry for president.
2005 - The Irish Republican Army renounced the use of violence against British rule in Northern Ireland and said it would disarm.
2009 - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.
2015 - It was announced that Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Naval intelligence analyst who had spent nearly three decades in prison for spying for Israel, had been granted parole.
2016 - Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Philadelphia, where she cast herself as a unifier for divided times as well as an experienced leader steeled for a volatile world while aggressively challenging Republican Donald Trump’s ability to lead.
2017 - The Senate voted 51-49 to reject Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s last-ditch effort to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul with a trimmed-down bill; John McCain, who was about to begin treatments for a brain tumor, joined two other GOP senators in voting against the repeal effort.
2020 - President Donald Trump issued a stout defense of the disproved use of a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, to treat COVID-19, hours after social media companies took down videos shared by Trump, his son and others promoting its use; Trump also retweeted several attacks on the credibility of Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading member of the White House coronavirus task force.
2021 - The Senate voted to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure plan after the White House and a bipartisan group of senators agreed on major provisions of the package, a key part of President Joe Biden’s agenda.
Birthdays
21 - Shelby Bain (actress)
24 - Victoria Baldesarra (actress)
27 - Brad Simpson (singer)
29 - Cher Lloyd (singer)
30 - Spencer Boldman (actor)
32 - Soulja Boy (rapper)
37 - Dustin Milligan (actor)
37 - Jon Michael Hill (actor)
38 - John David Washington (actor)
50 - Elizabeth Berkley (actress)
53 - Dana White (UFC executive)
58 - Lori Loughlin (actress)
59 - Michael Hayden (actor)
65 - Scott Pelley (news anchor)
75 - Sally Struthers (actress)
75 - Dick Ebersol (producer)
76 - Linda Kelsey (actress)
76 - Jonathan Edwards (singer)
77 - Jim Davis (cartoonist)
79 - Bill Bradley (basketball player/politician)
91 - Darryl Hickman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 28
1933 - The NFL divides into two, five-team divisions.
1984 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles, with the Soviet Union boycotting the games.
1985 - Lou Brock, Enos Slaughter, A Vaughan and Hoyt Wilhelm are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1991 - Dennis Martinez, of the Montreal Expos, pitched the 13th perfect game in major league baseball history.
1994 - Kenny Rogers, of the Texas Rangers, pitched the 14th perfect game in major league baseball history in a win over the California Angels.
1996 - Americans Karch Kiraly & Kent Steffes win inaugural beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics; Kiraly first to win gold in both indoor and beach events.
2002 - Lance Armstrong won his fourth consecutive Tour de France.
1540 - King Henry VIII of England's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was executed and Henry married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
1609 - The English ship Sea Venture, commanded by Adm. Sir George Somers, ran ashore on Bermuda, where the passengers and crew founded a colony.
1750 - Composer Johann Sebastian Bach died in Leipzig, Germany at age 65.
1794 - Maximilien Robespierre, one of the leading figures of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine for execution.
1821 - Peru declared its independence from Spain.
1868 - The 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which established the citizenship of African Americans and guaranteed due process of law, was ratified.
1896 - The city of Miami, Florida was incorporated.
1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, precipitating the start of World War I; declarations of war by other European nations quickly followed.
1932 - President Herbert Hoover ordered Douglas MacArthur to evict the Bonus Marchers (a group of World War I veterans) from their camps. The marchers had gathered to demand payments they weren't set to receive until 1945.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the end of coffee rationing, which had limited people to one pound of coffee every five weeks since it began in November 1942.
1945 - A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City's Empire State Building, killing 14 people.
1945 - The U.S. Senate ratified the United Nations Charter on a 89-2 vote.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
1976 - An earthquake devastated northern China, killing at least 242,000 people, according to an official estimate.
1995 - A jury in Union, South Carolina, rejected the death penalty for Susan Smith, sentencing her to life in prison for drowning her two young sons (Smith will be eligible for parole in 2024).
1998 - Bell Atlantic and GTE announced a $52 billion merger that created Verizon.
2002 - Nine Pennsylvania coal miners were rescued after 77 hours of being trapped in a mine shaft.
2004 - The Democratic National Convention in Boston nominated Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry for president.
2005 - The Irish Republican Army renounced the use of violence against British rule in Northern Ireland and said it would disarm.
2009 - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.
2015 - It was announced that Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Naval intelligence analyst who had spent nearly three decades in prison for spying for Israel, had been granted parole.
2016 - Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Philadelphia, where she cast herself as a unifier for divided times as well as an experienced leader steeled for a volatile world while aggressively challenging Republican Donald Trump’s ability to lead.
2017 - The Senate voted 51-49 to reject Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s last-ditch effort to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul with a trimmed-down bill; John McCain, who was about to begin treatments for a brain tumor, joined two other GOP senators in voting against the repeal effort.
2020 - President Donald Trump issued a stout defense of the disproved use of a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, to treat COVID-19, hours after social media companies took down videos shared by Trump, his son and others promoting its use; Trump also retweeted several attacks on the credibility of Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading member of the White House coronavirus task force.
2021 - The Senate voted to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure plan after the White House and a bipartisan group of senators agreed on major provisions of the package, a key part of President Joe Biden’s agenda.
Birthdays
21 - Shelby Bain (actress)
24 - Victoria Baldesarra (actress)
27 - Brad Simpson (singer)
29 - Cher Lloyd (singer)
30 - Spencer Boldman (actor)
32 - Soulja Boy (rapper)
37 - Dustin Milligan (actor)
37 - Jon Michael Hill (actor)
38 - John David Washington (actor)
50 - Elizabeth Berkley (actress)
53 - Dana White (UFC executive)
58 - Lori Loughlin (actress)
59 - Michael Hayden (actor)
65 - Scott Pelley (news anchor)
75 - Sally Struthers (actress)
75 - Dick Ebersol (producer)
76 - Linda Kelsey (actress)
76 - Jonathan Edwards (singer)
77 - Jim Davis (cartoonist)
79 - Bill Bradley (basketball player/politician)
91 - Darryl Hickman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 28
1933 - The NFL divides into two, five-team divisions.
1984 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles, with the Soviet Union boycotting the games.
1985 - Lou Brock, Enos Slaughter, A Vaughan and Hoyt Wilhelm are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1991 - Dennis Martinez, of the Montreal Expos, pitched the 13th perfect game in major league baseball history.
1994 - Kenny Rogers, of the Texas Rangers, pitched the 14th perfect game in major league baseball history in a win over the California Angels.
1996 - Americans Karch Kiraly & Kent Steffes win inaugural beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics; Kiraly first to win gold in both indoor and beach events.
2002 - Lance Armstrong won his fourth consecutive Tour de France.
