June 28
1836 - James Madison, the fourth president of the United States (1809-1817), died at his Virginia estate, Montpelier, at age 85.
1838 - Britain's Queen Victoria was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
1863 - During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Maj. Gen. George C. Meade the new commander of the Army of the Potomac, following the resignation of Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker.
1894 - Labor Day became a federal holiday by an act of Congress.
1914 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip, an event which helped spark World War I.
1919 - The Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, bringing World War I to an end.
1939 - Pan American Airways began regular trans-Atlantic air service with a flight that departed New York for Marseilles, France.
1940 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Alien Registration Act, also known as the Smith Act, which required adult foreigners residing in the U.S. to be registered and fingerprinted.
1950 - During the Korean War, North Korean forces captured the South Korean capital of Seoul.
1978 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke that the use of quotas in affirmative action programs was not permissible, and ordered the UC-Davis School of Medicine to admit Allan Bakke, a white man who argued he had been a victim of reverse racial discrimination.
1994 - President Bill Clinton became the first chief executive in U.S. history to set up a personal legal defense fund and ask Americans to contribute to it.
1996 - The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, voted to admit female cadets.
2000 - Elian Gonzalez was returned to his father in Cuba.
2001 - Serbia handed over Slobodan Milosevic to the U.N. war crimes tribunal.
2004 - In Iraq, the United States transferred power back to the Iraqis two days earlier than planned.
2010 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Americans had the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they lived.
2012 - The Affordable Care Act narrowly survived a 5-4 election-year challenge at the U.S. Supreme Court with the improbable help of conservative Chief Justice John Roberts.
2012 - Attorney General Eric Holder became the first sitting Cabinet member held in contempt of Congress, a rebuke pushed by Republicans seeking to unearth the facts behind a bungled gun-tracking operation known as Fast and Furious. (The vote was 255-67, with more than 100 Democrats boycotting.)
2013 - The four plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban tied the knot, just hours after a federal appeals court freed gay couples to obtain marriage licenses in the state for the first time in 4 1/2 years.
2017 - Television network ABC and a South Dakota meat producer, Beef Products Inc. (BPI), announced a settlement in a $1.9 billion lawsuit against the network over its reports on a beef product that critics dubbed "pink slime".
2019 - Avowed white supremacist James Alex Fields, who deliberately drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing a young woman and injuring dozens of others, apologized to his victims before being sentenced to life in prison on federal hate crime charges.
Birthdays
30 - Elaine Thompson-Herah (track and field athlete)
32 - Nikki Mudarris (reality star)
34 - Diamond Strawberry (reality star)
36 - Kellie Pickler (singer)
43 - Felicia Day (actress)
46 - Camille Guaty (actress)
50 - Alessandro Nivola (actress)
51 - Elon Musk (entrepreneur)
52 - Steve Burton (actor)
53 - Tichina Arnold (actress)
53 - Danielle Brisebois (actress/singer)
55 - Gil Bellows (actor)
56 - John Cusack (actor)
56 - Mary Stuart Masterson (actress)
57 - Jessica Hecht (actress)
59 - Tierney Sutton (singer)
62 - John Elway (football player)
68 - Alice Krige (actress)
74 - Kathy Bates (actress)
76 - Bruce Davison (actor)
85 - John Byner (comedian)
96 - Mel Brooks (actor/comedian/director)
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Today in Sports History - June 28
1971 - The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali.
1973 - The Black Sports Hall of Fame inducts its first class, with members: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson.
1975 - Reigning PGA Championship winner Lee Trevino and three playing partners are struck by lightning at the Western Open; all suffered just minor burns.
1992 - The United States men's basketball team, the "Dream Team," played its first exhibition game, defeating Cuba 133-57.
1995 - The Golden State Warriors select Maryland forward Joe Smith with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
1997 - Boxer Mike Tyson bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear during their heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas, earning a 16-month suspension.
2000 - The New Jersey Nets select Cincinnati forward Kenyon Martin with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2005 - The Milwaukee Bucks select Utah center Andrew Bogut with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2006 - The Toronto Raptors select forward Andrea Bargnani of Italy with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2007 - Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th player in MLB history to record 3,000 career hits.
2007 - The Portland Trailblazers select Ohio State center Greg Oden with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2012 - The New Orleans Pelicans select Kentucky center Anthony Davis with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
1836 - James Madison, the fourth president of the United States (1809-1817), died at his Virginia estate, Montpelier, at age 85.
1838 - Britain's Queen Victoria was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
1863 - During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Maj. Gen. George C. Meade the new commander of the Army of the Potomac, following the resignation of Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker.
1894 - Labor Day became a federal holiday by an act of Congress.
1914 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip, an event which helped spark World War I.
1919 - The Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, bringing World War I to an end.
1939 - Pan American Airways began regular trans-Atlantic air service with a flight that departed New York for Marseilles, France.
1940 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Alien Registration Act, also known as the Smith Act, which required adult foreigners residing in the U.S. to be registered and fingerprinted.
1950 - During the Korean War, North Korean forces captured the South Korean capital of Seoul.
1978 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke that the use of quotas in affirmative action programs was not permissible, and ordered the UC-Davis School of Medicine to admit Allan Bakke, a white man who argued he had been a victim of reverse racial discrimination.
1994 - President Bill Clinton became the first chief executive in U.S. history to set up a personal legal defense fund and ask Americans to contribute to it.
1996 - The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, voted to admit female cadets.
2000 - Elian Gonzalez was returned to his father in Cuba.
2001 - Serbia handed over Slobodan Milosevic to the U.N. war crimes tribunal.
2004 - In Iraq, the United States transferred power back to the Iraqis two days earlier than planned.
2010 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Americans had the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they lived.
2012 - The Affordable Care Act narrowly survived a 5-4 election-year challenge at the U.S. Supreme Court with the improbable help of conservative Chief Justice John Roberts.
2012 - Attorney General Eric Holder became the first sitting Cabinet member held in contempt of Congress, a rebuke pushed by Republicans seeking to unearth the facts behind a bungled gun-tracking operation known as Fast and Furious. (The vote was 255-67, with more than 100 Democrats boycotting.)
2013 - The four plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban tied the knot, just hours after a federal appeals court freed gay couples to obtain marriage licenses in the state for the first time in 4 1/2 years.
2017 - Television network ABC and a South Dakota meat producer, Beef Products Inc. (BPI), announced a settlement in a $1.9 billion lawsuit against the network over its reports on a beef product that critics dubbed "pink slime".
2019 - Avowed white supremacist James Alex Fields, who deliberately drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing a young woman and injuring dozens of others, apologized to his victims before being sentenced to life in prison on federal hate crime charges.
Birthdays
30 - Elaine Thompson-Herah (track and field athlete)
32 - Nikki Mudarris (reality star)
34 - Diamond Strawberry (reality star)
36 - Kellie Pickler (singer)
43 - Felicia Day (actress)
46 - Camille Guaty (actress)
50 - Alessandro Nivola (actress)
51 - Elon Musk (entrepreneur)
52 - Steve Burton (actor)
53 - Tichina Arnold (actress)
53 - Danielle Brisebois (actress/singer)
55 - Gil Bellows (actor)
56 - John Cusack (actor)
56 - Mary Stuart Masterson (actress)
57 - Jessica Hecht (actress)
59 - Tierney Sutton (singer)
62 - John Elway (football player)
68 - Alice Krige (actress)
74 - Kathy Bates (actress)
76 - Bruce Davison (actor)
85 - John Byner (comedian)
96 - Mel Brooks (actor/comedian/director)
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Today in Sports History - June 28
1971 - The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali.
1973 - The Black Sports Hall of Fame inducts its first class, with members: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson.
1975 - Reigning PGA Championship winner Lee Trevino and three playing partners are struck by lightning at the Western Open; all suffered just minor burns.
1992 - The United States men's basketball team, the "Dream Team," played its first exhibition game, defeating Cuba 133-57.
1995 - The Golden State Warriors select Maryland forward Joe Smith with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
1997 - Boxer Mike Tyson bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear during their heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas, earning a 16-month suspension.
2000 - The New Jersey Nets select Cincinnati forward Kenyon Martin with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2005 - The Milwaukee Bucks select Utah center Andrew Bogut with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2006 - The Toronto Raptors select forward Andrea Bargnani of Italy with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2007 - Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th player in MLB history to record 3,000 career hits.
2007 - The Portland Trailblazers select Ohio State center Greg Oden with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2012 - The New Orleans Pelicans select Kentucky center Anthony Davis with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
