June 28 Historical Events

The following events took place on June 28. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 59 events. Showing 31 - 59.

• 1922
  The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
• 1926
  Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
• 1936
  The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
• 1940
  Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum.
• 1942
  World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue
• 1945
  Poland’s Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day.
• 1948
  The Cominform circulates the “Resolution on the situation in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia”; Yugoslavia is expelled from the Communist bloc.
• 1948
  Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
• 1950
  Korean War: Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
• 1950
  Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers, argued to be between 100,000 and 200,000 are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
• 1950
  Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge to in attempt to slow North Korea’s offensive.
• 1950
  Korean War: North Korean Army conducts Seoul National University Hospital Massacre.
• 1956
  in Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
• 1964
  Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

• 1967
  Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
• 1969
  Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
• 1973
  Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
• 1976
  The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
• 1978
  The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
• 1981
  A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party.
• 1987
  For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.
• 1989
  On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.
• 1992
  The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law.
• 1994
  Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan; Seven people are killed, 660 injured.
• 1996
  The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
• 1997
  Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield’s ear.
• 2001
  Slobodan Milošević is deported to ICTY to stand trial.
• 2004
  Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
• 2009
  Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.