June 28
June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 186 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 202 – Yuan Shao, Chinese warlord
- 548 – Theodora I, Byzantine Empress (b. 500)
- 572 – Alboin, Lombard King (b. 530)
- 683 – Pope Leo II (b. 611)
- 767 – Pope Paul I (b. 700)
- 928 – Louis the Blind, King of Provence and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 880)
- 1061 – Floris I, Count of Holland (b. 1020)
- 1175 – Andrey Bogolyubsky, Russian saint (b. 1111)
- 1189 – Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (b. 1156)
- 1194 – Emperor Xiaozong of Song of China (b. 1127)
- 1385 – Andronikos IV Palaiologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1348)
- 1586 – Primoz Trubar, Slovenian author and reformer (b. 1508)
- 1598 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer (maker of maps) (b. 1527)
- 1716 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (b. 1665)
- 1757 – Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Queen of Prussia (b. 1687)
- 1813 – Gerhard Scharnhorst, Prussian general (b. 1755)
- 1834 – Joseph Bové, Russian architect (b. 1784)
- 1836 – James Madison, 4th President of the United States (b. 1751)
- 1880 – Dan Kelly, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne, Australian bushrangers, killed at Glenrowan, Victoria.
- 1880 – Texas Jack Omohundro, American cowboy and actor (b. 1848)
- 1881 – Jules Armand Dufaure, 33rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1798)
- 1889 – Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and Women's Rights activist (b. 1818)
- 1892 – Harry Atkinson, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1831)
- 1892 – Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Greek poet and statesman (b. 1810)
1901 – 2000
- 1913 – Manoel Ferraz de Campos Sales, President of Brazil (b. 1811)
- 1914 – Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (assassination) (b. 1863)
- 1914 – Archduchess Sophie Chotek, wife of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (b. 1868)
- 1917 – Sven Berggren, Swedish naturalist and botanist (b. 1837)
- 1928 – Ida Ferenczy, lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth of Bavaria (b. 1839)
- 1929 – Edward Carpenter, English poet and philosopher (b. 1844)
- 1935 – Patriarch Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
- 1940 – Italo Balbo, Italian general and politician (b. 1896)
- 1942 – Yanka Kupala, Belarussian writer (b. 1882)
- 1960 – Jake Swirbul, co-founder of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
- 1962 – Mickey Cochrane, American Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1903)
- 1965 – Red Nichols, American jazz musician (b. 1905)
- 1971 – Franz Stangl, Nazi Concentration camp commandant (b. 1908)
- 1974 – Frank Sutton, American actor (b. 1923)
- 1975 – Rod Serling, American scriptwriter, host of The Twilight Zone (b. 1924)
- 1976 – Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and movie producer (b. 1927)
- 1978 – Clifford Dupont, President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
- 1980 – José Iturbi, Spanish musician, conductor (b. 1895)
- 1981 – Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (b. 1958)
- 1989 – Joris Ivens, movie maker (b. 1898)
- 1991 – Henri Lefebvre, French philosopher (b. 1901)
- 1992 – Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (b. 1936)
- 1993 – GG Allin, American punk rock singer (b. 1956)
- 1997 – Mrs. Miller, singer (b. 1907)
From 2001
- 2001 – Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902)
- 2001 – Joan Sims, actress (b. 1930)
- 2003 – Wim Slijkhuis, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
- 2004 – Anthony Buckeridge, writer (b. 1912)
- 2007 – Kiichi Miyazawa, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
- 2008 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b. 1987)
- 2009 – Billy Mays, American pitchman (b. 1958)
- 2010 – Robert Byrd, American politician, longest-serving United States Senator (b. 1917)
- 2011 – Michael Wenning, American minister (b. 1935)
- 2013 – Peter Lehmann, Australian winemaker (b. 1930)
- 2014 – Meshach Taylor, American actor (b. 1947)
- 2014 – Brian Roe, English cricketer (b. 1939)
- 2014 – Jim Brosnan, American baseball player (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Julio Silva Solar, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
- 2015 – Todor Slavov, Bulgarian rally driver (b. 1984)
- 2015 – Jack Carter, American comedian and actor (b. 1922)
- 2015 – Wally Stanowski, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
- 2016 – Scotty Moore, American guitarist (b. 1931)
- 2016 – Buddy Ryan, American football coach (b. 1931)
- 2016 – Pat Summitt, American basketball coach (b. 1952)
- 2016 – Zurlon Tipton, American football player (b. 1990)
- 2017 – John Higgins, Scottish footballer (b. 1930)
- 2017 – Wally O'Connell, Australian rugby league player (b. 1923)
- 2017 – Ola Mildred Rexroat, American World War II military official (b. 1917)
- 2018 – Domenico Losurdo, Italian philosopher (b. 1940)
- 2018 – Rob Hiaasen, American journalist and newspaper editor (b. 1959)
- 2018 – Denis Akiyama, Canadian actor (b. 1952)
- 2018 – Christine Nöstlinger, Austrian author (b. 1936)
- 2019 – Willie Frazer, Northern Irish activist (b. 1960)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1902 – Richard Rodgers, American composer (d. 1979)
- 1906 – Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1972)
- 1912 – Carl Friedrich von Weizsaecker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007)
- 1913 – Franz Antel, Austrian movie maker (d. 2007)
- 1914 – Lester Flatt, bluegrass musician (d. 1979)
- 1915 – David Honeyboy Edwards, American blues musician (d. 2011)
- 1917 – Albert De Cleyn, Belgian footballer (d. 1990)
- 1918 – William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1999)
- 1921 – P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India, 1991 – 1996 (d. 2004)
- 1923 – Gaye Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010)
- 1923 – Conte Candoli, American trumpeter (d. 2001)
- 1923 – Pete Candoli, American trumpeter (d. 2008)
- 1925 – Giselher Klebe, German composer (d. 2009)
- 1926 – Mel Brooks, American actor, director and filmmaker
- 1927 – Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist (d. 2012)
- 1928 – Hans Blix, Swedish politician and diplomat
- 1930 – Itamar Franco, former President of Brazil (d. 2011)
- 1930 – Jack Gold, British movie director (d. 2015)
- 1930 – William C. Campbell, Irish-American biologist and parasitologist
- 1931 – Hans Alfredsson, Swedish actor, movie director, writer and comedian
- 1932 – Pat Morita, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1934 – Carl Levin, United States Senator (d. 2021)
- 1934 – Georges Wolinski, French cartoonist (d. 2015)
- 1934 – Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell, Irish lawyer and judge
- 1935 – John Inman, English actor and singer (d. 2007)
- 1936 – Chuck Howley, American football player
- 1938 – Moy Yat, martial artist
- 1938 – Leon Panetta, American politician
- 1940 – Karpal Singh, Malaysian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
- 1940 – Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker and economist, Nobel Peace Prize winner
- 1941 – David Lloyd Johnston, 28th Governor General of Canada
- 1941 – Joseph Goguen, American scientist (d. 2006)
- 1942 – Chris Hani, South African politician (d. 1993)
- 1942 – Rupert Sheldrake, British writer, biochemist and parapsychologist
- 1943 – Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1945 – Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (d. 1989)
- 1946 – Gilda Radner, American actress and comedienne (d. 1989)
- 1946 – Jaime Guzman, Chilean politician (d. 1991)
- 1946 – John Michael Lounge, American astronaut (d. 2011)
- 1947 – Mark Helprin, American writer
- 1948 – Kathy Bates, American actress
- 1948 – Clarence Thomas, United States Supreme Court justice
- 1948 – Robin Dunbar, British anthropologist and evolutionary biologist
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – Mark Shand, English conservationist and author, brother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (d. 2014)
- 1951 – Lalla Ward, English actress
- 1951 – Walter Alva, Peruvian archaeologist
- 1952 – Ray Ashcroft, English actor
- 1952 – Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete and politician (d. 2013)
- 1952 – John Patrick Lowrie, American voice actor, actor, musician and author
- 1952 – Jean-Christophe Rufin, French physician and author
- 1953 – Gernot Rohr, German footballer and manager
- 1954 – A. A. Gill, British journalist, author and critic (d. 2016)
- 1954 – Alice Krige, actress
- 1957 – Georgi Parvanov, former President of Bulgaria
- 1957 – Jim Spanarkel, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1958 – Donna Edwards, American lawyer, politician and writer
- 1959 – Clint Boon, English singer and keyboardist
- 1960 – John Elway, American football player
- 1961 – Jeff Malone, American basketball player and coach
- 1963 – Charlie Clouser, American musician (Nine Inch Nails)
- 1964 – Mark Grace, American Major League Baseball player
- 1964 – Sabrina Ferilli, Italian actress
- 1964 – Tommy Lynn Sells, American serial killer (d. 2014)
- 1966 – John Cusack, American actor
- 1966 – Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress, director and producer
- 1967 – Lars Riedel, German athlete
- 1967 – Leona Aglukkaq, Canadian politician
- 1967 – Gil Bellows, Canadian actor
- 1968 – Adam Woodyatt, English actor
- 1969 – Ayelet Zurer, Israeli actress
- 1969 – Stéphane Chapuisat, Swiss footballer
- 1971 – Sean Dyche, English football manager
- 1971 – Fabien Barthez, French footballer
- 1971 – Lorenzo Amoruso, Italian footballer
- 1971 – Bobby Hurley, American basketball player
- 1971 – Elon Musk, South African-American entrepreneur
- 1971 – Louise Mensch, English politician and author
- 1972 – Ngo Bao Chau, Vietnamese mathematician
- 1972 – Alessandro Nivola, American actor
- 1972 – Jon Heidenreich, American professional wrestler
- 1973 – Adrian Annus, hammer thrower
- 1973 – André Lange, German bobsledder
- 1974 – Rob Dyrdek, American skateboarder, actor and producer
- 1975 – Ning Baizura, Malaysian singer and producer
From 1976
- 1977 – Mark Stoermer, American bass player (The Killers)
- 1978 – Simon Larose, tennis player
- 1979 – Felicia Day, American actress and writer
- 1979 – Randy McMichael, American football player
- 1982 – Ibrahim Camejo, Cuban long jumper
- 1982 – Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia
- 1984 – Tamara Ecclestone, British model and television host
- 1985 – Phil Bardsley, British footballer
- 1986 – Kellie Pickler, American country music singer and songwriter
- 1986 – Suzuko Mimori, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1987 – Terrence Williams, American basketball player
- 1988 – Kanon Wakeshima, Japanese singer and cellist
- 1989 – Lucy Rose, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1989 – Mark Edward Fischbach, American actor and comedian
- 1990 – Nick Purcell, American actor
- 1990 – Jasmine Richards, Canadian actress
- 1990 – Daisy Turner, English model and actress
- 1991 – Seohyun, South Korean singer, dancer and actress (Girls' Generation)
- 1991 – Kevin De Bruyne, Belgian footballer
- 1993 – Bradley Beal, American basketball player
- 1994 – Anish Giri, Russian-Dutch chess player
- 1994 – Madeline Duggan, English actress
- 1994 – Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan
- 1995 – Kare Hedebrandt, Swedish actor