
June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 186 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1389 – First Battle of Kosovo: The battle between the Ottoman Army led by Murad I and the multinational Balkan Army led by Serbian Commander Lazar Hrebelyanovic resulted in the victory of the Ottoman Army.
- 1763 – A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Komárom, Hungary.
- 1838 - Victoria I crowned the United Kingdom at the age of 18. The Queen acceded to the throne on 20 June.
- 1841 - Giselle The ballet premiered for the first time at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris.
- 1862 – Tasviri Efkar newspaper was started to be published by Şinasi.
- 1894 - Labor Day is recognized as a public holiday in the United States.
- 1895 - El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua unite to form the "Central American Union".
- 1914 – The process leading to World War I began after the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia were murdered by a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip.
- 1919 – At the end of World War I, the Versailles Peace Treaty was signed between the Entente Powers and Germany.
- 1921 - Kocaeli was taken from the British and Greek troops and rejoined Turkish lands.
- 1923 – Darülfünun sent “Honorary Professorship Certificate” to Mustafa Kemal.
- 1928 - Socialist Hermann Müller takes office as Chancellor of Germany.
- 1931 – Socialists win the general elections in Spain.
- 1933 – The High Council for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage was established.
- 1938 – A 450-ton meteorite fell on an empty field in Chicora, Pennsylvania.
- 1940 - Romania ceded the region of Basarabia (present-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union.
- 1948 – The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was expelled from the Cominform, which formed the Communist Bloc.
- 1950 - Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
- 1967 - Israel captured East Jerusalem.
- 1969 - Stonewall riots begin.
- 1981 – A bomb explodes at the headquarters of the Islamic Republican Party in Tehran; 72 politicians and officials died.
- 1984 – Martial law was lifted in 13 provinces in Turkey. A state of emergency was declared in 7 of these provinces; The state of emergency, which was being implemented in 4 provinces, was ended.
- 1989 – Natanz Incident: Natanz Atomic Factory in Iran fell into ruins with an explosion.
- 1997 – Mike Tyson bit his opponent Evander Holyfield in the ear in the third round of a boxing match and was disqualified.
- 2000 – The United States decided to soften the embargo against Cuba, which it has been applying for 41 years.
- 2004 – The 17th NATO Summit started in Istanbul.
- 2005 - Canada becomes the third country to legalize same-sex marriage.
- 2006 – Montenegro was admitted to the United Nations as the 192nd member state.
- 2009 – Brazil won the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.
- 2011 – Google announces its new social networking project Google+.
- 2011 – CHP and BDP supported independents did not take the oath in the first session and swearing-in ceremony of the 24th term in the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
- 2013 – Hagia Sophia Mosque in Trabzon was reopened for worship after 49 years.
- 2016 – An armed and bombed suicide attack was carried out at the Atatürk Airport International Terminal in Istanbul. As a result of the attack, 45 people lost their lives, including the suicide attackers, and 239 were injured.
Births
- 751 – Carloman I, King of the Franks (d. 771)
- 1243 – Go-Fukakusa, 89th emperor of Japan in the traditional succession order (d. 1304)
- 1476 – IV. Paulus, pope from 23 May 1555 to 18 August 1559 (d. 1559)
- 1491 – VIII. Henry, King of England (d. 1547)
- 1577 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (d. 1640)
- 1703 – John Wesley, English priest and founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
- 1712 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (d. 1778)
- 1818 – Angelo Secchi, Italian Jesuit and astronomer (d. 1878)
- 1824 – Paul Broca, French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (d. 1880)
- 1867 – Lightner Witmer, American psychologist (d. 1956)
- 1867 – Luigi Pirandello, Italian playwright, novelist and Nobel Prize winner (d. 1936)
- 1873 – Alexis Carrel, French physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1944)
- 1875 – Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (d. 1941)
- 1883 – Pierre Laval, French politician (d. 1945)
- 1892 – Edward Halett Carr, English historian and author (d. 1982)
- 1902 – Richard Rodgers, American composer, songwriter, and playwright (d. 1979)
- 1906 – Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (d. 1972)
- 1912 – Sherwood Rowland, American professor of chemistry (d. 1927)
- 1914 - Aribert Heim, Nazi-German doctor of Austrian descent (d. 1992)
- 1918 – William Whitelaw, British politician (d. 1999)
- 1926 – Mel Brooks, American actor, writer, and director
- 1928 – John Stewart Bell, Northern Irish physicist (d. 1990)
- 1928 – Hans Blix, Swedish former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency
- 1932 – Pat Morita, Japanese-American film actor (d. 2005)
- 1934 – Georges Wolinsky, French cartoonist and comic book cartoonist (d. 2015)
- 1936 – Belgin Doruk, Turkish film actress (d. 1995)
- 1940 – Mohammed Yunus, Bangladeshi banker and professor of economics and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 1941 – David Lloyd Johnston, Canadian academic writer
- 1943 – Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist
- 1944 – Sohrab Shahid Sales, Iranian director (d. 1998)
- 1945 – Nazlı Eray, Turkish storyteller and novelist
- 1945 – Türkan Şoray, Turkish actor
- 1946 – Bruce Davison, American actor and director
- 1946 – Gilda Radner, American actress (d. 1989)
- 1948 - Kathy Bates, American actress and Oscar winner
- 1952 – Enis Batur, Turkish poet
- 1952 – Jean-Christophe Rufin, French writer
- 1955 – Civan Canova, Turkish theater, cinema, TV series actor and playwright (d. 2022)
- 1955 – Thomas Hampson, Grammy Award-winning American baritone
- 1957 – Georgi Parvanov, Bulgarian politician and Prime Minister
- 1961 – Kerem Görsev, Turkish musician
- 1963 – Mike Fitzpatrick, American lawyer and politician (d. 2020)
- 1964 – Sabrina Ferilli, Italian theater and film actress and television presenter
- 1966 – John Cusack, American actor
- 1966 – Şenay Gürler, Turkish theater and film actor
- 1966 – Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress
- 1969 – Stéphane Chapuisat, Swiss former football player
- 1969 – Ayelet Zurer, Israeli actress
- 1971 - Fabien Barthez, Retired French goalkeeper
- 1971 – No ID, American record producer
- 1971 - Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX Space Company
- 1974 – Yiğit Arı, Turkish actor
- 1976 – Hans Sarpei, Ghanaian football player
- 1976 – Ali İhsan Varol, Turkish presenter
- 1977 – Harun Tekin, Turkish musician and lead singer of Mor ve Ötesi
- 1980 – Maurizio Domizzi, Italian football player
- 1981 – Mara Santangelo, Italian tennis player
- 1983 – Dorge Kouemaha, Cameroonian football player
- 1984 – Andriy Pyatov, Ukrainian goalkeeper
- 1987 - Karin Knapp, Italian tennis player
- 1991 – Kevin De Bruyne, Belgian football player
- 1991 – Seohyun, South Korean actress, singer and dancer
- 1992 – Oscar Hiljemark, Swedish football player
- 1992 – Elaine Thompson-Herah, Jamaican athlete
- 1993 – Bradley Beal, American basketball player
- 1993 – Anastasios Bakasetas, Greek national football player
- 1994 – Hussein bin Abdullah, heir apparent to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, King of Jordan II. He is the eldest son of Abdullah and queen Rania al Abdullah
- 1994
- Anish Giri, Russian-Dutch chess player
- Emily Blue, American electropop singer and lead singer of indie rock band Tara Terra
- Kira Trusova, Russian handball player
- Alessio Cragno, Italian football player
- Hussein bin Abdullah, heir apparent to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- 1995 – Jason Denayer, Belgian football player
- 1997 – Biran Damla Yılmaz, Turkish cinema and TV series actress
Deaths
- 207 – Yuan Shao, politician and warlord of the Eastern Han Dynasty in China (b. ?)
- 548 – Theodora, Byzantine Empress and wife of Justinian I (b. 500)
- 683 – II. Leo, alias Leo Maneius, was Pope from 17 August 682 to 28 June 683 (b. 611)
- 767 – Paul I (Saint Paulus), religious leader of the Catholic Church (Pope) (b. 700)
- 1196 – Xiaozong, 11th emperor of China's Song Dynasty (b. 1127)
- 1385 – IV. Andronikos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1348)
- 1389 – Murad I, 3rd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1326)
- 1598 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (b. 1527)
- 1757 – Sophia Dorothea, Queen of Prussia as consort of Frederick William (b. 1687)
- 1813 – Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Hanoverian general and first Prussian Chief of Staff (b. 1755)
- 1836 – James Madison, 4th President of the United States (b. 1751)
- 1881 – Jules Armand Dufaure, French politician (b. 1798)
- 1885 – Hacı Arif Bey, Turkish lyricist and musician (b. 1831)
- 1889 – Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (b. 1818)
- 1892 – Harry Atkinson, New Zealand politician (b. 1831)
- 1913 – Campos Sales, Brazilian lawyer, coffee farmer, and politician (b. 1841)
- 1914 – Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1863)
- 1936 – Alexander Berkman, American author, radical anarchist, and activist (b. 1870)
- 1937 – Max Adler, Austrian marxist lawyer, sociologist, and socialist theorist (b. 1873)
- 1940 – Italo Balbo, Italian Fascist (b. 1896)
- 1942 – Yanka Kupala, Belarusian poet and writer (b. 1882)
- 1944 – Friedrich Dollmann, general of Nazi Germany (b. 1882)
- 1945 – Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist, politician and Cumhuriyet newspaperfounder of (b. 1879)
- 1966 – Fuad Köprülü, Turkish history professor and Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1890)
- 1971 – Franz Stangl, II. Commander of Sobibor Extermination Camp and Treblinka Extermination Camp in World War II Nazi Germany (b. 1908)
- 1974 – Frank Sutton, American actor (b. 1923)
- 1976 – Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and filmmaker (b. 1928)
- 1981 – Mohammed Beheshti, Iranian religious scholar and author, co-founder of the Islamic revolution (b. 1928)
- 1989 – Joris Ivens, Dutch documentary filmmaker and director (b. 1898)
- 1992 – Mikhail Tal, Soviet World Chess Champion (b. 1936)
- 2000 – Cinuçen Tanrıkorur, Turkish musician (b. 1938)
- 2007 – Erdoğan Tünaş, Turkish screenwriter, writer and filmmaker (b. 1935)
- 2007 – Zehra Bilir, Turkish singer (b. 1913)
- 2007 – Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician who served as the 1991th prime minister of Japan from 1993-49 (b. 1919)
- 2008 – Ruslana Korshunova, Russian-born Kazakh model and model (b. 1987)
- 2009 – Billy Mays, American comedian, actor, and voice actor (b. 1958)
- 2011 – Paul Bağdatlıyan, Armenian-born singer, musician and composer (b. 1953)
- 2013 – Silvi Vrait, Estonian singer (b. 1951)
- 2014 – Meshach Taylor, American actress (b. 1947)
- 2015 – Jack Carter, American comedian, actor, and presenter (b. 1923)
- 2016 – Maurice Cazeneuve, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- 2016 – Scotty Moore, American guitarist (b. 1931)
- 2016 – Fabiane Niclotti in 2004 Miss Brazil former model selected as the most beautiful (b. 1984)
- 2018 – Denis Akiyama, Japanese-Canadian actor and voice actor (b. 1952)
- 2018 – Harlan Ellison, Award-winning American author and screenwriter of short stories, novels, telephone dialogue, essays, and criticism (b. 1934)
- 2018 – Domenico Losurdo, Italian Marxist philosopher and historian (b. 1941)
- 2018 – Christine Nöstlinger, Austrian author of children's and youth books (b. 1936)
- 2018 – Şarık Tara, Turkish civil engineer and businessman (b. 1930)
- 2019 – Paul Benjamin, American actor (b. 1938)
- 2019 – Şükrü Birant, Former Turkish national football player (b. 1944)
- 2019 – Lisa Martinek, German actress (b. 1972)
- 2020 – Nasir Ajanah, Nigerian judge (b. 1956)
- 2020 – Marián Čišovský, Slovak national football player (b. 1979)
- 2020 – Mimi Soltysik, American socialist politician and political activist (b. 1974)
- 2020 – Yu Lan, Chinese theater, film and television actor (b. 1921)
- 2021 – Paul Koulak, French composer and musician (b. 1943)
- 2022 – Cüneyt Arkın, real name Fahrettin Cüreklibatır, Turkish doctor, TV series, cinema, theater actor, screenwriter, producer and director (b. 1937)
- 2022 – Deborah James, British journalist, podcaster, and charity (b. 1981)
- 2022 – Sergey Korepanov, Soviet-Russian politician (b. 1948)
- 2022 – Ryuzo Sasaki, Japanese politician (b. 1956)
- 2022 – Rolf Skoglund, Swedish actor (b. 1940)
Holidays and special occasions
- Constitution Day in Ukraine