July 28
1540 - King Henry VIII of England's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was executed and Henry married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
1750 - Composer Johann Sebastian Bach died in Germany at age 65.
1794 - Maximilien Robespierre, one of the leading figures of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine.
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. World War I began as declarations of war by other European nations quickly followed.
1929 - Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was born in Southampton, New York.
1932 - Federal troops forcibly dispersed the so-called "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans who had gathered in Washington to demand payments they weren't scheduled 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 Nov. 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 by a vote of 89-2.
1959 - In preparation for statehood, Hawaiians voted to send the first Chinese-American, Republican Hiram L. Fong, to the U.S. Senate and the first Japanese-American, Democrat Daniel K. Inouye, to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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.
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 radiation and chemotherapy treatments for a brain tumor, joined two other GOP senators in voting "no" on the repeal effort.
Birthdays
20 - Victoria Baldesarra (actress)
25 - Cher Lloyd (singer)
28 - Soulja Boy (rapper)
30 - Ryan Tannehill (football player)
32 - Nolan Gerard Funk (actor)
33 - Dustin Milligan (actor)
33 - Jon Michael Hill (actor)
34 - Ali Krieger (soccer player)
37 - Carly Goodwin (country singer)
41 - Manu Ginobli (basketball player)
43 - Todd Anderson (country singer)
46 - Elizabeth Berkley (actress)
49 - Dana White (MMA executive)
54 - Lori Loughlin (actress)
55 - Michael Hayden (actor)
61 - Scott Pelley (journalist)
70 - Georgia Engel (actress)
71 - Sally Struthers (actress)
71 - Dick Ebersol (TV producer)
72 - Linda Kelsey (actress)
72 - Jonathan Edwards (singer)
73 - Jim Davis (cartoonist)
75 - Bill Bradley (basketball player/politician)
87 - Darryl Hickman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 28
1913 - US wins its first Davis Cup since 1902, beating England, 3-2.
1929 - The Chicago Cardinals become the first NFL team to train out of state, traveling to Michigan for preseason workouts.
1933 - NFL divides into two five-team divisions.
1984 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.
1989 - Atlanta Braves' player Dale Murphy hits two 3-run home runs in an inning, 14th man to hit.
1991 - Montreal Expos' Dennis Martinez pitches baseball's 13th perfect game in a 2-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1994 - Kenny Rogers, of the Texas Rangers, pitched the 14th perfect game in major league baseball history in a 4-0 win over the California Angels.
2002 - Lance Armstrong won his fourth straight Tour de France.
1540 - King Henry VIII of England's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was executed and Henry married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
1750 - Composer Johann Sebastian Bach died in Germany at age 65.
1794 - Maximilien Robespierre, one of the leading figures of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine.
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. World War I began as declarations of war by other European nations quickly followed.
1929 - Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was born in Southampton, New York.
1932 - Federal troops forcibly dispersed the so-called "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans who had gathered in Washington to demand payments they weren't scheduled 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 Nov. 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 by a vote of 89-2.
1959 - In preparation for statehood, Hawaiians voted to send the first Chinese-American, Republican Hiram L. Fong, to the U.S. Senate and the first Japanese-American, Democrat Daniel K. Inouye, to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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.
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 radiation and chemotherapy treatments for a brain tumor, joined two other GOP senators in voting "no" on the repeal effort.
Birthdays
20 - Victoria Baldesarra (actress)
25 - Cher Lloyd (singer)
28 - Soulja Boy (rapper)
30 - Ryan Tannehill (football player)
32 - Nolan Gerard Funk (actor)
33 - Dustin Milligan (actor)
33 - Jon Michael Hill (actor)
34 - Ali Krieger (soccer player)
37 - Carly Goodwin (country singer)
41 - Manu Ginobli (basketball player)
43 - Todd Anderson (country singer)
46 - Elizabeth Berkley (actress)
49 - Dana White (MMA executive)
54 - Lori Loughlin (actress)
55 - Michael Hayden (actor)
61 - Scott Pelley (journalist)
70 - Georgia Engel (actress)
71 - Sally Struthers (actress)
71 - Dick Ebersol (TV producer)
72 - Linda Kelsey (actress)
72 - Jonathan Edwards (singer)
73 - Jim Davis (cartoonist)
75 - Bill Bradley (basketball player/politician)
87 - Darryl Hickman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 28
1913 - US wins its first Davis Cup since 1902, beating England, 3-2.
1929 - The Chicago Cardinals become the first NFL team to train out of state, traveling to Michigan for preseason workouts.
1933 - NFL divides into two five-team divisions.
1984 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.
1989 - Atlanta Braves' player Dale Murphy hits two 3-run home runs in an inning, 14th man to hit.
1991 - Montreal Expos' Dennis Martinez pitches baseball's 13th perfect game in a 2-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1994 - Kenny Rogers, of the Texas Rangers, pitched the 14th perfect game in major league baseball history in a 4-0 win over the California Angels.
2002 - Lance Armstrong won his fourth straight Tour de France.