June 28
1836 - James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, died in Montpelier, Virginia at age 85.
1838 - Britain's Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1894 - Labor Day was established as a holiday for federal employees.
1914 - Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated, sparking the onset of World War I.
1919 - Harry S. Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence, Missouri.
1919 - The Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I.
1950 - North Korean forces captured the South Korean capital of Seoul.
1967 - Israel declared Jerusalem reunified under its sovereignty following its capture of the Arab sector in the Six-Day War.
1967 - Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was named a cardinal.
1978 - The Supreme Court ruled in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke that the use of quotas in affirmative action programs was not permissible.
1996 - The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, voted to admit women for the first time.
2000 - Elian Gonzalez was returned to his father in Cuba.
2000 - The Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts can bar homosexuals from serving as troop leaders.
2001 - Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic was handed over by Serbia to the U.N. war crimes tribunal.
2004 - The U.S.-led coalition transferred sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government two days ahead of schedule.
2004 - The Supreme Court ruled that enemy combatants can challenge their detention in U.S. courts.
2007 - The American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list.
2010 - Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-West Virginia), the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, died in Fairfax, Virginia at age 92.
2010 - The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live.
Birthdays
25 - Jasmine Richards (actress)
29 - Kellie Pickler (country singer)
36 - Felicia Day (actress)
46 - Tichina Arnold (actress)
49 - John Cusack (actor)
55 - John Elway (football hall of famer)
67 - Kathy Bates (actress)
89 - Mel Brooks (actor/director)
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Today in Sports History - June 28
1957 - Commissioner Ford Frick overruled ballot-box stuffing that put eight members of the Cincinnati Reds into the All-Star Game.
1971 - The Supreme Court overturned Muhammad Ali's 1967 conviction for draft evasion.
1997 - Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during their WBA heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas.
2000 - The New Jersey Nets selected Kenyon Martin with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2005 - The Milwaukee Bucks selected Australian center Andrew Bogut with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2006 - The Toronto Raptors selected Italian forward Andrea Bargnani with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2007 - Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros became the 27th player in major league history with 3,000 hits.
2007 - Frank Thomas of the Toronto Blue Jays hit his 500th home run.
2007 - The Portland Trailblazers selected Ohio State center Greg Oden with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2009 - Brazil scored the go ahead goal in the 84th minute after trailing 2-0 at halftime to defeat the United States 3-2 in the FIFA Confederations Cup final.
2009 - Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees recorded his 500th career save.
2011 - South Carolina defeated Florida 5-2 to win the College World Series for the second straight year.
2012 - The New Orleans Hornets selected Kentucky forward Anthony Davis with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
1836 - James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, died in Montpelier, Virginia at age 85.
1838 - Britain's Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1894 - Labor Day was established as a holiday for federal employees.
1914 - Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated, sparking the onset of World War I.
1919 - Harry S. Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence, Missouri.
1919 - The Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I.
1950 - North Korean forces captured the South Korean capital of Seoul.
1967 - Israel declared Jerusalem reunified under its sovereignty following its capture of the Arab sector in the Six-Day War.
1967 - Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was named a cardinal.
1978 - The Supreme Court ruled in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke that the use of quotas in affirmative action programs was not permissible.
1996 - The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, voted to admit women for the first time.
2000 - Elian Gonzalez was returned to his father in Cuba.
2000 - The Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts can bar homosexuals from serving as troop leaders.
2001 - Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic was handed over by Serbia to the U.N. war crimes tribunal.
2004 - The U.S.-led coalition transferred sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government two days ahead of schedule.
2004 - The Supreme Court ruled that enemy combatants can challenge their detention in U.S. courts.
2007 - The American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list.
2010 - Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-West Virginia), the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, died in Fairfax, Virginia at age 92.
2010 - The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live.
Birthdays
25 - Jasmine Richards (actress)
29 - Kellie Pickler (country singer)
36 - Felicia Day (actress)
46 - Tichina Arnold (actress)
49 - John Cusack (actor)
55 - John Elway (football hall of famer)
67 - Kathy Bates (actress)
89 - Mel Brooks (actor/director)
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Today in Sports History - June 28
1957 - Commissioner Ford Frick overruled ballot-box stuffing that put eight members of the Cincinnati Reds into the All-Star Game.
1971 - The Supreme Court overturned Muhammad Ali's 1967 conviction for draft evasion.
1997 - Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during their WBA heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas.
2000 - The New Jersey Nets selected Kenyon Martin with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2005 - The Milwaukee Bucks selected Australian center Andrew Bogut with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2006 - The Toronto Raptors selected Italian forward Andrea Bargnani with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2007 - Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros became the 27th player in major league history with 3,000 hits.
2007 - Frank Thomas of the Toronto Blue Jays hit his 500th home run.
2007 - The Portland Trailblazers selected Ohio State center Greg Oden with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2009 - Brazil scored the go ahead goal in the 84th minute after trailing 2-0 at halftime to defeat the United States 3-2 in the FIFA Confederations Cup final.
2009 - Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees recorded his 500th career save.
2011 - South Carolina defeated Florida 5-2 to win the College World Series for the second straight year.
2012 - The New Orleans Hornets selected Kentucky forward Anthony Davis with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
