On This Day: 28 June

28 June in world history

• 2012The United States Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.
• 2009Honduran 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.
• 1997Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
• 1990Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam Osborne, was found guilty of copyright infringement for using Lotus 1-2-3's look-and-feel interface in its own spreadsheet program.
• 1978In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the U.S. Supreme Court barred quota systems in college admissions but held that affirmative-action programs advantaging minorities were constitutional.
• 1969In response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, groups of gay and transgender people began demonstrations, a watershed event for the worldwide gay rights movement.
• 1963Profumo affair: During the trial of Stephen Ward, Mandy Rice-Davies uttered the phrase "Well he would, wouldn't he?"
• 1948Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
• 1948Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform.
• 1945Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day.
• 1942World War II: The Wehrmacht launched Case Blue, a strategic German offensive to capture oil fields in the south of the Soviet Union.
• 1914Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a Yugoslav nationalist, sparking the outbreak of World War I.
• 1807Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelocke lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals.
• 1776American Revolutionary War: The militia of the Province of South Carolina repelled a British attack on Charleston.
• 1776American Revolution: Thomas Jefferson and the Committee of Five present the draft of the United States Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress, which orders it to "lie on the table" for further edits by the assembly.
• 1745A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).
• 1651The Battle of Berestechko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
• 572Alboin, the king of the Lombards, was assassinated in Verona in a coup d'état instigated by the Byzantines.

Born on 28 June

• 1938S. Sivamaharajah, Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher and politician (died 2006)India
• 1931Junior Johnson, American race car driver (died 2019)
• 1928Hans Blix, Swedish politician and diplomat, 33rd Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1921P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (died 2004)India
• 1852Charles Cruft, English showman, founded Crufts Dog Show (died 1938)
• 1653Muhammad Azam Shah, Mughal emperor (died 1707)India

Died on 28 June

• 2009A. K. Lohithadas, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955)India
• 1716George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (born 1665)
• 1598Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (born 1527)
• 1194Xiao Zong, Chinese emperor (born 1127)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 28 June in history?

2012: The United States Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius. 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. 1997: Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear. 1990: Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam Osborne, was found guilty of copyright infringement for using Lotus 1-2-3's look-and-feel interface in its own spreadsheet program.

Which famous people were born on 28 June?

S. Sivamaharajah, Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher and politician (died 2006) (1938); Junior Johnson, American race car driver (died 2019) (1931); Hans Blix, Swedish politician and diplomat, 33rd Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs (1928); P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (died 2004) (1921).

Which day is observed on 28 June?

International LGBTQ Pride Day, marking the anniversary of Stonewall riots.; Constitution Day (Ukraine); Poznań Remembrance Day (Poland); Vidovdan, celebrating St. Vitus and an important day in Serbian history. (Eastern Orthodox Church); Tau Day.