Merriam-Webster dictionary defines history as a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events. It’s a chronological record of significant events often including an explanation of their causes. The earliest known use of the word history was in the 14th century.
This website utilizes entries from Wikipedia to extract historical events from 3761 BC up to the present. There are currently 105,060 records in our database. The present day Gregorian calendar was adopted to show dates of interest.
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About June 28
June 28, 2025 is the 179th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 186 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
You can browse the full year calendar in case you need it.
Cancer is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 234 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
June 28: More About This Day
In common years it is always in ISO week 26.
This date is the only date each year where both the month and day are different perfect numbers, June 6 being the only date where the month and day are the same perfect number.
What Happened On June 28
- 1651 –The Battle of Beresteczko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
- 1838 –Coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom.
- 1882 –The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
- 1914 –Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I.
- 1936 –The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
- 1942 –Nazi Germany started its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue
- 1950 –Bodo League massacre: Korean War.
- 1969 –Stonewall Riots begin in New York City marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
- 1976 –The Angolan court sentenced US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
- 2001 –Slobodan Milošević deported to ICTY to stand trial.
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