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.
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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
- 1098 –Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
- 1651 –The Battle of Beresteczko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
- 1778 –American Revolutionary War: Battle of Monmouth is fought between the American Continental Army under George Washington and the British Army led by Sir Henry Clinton.
- 1838 –Coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom.
- 1865 –The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
- 1881 –Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia.
- 1902 –The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
- 1922 –The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
- 1940 –Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union.
- 1942 –Nazi Germany started its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue
- 1948 –Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
- 1950 –Bodo League massacre: Korean War.
- 1950 –Hangang Bridge bombing: Korean War.
- 1950 –Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
- 1967 –Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
- 1981 –A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of Islamic Republic Party.
- 1989 –The 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo. Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle, which is later interpreted as foreshadowing the Yugoslav Wars.
- 1994 –Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan; 7 persons are killed, 660 injured.
- 1997 –Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II – Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Holyfield’s ear.
- 2005 –War in Afghanistan: Three U.S. Navy SEALs, 16 American Special Operations Forces soldiers, and an unknown number of Taliban insurgents are killed
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