July 28th
2005
The Provisional Irish Republican Army
call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in
Northern Ireland
.
Provisional Irish Republican Army
2002
Nine
Pennsylvania
coal miners were rescued after 77 hours of being trapped in a mine shaft.
Quecreek Mine rescue
1976
Tangshan Earthquake, 8.2 in magnitude kills over 240,000 in the largest loss of life by an earthquake in the 20th century.
2008 Sichuan earthquake
1958
National Aeronautics and Space Act is passed by the
US
Congress
. The act established
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(
NASA
).
National Aeronautics and Space Act
1943
World War II
: Operation Gomorrah: The
British
bomb
Hamburg
causing a firestorm that kills 42,000
German
civilians.
Bombing of Hamburg in World War II
1932
Herbert Hoover
ordered
Douglas MacArthur
to evict the Bonus Marchers from their camps.
Bonus Army
1928
IX Summer Olympics open. The IX Summer Olympics opened in
Amsterdam
1928 Summer Olympics
1917
Silent Parade organised by James Weldon Johnson of 10,000
African-Americans
who march on 5th Ave in
NYC
to protest against lynching.
Silent Parade
1914
Austria
-
Hungary
decides against mediation and declares war on
Serbia
- first declaration of war of WWI.
July Crisis
1868
The 14th Amendment to the
Constitution
, which established the citizenship of
African Americans
and guaranteed due process of law, was ratified.
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1821
Peru
declared its independence from
Spain
.
Peruvian War of Independence
1794
French
Revolution figure Robespierre & 22 other leaders of 'the Terror' guillotined to thunderous cheers in
Paris
.
Maximilien Robespierre
1750
The great baroque composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
died.
Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work
1586
Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to
Europe
on return to
England
.
Thomas Harriot
1540
King
Henry VIII
of
England
's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was executed and
Henry
married his fifth wife,
Catherine Howard
.
Thomas Cromwell
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