What are the important events that happened on June 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 28: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 28 is the 180^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 186 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 15, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,719,532,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctacontagon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac 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 215 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,207 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 28: This Day In History

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.

June 28 Historical Events

• 1519 –
  Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1846 –
  The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France.
• 1865 –
  The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
• 1881 –
  Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia.
• 1882 –
  The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
• 1940 –
  Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union.
• 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 –
  Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
• 1964 –
  Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
• 1987 –
  For the first time in the military history, a civilian target was attacked by chemical weapons when Iraqi warplanes dropped mustard gas bombs on the Iranian town of Sardasht in rwo separate bombing rounds, on four residential areas.

Who were born on June 28?

• 1577 –
  Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (d. 1640)
• 1912 –
  Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor (d. 1996)
• 1937 –
  Tom Magliozzi, American radio personality, cohost of Car Talk
• 1945 –
  David Knights, English bassist (Procol Harum)
• 1945 –
  Ken Buchanan, Scottish boxer
• 1948 –
  Kathy Bates, American actress
• 1954 –
  A. A. Gill, British writer and columnist
• 1958 –
  Félix Gray, French singer and songwriter
• 1970 –
  Tom Merritt, American technology journalist
• 1986 –
  Kellie Pickler, American singer

Who died on June 28?

• 1813 –
  Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (b. 1755)
• 1880 –
  Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor and cowboy (b. 1846)
• 1881 –
  Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (b. 1798)
• 1892 –
  Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Greek poet and statesman (b. 1810)
• 1929 –
  Edward Carpenter, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1960 –
  Jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1898)
• 1981 –
  Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (b. 1958)
• 1992 –
  Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (b. 1936)
• 2001 –
  Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930)
• 2001 –
  Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902)