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 179^th 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.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 15, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,751,068,800 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 ‘hectaheptacontaenneagon’ 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 234 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 4,572 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

• 1776 –
  American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
• 1880 –
  The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
• 1881 –
  Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia.
• 1896 –
  An explosion in the Newton Coal Company’s Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston City, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
• 1904 –
  The SS Norge runs aground and sinks
• 1921 –
  Serbian King Alexander I proclaimed the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
• 1942 –
  Nazi Germany started its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue
• 1950 –
  Hangang Bridge bombing: Korean War.
• 1967 –
  Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
• 1969 –
  Stonewall Riots begin in New York City marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.

Who were born on June 28?

• 1900 –
  Bob Taggart, Scottish centenarian (d. 2009)
• 1916 –
  Olle Björklund, Swedish actor and news presenter (d. 1981)
• 1918 –
  Willie Whitelaw, British politician, Deputy Prime Minister (d. 1999)
• 1928 –
  Harold Evans, English journalist and writer; editor of The Sunday Times
• 1934 –
  Robert Carswell, British law lord
• 1957 –
  Jim Spanarkel, American basketball player and TV personality
• 1970 –
  Mushtaq Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
• 1972 –
  Christopher Leslie, English politician
• 1972 –
  Jon Heidenreich, American professional wrestler
• 1979 –
  Felicia Day, American actress, writer, director, violinist, and singer

Who died on June 28?

• 572 –
  Alboin, King of the Lombards (b. c. 530)
• 1389 –
  Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia (b. 1329)
• 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)
• 1962 –
  Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1975 –
  Serge Reding, Belgian weightlifter (b. 1941)
• 1976 –
  Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and film producer (b. 1927)
• 2005 –
  Brenda Howard, American LGBT activist (b. 1946)