28 June 1766

A Saturday in history

Weekday

Saturday

Season

Summer (N. Hemisphere)

Century

18th century

Records

400

  1. 2016

    Gunmen attacked Istanbul's Atatürk Airport, killing 45 people and injuring more than 230 others.

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  2. 1990

    Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam Osborne, was found guilty of copyright infringement for using Lotus 1-2-3's look-and-feel interface in its own spreadsheet program.

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  3. 1989

    President Slobodan Milošević gave a speech at Gazimestan in which he described the possibility of "armed battles" in the future of Serbia's national development.

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  4. 1978

    In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the U.S. Supreme Court barred quota systems in college admissions but held that affirmative-action programs advantaging minorities were constitutional.

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  5. 1969

    In response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, groups of gay and transgender people began demonstrations, a watershed event for the worldwide gay rights movement.

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  6. 1963

    Profumo affair: During the trial of Stephen Ward, Mandy Rice-Davies uttered the phrase "Well he would, wouldn't he?"

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  7. 1956

    Polish workers demanding better working conditions began massive protests in Poznań, but were later violently repressed by the Polish People's Army and the Internal Security Corps.

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  8. 1950

    Korean War: South Korean forces began the Bodo League massacre, summarily executing tens of thousands of suspected North Korean sympathizers.

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  9. 1942

    World War II: The Wehrmacht launched Case Blue, a strategic German offensive to capture oil fields in the south of the Soviet Union.

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  10. 1916

    First World War: Around 55,000 workers in Berlin went on strike to protest against the trial of anti-war campaigner Karl Liebknecht.

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  11. 1914

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip (pictured), a Yugoslav nationalist, sparking the outbreak of World War I.

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  12. 1911

    The Nakhla meteorite (fragments pictured), the first meteorite to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, fell to Earth in Abu Hummus, Egypt.

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  13. 1904

    In the worst maritime disaster involving a Danish merchant ship, SS Norge ran aground on Hasselwood Rock and sank in the North Atlantic, resulting in more than 635 deaths.

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  14. 1895

    The U.S. Court of Private Land Claims ruled that James Reavis's claim to 18,600 sq mi (48,000 km2) of land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico was "wholly fictitious and fraudulent".

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  15. 1880

    Police captured Australian bank robber and cultural icon Ned Kelly (pictured) after a gun battle in Glenrowan, Victoria.

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  16. 1846

    Belgian musician Adolphe Sax patented his design of the saxophone (example pictured).

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  17. 1841

    Giselle (title role pictured), a ballet by the French composer Adolphe Adam, was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris.

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  18. 1841

    Giselle (title role pictured), a ballet by the French composer Adolphe Adam, was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris.

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  19. 1776

    American Revolutionary War: The militia of the Province of South Carolina repelled a British attack on Charleston.

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  20. 1461

    Edward IV was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

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  21. 572

    Alboin, the king of the Lombards, was assassinated in Verona in a coup d'état instigated by the Byzantines.

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