It happened on this day, June 28th.

events:

1148 – The Crusaders break the siege of the city of Damascus after their forces rally to capture the city, but the Muslims force the Crusaders to retreat in the Second Crusade.

1882 – The British government officially decides to occupy Egypt.

1914 – Austro-Hungarian Prince Franz Ferdinand is assassinated by Serbian Gavrilo Princip, and his assassination sets the fuse for World War I.

1919 – Signing of the Treaty of Versailles in France This treaty marks the official end of the First World War.

1922 – The French Mandate Authority over Syria appoints Subhi Bey Barakat as president.

(1945–Formation of the Provisional Government of National Unity in Poland

1950 – The South Korean capital, Seoul, falls to North Korean forces.

1957 – US President Dwight Eisenhower inaugurates the Islamic Center in Washington.

1960 – Cuba nationalizes American oil refineries located on its territory.

1972 – Signing of the “Simla Accord” between India and Pakistan to settle the problems of the war which has opposed them since 1971.

1981 – A terrorist attack took place at the headquarters of the Islamic Republican Party in Tehran, Iran, killing 73 party officials, including Chief Justice Ayatollah Muhammad Beheshti.

1991 – Dismantling of the Soviet organization COMECON.

1997 – Boxer Mike Tyson lost to rival Evander Holyfield after biting off part of his ear during the match.

2004 – Iraqi civilian governor Paul Bremer hands over the reins of power to the interim Iraqi government two days ahead of schedule.

2009 – Honduran armed forces arrest President Manuel Zelaya after besieging the presidential palace, then exile him to Costa Rica because of his desire to seek a second term.

✴️ The Brazilian national team defeats the American national team by three goals to two and wins the Confederations Cup championship held in South Africa.

2016 – An attack took place at Ataturk Airport in Turkey, killing 41 people and injuring 147 others.

2020 – The number of confirmed cases of the Corona pandemic exceeds ten million people worldwide, including more than 499 thousand deaths and approximately five million 69 thousand recovered cases.

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Births:

1491 – King Henry VIII, King of England.

1577 – Pierre Paul Rubens, Belgian painter.

1712 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher.

1780 – Ibrahim Qaftan, Iraqi jurist and poet.

1867 – Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934.

1869 – Osman Nuri Hadzic, Bosnian writer.

1873 – Alexis Carrel, French surgeon, Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1912.

1883 – Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of France.

1889 – Abbas Mahmoud Al-Akkad, Egyptian writer.

1906 – Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963.

1914 – Arbert Heim, Austrian Nazi doctor.

1926 – Mel Brooks, American actor.

1927 – Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995.

1930 – Ahmed Kamal Abu Al-Majd, Egyptian politician and Islamic thinker.

1936 – Ahmed Yassin, founder of the Islamic Resistance Movement/Hamas.

1938 – Leon Panetta, US Secretary of Defense.

1940 – Muhammad Yunus, Bengali economist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.

1943 – Claus von Klitzing, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1985.

1946 – Bruce Davison, American actor.

1948 – Kathy Bates, American actress. 1957 – Giorgi Parvanov, president of Bulgaria.

1965 – Youssef Al-Jarrah, Saudi actor.

1966 – John Cusack, American actor.

1969 – Philemon Masinga, South African footballer.

1971 – Fabien Barthez, French football goalkeeper.

1972 – Alessandro Nivola, American actor.

1985 – Phil Bardsley, English footballer.

1989 – Noura Al-Amiri, Kuwaiti actress and singer.

1989 – Vivian Dsena, Indian actor.

1994 – Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II, Crown Prince of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

1997 – Piran Damla Yilmaz, Turkish actress.

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Death:

1275 – Ibn Batish, Iraqi Muslim scholar, jurist, writer and teacher.

1836 – James Madison, fourth president of the United States.

1914 – Franz Ferdinand, Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

1981 – Mohammad Beheshti, Iranian theologian and politician.

1992 – Mikhail Tal, Soviet chess champion.

2001 – Mortimer Adler, American educator, philosopher and author.

2007 – Keiichi Miyazawa, Prime Minister of Japan.

2010 – Muhammad Afifi Matar, Egyptian poet.

** Robert Byrd, American politician.

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Holidays and Occasions:

⬅️ Vedovan holiday in Eastern Orthodoxy.





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