Anything noteworthy today in history 28th of July?

Answer 1

Some noteworthy things that happened on July 28th:

• 1364 - Troops of the Republic of Pisaand the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
• 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
• 1571 - La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest encomienda/province in the country.
• 1794 - French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
• 1809 - Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera- Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte.
• 1821 - José de San Martíndeclares the independence of Peru from Spain.
• 1854 - USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy, is commissioned.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church - Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1866 - At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (ofAbraham Lincoln).
• 1868 - The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African Americancitizenship and guaranteeing due processof law.
• 1896 - The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
• 1914 - World War I: Austria-Hungarydeclares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
• 1932 - U.S. PresidentHerbert Hooverorders the United States Armyto forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
• 1933 - Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Unionand Spain are established.
• 1935 - First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
• 1938 - Hawaii Clipperdisappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
• 1942 - World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalinissues Order No. 227 in response to alarming Germanadvances into the Soviet Union. Under the order all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishments including duty in a penal battalion, imprisonment in a gulag, or execution.
• 1943 - World War II: Operation Gomorrah- The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germanycausing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
• 1945 - A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
• 1948 - The Metropolitan PoliceFlying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the "Battle of London Airport".
• 1955 - The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlinguacongress in Tours, France.
• 1957 - Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
• 1965 - Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnsonannounces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
• 1973 - Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festivalat the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
• 1974 - Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
• 1976 - The Tangshan earthquakemeasuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitudeflattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
• 1993 - Andorra joins the United Nations.
• 1996 - The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
• 2001 - Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships.
• 2005 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland.
• 2008 - The historic Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mareburns down for the second time in 80 years.

Answer 2

On July 28, 1900 the hamburger was created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut.