All Events

Historical Events on June 28

  • Siege of Louisbourg (1745)

    1745

    A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).

  • Queen Victoria

    1838

    Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

  • Greater Republic of Central America

    1895

    El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America.

  • Spooner Act

    1902

    The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.

  • Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina

    1940

    Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum.

  • Case Blue

    1942

    World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.

  • Seoul

    1950

    Korean War: Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.

  • ICTY

    2001

    Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.

  • 2009 Honduran coup d'état

    2009

    Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.

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