On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. World War I began as declarations of war by other European nations quickly followed.
On July 28, 1929, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the American first lady noted for her style and elegance, was born. Following her death on May 19, 1994, her obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1750 | Composer Johann Sebastian Bach died in Leipzig, Germany, at age 65. |
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| 1794 | Maximilien Robespierre, a leading figure of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine. |
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| 1821 | Peru declared its independence from Spain. |
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| 1868 | The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing due process and the equal protection of the laws to former slaves, was declared in effect. |
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| 1896 | The city of Miami, Fla., was incorporated. |
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| 1929 | Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, first lady from 1961 to 1963, was born in Southampton, N.Y. |
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| 1945 | A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City's Empire State Building, killing 14 people. |
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| 1965 | President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. |
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| 1998 | Bell Atlantic and GTE announced a $52 billion merger that created Verizon. |
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| 2002 | Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pa., were rescued after 77 hours underground. |
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| 2004 | The Democratic National Convention in Boston nominated Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry for president. |
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| 2005 | The Irish Republican Army renounced the use of violence against British rule in Northern Ireland and said it would disarm. |
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| 2009 | The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court. |
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Current Birthdays
President Hugo Chavez of Venzuela turns 57 years old today.
AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico
Rapper Soulja Boy turns 21 years old today.
AP Photo/John Amis
| 1941 | Michael Mukasey, Former attorney general, turns 70 |
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| 1943 | Bill Bradley, Basketball Hall of Famer, former U.S. senator, D-N.J., turns 68 |
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| 1945 | Jim Davis, Cartoonist ("Garfield"), turns 66 |
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| 1946 | Linda Kelsey, Actress ("Lou Grant"), turns 65 |
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| 1947 | Dick Ebersol, TV producer, turns 64 |
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| 1948 | Georgia Engel, Actress ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show"), turns 63 |
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| 1948 | Sally Struthers, Actress ("All in the Family"), turns 63 |
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| 1957 | Scott Pelley, Broadcast journalist ("60 Minutes"), turns 54 |
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| 1964 | Lori Loughlin, Actress ("Full House"), turns 47 |
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| 1972 | Elizabeth Berkley, Actress, turns 39 |
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Historic Birthdays
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis7/28/1929 - 5/19/1994American first lady (1961-3).Go to obituary »
| 73 | Jacopo Sannazzaro 7/28/1456 - 4/24/1530
Italian poet |
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| 50 | Judith Leyster 7/28/1609 - 2/10/1660
Dutch painter |
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| 77 | Beatrix Potter 7/28/1866 - 12/22/1943
English author of children's books |
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| 83 | Charles Dillon Perrine 7/28/1867 - 6/21/1951
American astronomer |
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| 87 | Lucy Burns 7/28/1879 - 12/22/1966
American woman suffragist |
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| 81 | Marcel Duchamp 7/28/1887 - 10/2/1968
French-born American painter |
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| 88 | Harry Bridges 7/28/1901 - 3/30/1990
Australian-born American labor leader |
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| 84 | Rudy Vallee 7/28/1901 - 7/3/1986
American singer and bandleader |
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| 76 | Earl Tupper 7/28/1907 - 10/5/1983
American inventor of Tupperware plastic containers |
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| 47 | Malcolm Lowry 7/28/1909 - 6/27/1957
English novelist, short story writer and poet |
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