On This Day in History July 28, 2018

Historical Events 1794  French Revolution figure Robespierre & 22 other leaders of "the Terror" guillotined to thunderous cheers in Paris 1914  Austria-Hungary decides against mediation and declares war on Serbia - first declaration of war of WWI 1917  Silent Parade organised by James Weldon Johnson of 10,000 African-Americans who march on 5th Ave in NYC to protest against lynching 1943  Operation Gomorrah: RAF bombing over Hamburg causes a firestorm that kills 42,600 German civilians 1976  Tangshan Earthquake, 8.2 in magnitude kills over 240,000 Northern China in the largest loss of life from an earthquake in the 20th century 1978  600,000 attend the "Summer Jam" rock festival at Watkins Glen, New York, at the time the largest ever audience at a pop festival 2005  The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943) Hugo Chávez (1954 - 2013) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929 - 1994) Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Francis Crick (1916 - 2004) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) More Famous Deaths