On This Day in History
July 28
Historical Events
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1794 French Revolutionary figure Maximilien Robespierre and 22 other leaders of "the Terror" are guillotined to thunderous cheers in Paris
1914 Austria-Hungary decides against mediation and declares war on Serbia, the first declaration of war of World War I
1917 Silent Parade organized by James Weldon Johnson, 10,000 African Americans march on Fifth Avenue 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, 7.6 in magnitude, kills over 300,000 in northern China, the largest loss of life from an earthquake in the 20th century
2005 The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its 30-year-long armed campaign in Northern Ireland
Famous Birthdays
Also Bill Bradley (82) and Harry Kane (32)
Famous Deaths
Vivaldi Dies On ‘Black Day’ of July 28
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Composer Antonio Lucio Vivaldi died on this day, exactly nine years before the death of Johann Sebastian Bach. So July 28 remains a black day for music lovers.
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