Associated Press
Today in History: Tuesday, July 28, 2015
On July 28, 1914, World War I began as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
On this date in:
1750- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach died in Leipzig, Germany, at age 65.
1794- Maximilien Robespierre, a leading figure of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine.
1821- Peru declared its independence from Spain.
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.
1896- The city of Miami, Fla., was incorporated.
1929- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, first lady from 1961 to 1963, was born in Southampton, N.Y.
1945- A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City’s Empire State Building, killing 14 people.
1965- President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
1998- Bell Atlantic and GTE announced a $52 billion merger that created Verizon.
2002- Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pa., were rescued after 77 hours underground.
2004- The Democratic National Convention in Boston nominated Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry for president.
2005- The Irish Republican Army renounced the use of violence against British rule in Northern Ireland and said it would disarm.
2009- The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.
Today’s Birthdays:
Rapper Soulja Boy turns 25 years old today.
Bill Bradley, Basketball Hall of Famer, former U.S. senator, D-N.J. 72
Jim Davis, Cartoonist (“Garfield”), 70
Linda Kelsey, Actress (“Lou Grant”), 69
Dick Ebersol, TV producer, 68
Georgia Engel, Actress (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show”), 67
Sally Struthers, Actress (“All in the Family”), 67
Scott Pelley, Broadcast journalist (“60 Minutes”), 58
Lori Loughlin, Actress (“Full House”), 51
Elizabeth Berkley Actress 43