{"id":27490,"date":"2016-06-28T08:14:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T13:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27490"},"modified":"2016-06-28T08:15:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T13:15:16","slug":"today-in-history-215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27490","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today in History: Tuesday, June\u00a0 28, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn June 28, 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sofia, were assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serb nationalist. The event triggered World War I.
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1836<\/td>\nJames Madison, the fourth president of the United States, died in Montpelier, Va., at age 85.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1838<\/td>\nBritain’s Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1894<\/td>\nLabor Day was established as a holiday for federal employees.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1902<\/td>\nBroadway composer Richard Rodgers was born in New York City.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1919<\/td>\nThe Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1919<\/td>\nHarry S. Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence, Mo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/td>\nNorth Korean forces captured Seoul, South Korea.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nIsrael declared Jerusalem reunified under its sovereignty following its capture of the Arab sector in the Six-Day War.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nKarol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was named a cardinal.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nMike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear during their WBA heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nThe Supreme Court ruled the Boy Scouts can bar homosexuals from serving as troop leaders.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nFormer Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic was handed over by Serbia to the U.N. war crimes tribunal.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nThe U.S.-led coalition transferred sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government two days ahead of schedule.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nThe Supreme Court ruled that enemy combatants can challenge their detention in U.S. courts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nThe American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nSen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., the longest-serving senator in the nation’s history, died in Fairfax, Va., at 92.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nThe Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actor John Cusack turns 50 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Mel Brooks<\/td>\nWriter, director<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carl Levin<\/td>\nFormer U.S. senator, D-Mich.<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Byner<\/td>\nComedian, impressionist<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leon Panetta<\/td>\nFormer defense secretary<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kathy Bates<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Elway<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jessica Hecht<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mary Stuart Masterson<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gil Bellows<\/td>\nActor (“Ally McBeal”)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kellie Pickler<\/td>\nCountry singer (“American Idol”)<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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