June 28 - The day in History

June 28 : General Interest 1953: Workers assemble first Corvette in Flint, Michigan On this day in 1953, workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, assemble the first Corvette, a two-seater sports car that would become an American icon... read more American Revolution 1836 : Former President James Madison dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/former-president-james-madison-dies Automotive 2006 : DaimlerChrysler announces Smart's arrival in United States http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/daimlerchrysler-announces-smarts-arrival-in-united-states Civil War 1862 : Confederates capture commercial ship http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/confederates-capture-the-st-nicolas Cold War 1948 : Yugoslavia expelled from COMINFORM http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yugoslavia-expelled-from-cominform Crime 1975 : A teenage girl's boyfriend murders her parents http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-teenage-girls-boyfriend-murders-her-parents 1993 : A serial rapist strikes in Allentown http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-serial-rapist-strikes-in-allentown Disaster 1992 : Two big quakes rock California http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/two-big-quakes-rock-california General Interest 1519 : Charles elected Holy Roman emperor http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/charles-elected-holy-roman-emperor 1914 : Archduke Ferdinand assassinated http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/archduke-ferdinand-assassinated 1919 : Keynes predicts economic chaos http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/keynes-predicts-economic-chaos 1969 : The Stonewall Riot http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-stonewall-riot Hollywood 1916 : Lasky Company merges with Famous Players, later to become Paramount http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lasky-company-merges-with-famous-players-later-to-become-paramount Literary 1888 : Robert Louis Stevenson sets sail for the South Seas http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/robert-louis-stevenson-sets-sail-for-the-south-seas Music 1928 : Louis Armstrong records "West End Blues" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/louis-armstrong-records-quotwest-end-bluesquot Old West 1857 : Western writer Emerson Hough is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/western-writer-emerson-hough-is-born Presidential 1919 : Harry S. Truman marries Bess Wallace http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/harry-s-truman-marries-bess-wallace Sports 1997 : Mike Tyson bites ear http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mike-tyson-bites-ear Vietnam War 1965 : U.S. forces launch first offensive http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-forces-launch-first-offensive 1972 : Nixon announces draftees will not go to Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-announces-draftees-will-not-go-to-vietnam World War I 1914 : Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/archduke-franz-ferdinand-assassinated World War II 1940 : Britain recognizes General Charles de Gaulle as the leader of the Free French http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-recognizes-general-charles-de-gaulle-as-the-leader-of-the-free-french

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