June 28

1098 – The army of the First Crusade under the command of Prince Behemond of Taranto, defeats the moslem army of Kerbogha of Mosul.

1776 – During the Revolution, the Battle of Sullivan’s Island in South Carolina ends with an American victory

1778 – During the Revolution, the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse in New Jersey is a draw with both the Continental and British forces suffering heavy casualties.

1838 – Victoria of the United Kingdom if formally crowned Queen Regnant.

1846 – Adolphe Sax patents the Saxophone; and now you know why it’s called that.

1865 – The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.

1870 – Congress establishes the first federal holidays; New Year Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

1894 – Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.

1896 – An explosion in the Newton Coal Company’s Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in killing 58 miners.

1902 – Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the construction of the Panama Canal.

1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo beginning the diplomatic bumbling that results in World War I

1919 – The Treaty of Versailles is signed, officially ending World War I.

1926 – Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies, Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft and Benz & Companie.

1950 – Seoul falls for the first time to invading North Korean forces.

1978 – In the case of Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the  Supreme Court bars quota systems in college admissions.

2004 – During the Iraq War, sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending U.S. led rule of that nation.

2016 – An attack by Syrian moslem ISIL terrorists at Turkey’s Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.