What happened on June 28 ?

1243 - Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (d. 1304)

1476 - Pope Paul IV (d. 1559)

1490 - Albert of Mainz, bishop and elector of Mainz (d. 1545)

1491 - King Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)

1503 - Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)

1547 (baptism) - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (d. 1599)

1577 - Peter Paul Rubens, Belgian painter (d. 1640)

1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (d. 1778)

1719 - ÿtienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (d. 1785)

1806 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)

1824 - Paul Broca, French physician (d. 1880)

1831 - Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (d. 1907)

1867 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)

1873 - Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1944)

1883 - Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)

1891 - Carl Panzram, American serial killer (d. 1930)

1902 - Richard Rodgers, American composer (d. 1979)

1906 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)

1912 - Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor (d. 1996)

1913 - Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker

1914 - Aribert Heim, Austrian physician

1921 - P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (d. 2004)

1926 - Mel Brooks, American filmmaker

1927 - Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1930 - Itamar Franco, President of Brazil

1932 - Pat Morita, American actor (d. 2005)

1934 - Carl Levin, United States Senator

1935 - John Inman, British actor

1936 - Chuck Howley, American football player

1937 - George Knudson, Canadian professional golfer (d. 1989)

1938 - Moy Yat, Chinese martial artist (d. 2001)

1941 - Al Downing, Major League baseball player

1943 - Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1945 - David Knights, bass guitarist (Procul Harum)

1946 - Gilda Radner, American actress (d. 1989)

1947 - Mark Helprin, American writer

1947 - Anny Duperey, French film and television actress

1948 - Kathy Bates, American actress

1952 - Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete

1952 - David Miner, Musician & Record producer

1954 - Alice Krige, South African actress

1955 - Thomas Hampson, American baritone

1960 - John Elway, American football player

1964 - Mark Grace, baseball player

1966 - John Cusack, American actor

1966 - Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress

1968 - Adam Woodyatt, British actor

1969 - Danielle Brisebois, American actress

1970 - Mushtaq Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer

1971 - Fabien Barthez, French footballer

1971 - Kenny Cunningham, Irish footballer

1971 - Norika Fujiwara, Japanese actress and television-personality

1972 - Jon Heidenreich, American professional wrestler

1972 - Rachel Dax - British actor

1973 - Adrian Annus, Hungarian athlete

1976 - Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player

1976 - Seth Wescott, American snowboarder

1979 - Randy McMichael, American football player