What happened on June 28 ?
Births
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
Events | Births | Deaths | Holidays |