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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1364]] &ndash; Troops of the [[Republic of Pisa]] and the [[Republic of Florence]] clash in the [[Battle of Cascina]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Paolo Uccello|author2=Enzo Carli|title=All the Paintings of Paolo Uccello|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nlINAQAAIAAJ|year=1963|publisher=Hawthorn Bookspage=50|isbn=9789050087315}}</ref>
*[[1540]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England]] marries his fifth wife, [[Catherine Howard]].<ref name="Thomas Cromwell 1540">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yoevCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 |title=Thomas Cromwell: Tudor Minister|first=B. W.|last=Beckingsale|date=17 June 1978|page=143|publisher=Springer|access-date=25 July 2020|via=Google Books|isbn=9781349016648}}</ref>
*[[1571]] &ndash; La Laguna [[encomienda]], known today as the [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]] province in the [[Philippines]], is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest encomiendas (provinces) in the country.

===1601–1900===
*[[1635]] &ndash; In the [[Eighty Years' War]], the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of [[Siege of Schenkenschans|Schenkenschans]].
*[[1656]] &ndash; [[Second Northern War]]: [[Battle of Warsaw (1656)|Battle of Warsaw]] begins.
*[[1778]] &ndash; Constitution of the [[province of Cantabria]] ratified at the Assembly Hall in [[:es:Puente San Miguel (Reocín)|Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain]].
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Maximilien Robespierre]] and [[Louis Antoine de Saint-Just]] are executed by [[guillotine]] in [[Paris|Paris, France]].
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Mahmud II]] became [[Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]] and [[Caliph of Islam]].
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: [[Battle of Talavera]]: Sir [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]]'s British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by [[Joseph Bonaparte]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Viscountess Elizabeth Milbanke Lamb Melbourne|title=Byron's "Corbeau Blanc": The Life and Letters of Lady Melbourne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lSxTHfP5EyEC&pg=PA113|year=1998|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=978-0-89096-672-3|pages=113}}</ref>
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[José de San Martín]] declares the independence of [[Peru]] from Spain.
*[[1854]] &ndash; {{USS|Constellation|1854}}, the last all-sail warship built by the [[United States Navy]] and now a museum ship in [[Baltimore Harbor]], is commissioned.<ref>{{cite web |title=Constellation II (Sloop-of-War) |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/constellation-ii.html |website=NHHC |publisher=[[Naval History and Heritage Command]], [[United States Navy]]  |date= 9 February 2004 |access-date=25 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Ezra Church]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces from [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]].
*[[1866]] &ndash; At the age of 18, [[Vinnie Ream]] becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of [[Abraham Lincoln]]).
*[[1868]] &ndash; The [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14th Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]] is certified, establishing [[African American]] citizenship and guaranteeing [[due process]] of law.
*[[1883]] &ndash; A [[1883 Casamicciola earthquake|moderate earthquake]] measuring magnitude 4.3–5.2 strikes the Italian island of [[Ischia]], killing over 2,300 people.<ref name="Carlino">{{cite journal |author1=S. Carlino |author2=E. Cubellis |author3=A. Marturano |title=The catastrophic 1883 earthquake at the island of Ischia (southern Italy): macroseismic data and the role of geological conditions |journal=Natural Hazards |date=2010 |volume=52 |issue=231 |pages=231–247 |doi=10.1007/s11069-009-9367-2|bibcode=2010NatHa..52..231C |hdl=10.1007/s11069-009-9387-y |s2cid=140602189 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; The city of [[Miami]] is incorporated.

===1901–present===
*[[1911]] &ndash; The [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition]] began as the [[SY Aurora|SY ''Aurora'']] departed [[London]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Bryan |first = R. |date = 2011 |title = Ordeal by Ice: Ships of the Antarctic |location = Dobbs Ferry |publisher = Sheridan House |isbn = 978-1-57409-312-4 |page=269}}</ref> 
*[[1914]] &ndash; In the culmination of the [[July Crisis]], [[Austria-Hungary]] declares war on [[Serbia]], igniting [[World War I]].
*[[1915]] &ndash; The United States begins a 19-year [[United States occupation of Haiti|occupation of Haiti]].<ref>{{cite web |title=US Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934 |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/u/us-occupation-of-haiti-1915-1934.html |website=NHHC |publisher=[[Naval History and Heritage Command]], [[United States Navy]] |access-date=25 July 2020 |date=28 April 2015}}</ref> 
*[[1917]] &ndash; The [[Silent Parade]] takes place in [[New York City]], in protest against murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards [[African Americans]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Woodrow Wilson|title=The Papers of Woodrow Wilson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KkEfAQAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Princeton University Press|page=412|isbn=9780691045085 }}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Herbert Hoover]] orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "[[Bonus Army]]" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
*[[1935]] &ndash; First flight of the [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]].
*[[1938]] &ndash; ''[[Hawaii Clipper]]'' disappears between [[Guam]] and [[Manila]] as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific ''[[China Clipper]]'' service.
*[[1939]] &ndash; The [[Sutton Hoo helmet]] is discovered.
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]] issues [[Order No. 227]]. In response to alarming [[Nazi Germany|German]] advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a [[shtrafbat]] battalion, imprisonment in a [[Gulag]], or execution.
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: [[Bombing of Hamburg in World War II|Operation Gomorrah]]: The Royal Air Force bombs [[Hamburg|Hamburg, Germany]] causing a [[firestorm]] that kills 42,000 German civilians.
*[[1945]] &ndash; A U.S. Army [[North American B-25 Mitchell|B-25]] bomber [[B-25 Empire State Building crash|crashes]] into the 79th floor of the [[Empire State Building]] killing 14 and injuring 26.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Incident to Service |url=https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2022/12/1/incident-to-service |date=December 2022 |access-date=10 December 2022 |first1=Maximillian |last1=Potter |page=91 |issue=1|volume=65 |issn=0733-8899 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; Heavy rain and a mudslide in [[Isahaya, Nagasaki|Isahaya]], western [[Kyushu|Kyushu, Japan]], kills 992.
*[[1960]] &ndash; The German [[Volkswagen Act]] comes into force.
*[[1962]] &ndash; Beginning of the [[8th World Festival of Youth and Students]]<ref>[https://www.kultaomena.com/345? 28. heinäkuuta - 6. elokuuta 1962, Maailman nuorison ja ylioppilaiden maailmankonferenssi 1962]</ref><ref>[https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2006/09/08/nuorisofestivaalit-helsingissa-1962 Nuorisofestivaalit Helsingissä 1962, Rauhan ja ystävyyden 8. festivaalit Helsingissä, päättäjäiset (1962) ]</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in [[South Vietnam]] from 75,000 to 125,000.
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Summer Jam at Watkins Glen]]: Nearly 600,000 people attend a [[rock festival]] at the [[Watkins Glen International]] Raceway.
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Spetsgruppa A]], Russia's elite special force, was formed.
*[[1976]] &ndash; The [[1976 Tangshan earthquake|Tangshan earthquake]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976, Volume Four |date=2020 |publisher=Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, California Institute of Technology |url=https://authors.library.caltech.edu/26539/1/Tangshan/Volume4.0_front_matter.pdf |access-date=25 July 2020 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128134409/https://authors.library.caltech.edu/26539/1/Tangshan/Volume4.0_front_matter.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 [[moment magnitude scale|moment magnitude]] flattens [[Tangshan]] in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Olympic Games]]: [[1984 Summer Olympics|Games of the XXIII Olympiad]]: The summer Olympics were opened in [[Los Angeles]]. 
*[[1996]] &ndash; The remains of a [[Prehistory|prehistoric]] man are discovered near [[Kennewick, Washington]]. Such remains will be known as the [[Kennewick Man]].
*[[2001]] &ndash; Australian [[Ian Thorpe]] becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
*[[2002]] &ndash; Nine [[Coal mining|coal mine]]rs trapped in the flooded [[Quecreek Mine Rescue|Quecreek Mine]] in [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania]], are rescued after 77 hours underground.
*  2002   &ndash; [[Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560]] crashes after takeoff from [[Sheremetyevo International Airport]] in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]], killing 14 of the 16 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020728-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-86 RA-86060 Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-20}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Timeline: McGuinness and the Queen |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-26919992 |work=BBC News |access-date=26 July 2020 |date=8 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Brian |first1=Lavery |last2=Cowell |first2=Alan |title=I.R.A. Renounces Violence in Potentially Profound Shift |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/28/international/ira-renounces-violence-in-potentially-profound-shift.html |access-date=26 July 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=28 July 2005}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Airblue Flight 202]] crashes into the [[Margalla Hills]] north of [[Islamabad|Islamabad, Pakistan]], killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an [[Airbus A321]].
*[[2011]] &ndash; While flying from [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] to [[Shanghai]], [[China]], [[Asiana Airlines Flight 991]] develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The [[Boeing 747-400|Boeing 747-400F]] freighter attempts to divert to [[Jeju International Airport]], but crashes into the sea South-West of [[Jeju Island|Jeju island]], killing both crew members on board.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/world/asia/29crash.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/world/asia/29crash.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=2 Die as Asiana Cargo Plane Crashes Off South Korea|last=Sang-Hun|first=Choe|date=2011-07-28|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-03-05|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]], [[Nawaz Sharif]] was disqualified from office for life by [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]] after finding him guilty of [[Panama Papers case (Pakistan)|corruption charges]].
*[[2018]] &ndash; Australian [[Wendy Tuck]] becomes the first female [[Skipper (boating)|skipper]] to win the [[Clipper Round the World Yacht Race]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/28/australia-wendy-tuck-wins-clipper-round-the-world-race | title= Australia's Wendy Tuck wins Clipper Round the World yacht race | publisher= The Guardian Sport News|date=2018-07-28|access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[2022 Eastern Kentucky floods|Catastrophic floods]] devastate [[Eastern Kentucky]], resulting in 45 fatalities and causing damage to thousands of homes and businesses. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wymt.com/2024/07/28/remembering-july-2022-flood-two-years-later/ | title=Remembering the July 2022 flood, two years later | date=28 July 2024 }}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1347]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Durazzo]], Queen of Naples and Hungary (d. 1412)
*[[1458]] &ndash; [[Jacopo Sannazaro]], Italian poet, humanist and epigrammist (d. 1530)<ref>Dates as in Ralph Nash, tr. ''The Major Latin Poems of Jacopo Sannazaro'' 1996: "Chronological Table" p. 7; [https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/522609/Jacopo-Sannazzaro "Jacopo Sannazzaro." ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. 2010 Online. 17 Oct. 2010 gives traditional 1456.]</ref>
*[[1516]] &ndash; [[William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg]], German nobleman (d. 1592)

===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Judith Leyster]], Dutch painter (d. 1660)
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Marguerite Louise d'Orléans]], French princess (d. 1721)
*[[1659]] &ndash; [[Charles Ancillon]], French jurist and diplomat (d. 1715)
*[[1746]] &ndash; [[Thomas Heyward, Jr.]], American judge and politician (d. 1809)
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[Fabre d'Églantine]], French actor, playwright, and politician (d. 1794)
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck]], German army officer and writer (d. 1860)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Ignaz Bösendorfer]], Austrian businessman, founded the [[Bösendorfer|Bösendorfer Company]] (d. 1859)
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Feuerbach]], German anthropologist and philosopher (d. 1872)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Stefan Dunjov]], Bulgarian colonel (d. 1889)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]], English poet (d. 1889)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[James Edson White]], American author and publisher, second son of [[Ellen G. White]] and [[James S. White]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=James Edson White: A "No Limit" Man |url=https://www.southerntidings.com/feature/james-edson-white-a-no-limit-man/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Southern Tidings |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Ballington Booth]], English-American activist, co-founded [[Volunteers of America]] (d. 1940)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Elias M. Ammons]], American businessman and politician, 19th [[Governor of Colorado]] (d. 1925)
*  1860   &ndash; [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia]] (d. 1922)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski]], Russian general (d. 1919)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Beatrix Potter]], English children's book writer and illustrator (d. 1943)<ref>{{cite web |title=Beatrix Potter's early life and books |url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/beatrix-potter-gallery-and-hawkshead/features/beatrix-potters-early-life-and-books |website=National Trust |access-date=24 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1866   &ndash; [[Albertson Van Zo Post]], American fencer (d. 1938)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Charles Dillon Perrine]], American-Argentinian astronomer (d. 1951)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Albert Sarraut]], French journalist and politician, 106th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1962)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Ernst Cassirer]], Polish-American philosopher and academic (d. 1945)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Lucy Burns]], American activist, co-founded the [[National Woman's Party]] (d. 1966)
*  1879   &ndash; [[Stefan Filipkiewicz]], Polish painter (d. 1944)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Marcel Duchamp]], French-American painter and sculptor (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite web |title=Marcel Duchamp |url=https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/marcel-duchamp |website=Guggenheim |access-date=26 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703130334/https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/marcel-duchamp |archive-date=3 July 2017}}</ref>
*  1887   &ndash; [[Willard Price]], Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 1983)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Rued Langgaard]], Danish organist and composer (d. 1952)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Barbara La Marr]], American actress and screenwriter (d. 1926)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Gray]], American actor (d. 1970)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Freddie Fitzsimmons]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1979)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Rudy Vallée]], American actor, singer, and saxophonist (d. 1986)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Albert Namatjira]], Australian painter (d. 1959)
*  1902   &ndash; [[Sir Karl Popper]], Austrian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Earl Tupper]], American inventor and businessman, founded [[Tupperware Brands]] (d. 1983)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Aenne Burda]], German publisher (d. 2005)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Malcolm Lowry]], English novelist and poet (d. 1957)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Carmen Dragon]], American conductor and composer (d. 1984)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Charles Hard Townes]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2015)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Dick Sprang]], American illustrator (d. 2000)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Frankie Yankovic]], American polka musician (d. 1998)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[David Brown (producer)|David Brown]], American journalist and producer (d. 2010)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Andrew V. McLaglen]], English-American director and producer (d. 2014)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Jacques Piccard]], Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer (d. 2008)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Ray Ellis]], American conductor and producer (d. 2008)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Luigi Musso]], Italian racing driver (d. 1958)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Baruch Samuel Blumberg]], American physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2011)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Charlie Biddle]], American-Canadian bassist (d. 2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/charlie-biddle-emc/|title=Charlie Biddle|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[John Ashbery]], American poet (d. 2017)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]], American journalist and socialite, 37th [[List of First Ladies of the United States|First Lady of the United States]] (d. 1994)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Shirley Ann Grau]], American novelist and short story writer (d. 2020)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Firoza Begum (singer)|Firoza Begum]], Bangladeshi singer (d. 2014)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Junior Kimbrough]], American singer and guitarist (d. 1998)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Jean Roba]], Belgian author and illustrator (d. 2006)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Ramsey Muir Withers]], Canadian general (d. 2014)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Alan Brownjohn]], English poet and author (d. 2024)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Darryl Hickman]], American actor (d. 2024)<ref name="WaPoObit">{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Brian |title=Darryl Hickman, celebrated child actor in the 1940s, dies at 92 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/05/25/darryl-hickman-child-actor-dies/ |access-date=28 May 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=26 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Darryl Hickman, Young Actor in 'The Grapes of Wrath' and 'Leave Her to Heaven,' Dies at 92 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/darryl-hickman-dead-grapes-of-wrath-leave-her-to-heaven-1235908481/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=May 24, 2024 |access-date=May 24, 2024 |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524191609/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/darryl-hickman-dead-grapes-of-wrath-leave-her-to-heaven-1235908481/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1931   &ndash; [[Johnny Martin (cricketer)|Johnny Martin]], Australian cricketer (d. 1992)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Natalie Babbitt]], American author and illustrator (d. 2016)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra]], Brazilian colonel (d. 2015)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Charlie Hodge (ice hockey)|Charlie Hodge]], Canadian ice hockey player and scout (d. 2016)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Jacques d'Amboise (dancer)|Jacques d'Amboise]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 2021)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Neil McKendrick]], English historian and academic
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Russ Jackson]], Canadian football player and coach
*  1936   &ndash; [[Garfield Sobers]], Barbadian cricketer
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Francis Veber]], French director and screenwriter
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Luis Aragonés]], Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Arsen Dedić]], Croatian singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Alberto Fujimori]], Peruvian engineer, academic, and politician, 90th [[President of Peru]] (d. 2024)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Chuan Leekpai]], Thai lawyer and politician, 20th [[Prime Minister of Thailand]]
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Bill Crider]], American author (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite news |title=Allen Billy (Bill) Crider |url=http://www.alvinsun.net/obituaries/article_d4f4d782-129e-11e8-abd6-8bc3591efa00.html |access-date=28 February 2022 |work=The Alvin Sun |date=15 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228121656/http://www.alvinsun.net/obituaries/article_d4f4d782-129e-11e8-abd6-8bc3591efa00.html |archive-date=28 February 2022}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Riccardo Muti]], Italian conductor and educator<ref>{{cite book | last = LastName | first = FirstName | title = Britannica book of the year 2012 | publisher = Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc | location = Chicago | year = 2012 | isbn = 9781615356188 | page=96}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Susan Roces]], Filipino actress and producer (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 May 2022|title=Veteran actress Susan Roces dies at 80 |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/celebrities/veteran-actress-susan-roces-dies/ |access-date=21 May 2022 |website=Rappler |language=en-US |archive-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521020110/https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/celebrities/veteran-actress-susan-roces-dies/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Tonia Marketaki]], Greek director and screenwriter (d. 1994)
*  1942   &ndash; [[John Sattler]], Australian rugby league player (d. 2023)<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/john-sattler/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Mike Bloomfield]], American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1981)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Bill Bradley]], American basketball player and politician
*  1943   &ndash; [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Adam Sweeting]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/sep/16/pinkfloyd.popandrock1 |title=Obituary: Richard Wright |work=The Guardian |date=15 September 2008 |access-date=30 June 2014}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Jim Davis (cartoonist)|Jim Davis]], American cartoonist, created ''[[Garfield]]''
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Edwards (musician)|Jonathan Edwards]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1946   &ndash; [[Linda Kelsey]], American actress
*  1946   &ndash; [[Fahmida Riaz]], Pakistani poet and activist (d. 2018)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Peter Cosgrove]], Australian general and politician, 26th [[Governor General of Australia]]
*  1947   &ndash; [[Sally Struthers]], American actress 
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Gerald Casale]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director 
*  1948   &ndash; [[Eiichi Ohtaki]], Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Vida Blue]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2023)
*  1949   &ndash; [[Randall Wallace]], American screenwriter and producer
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Shahyar Ghanbari]], Iranian singer-songwriter
*  1950   &ndash; [[Tapley Seaton]], Kittitian politician, 4th [[Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis]] (d. 2023)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Santiago Calatrava]], Spanish architect and engineer, designed the [[Athens Olympic Sports Complex]]
*  1951   &ndash; [[Doug Collins (basketball)|Doug Collins]], American basketball player and coach
*  1951   &ndash; [[Gregg Giuffria]], American rock musician and businessman 
*  1951   &ndash; [[Ray Kennedy]], English footballer (d. 2021)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Glenn A. Baker]], Australian journalist and author<ref name="Talking">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/talkingheads/txt/s1723034.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905112739/http://www.abc.net.au/talkingheads/txt/s1723034.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 5, 2007|title=Glenn A. Baker|work=[[Talking Heads (Australian TV series)|Talking Heads]]|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)|date=28 August 2006|access-date=16 March 2009}}</ref>
*  1952   &ndash; [[Vajiralongkorn]], King of Thailand
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Hugo Chávez]], Venezuelan colonel and politician, [[President of Venezuela]] (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite book|author=Gale Group|title=Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzksAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Gale Group|page=690|isbn=9780787673376}}</ref>
*  1954   &ndash; [[Gerd Faltings]], German mathematician and academic
*  1954   &ndash; [[Steve Morse]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1954   &ndash; [[Mikey Sheehy]], Irish footballer
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[John Feinstein]], American sportswriter and commentator (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2025 |title=Sports columnist, author Feinstein dies at age 69 |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/44238523/sports-columnist-author-john-feinstein-dies-age-69 |access-date=March 18, 2025 |website=[[ESPN]] |language=en}}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Robert Swan]], English explorer
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Terry Fox]], Canadian runner and activist (d. 1981)
*  1958   &ndash; [[Michael Hitchcock]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[William T. Vollmann]], American novelist, short story writer and journalist
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Luiz Fernando Carvalho]], Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1960   &ndash; [[Jon J. Muth]], American author and illustrator
*  1960   &ndash; [[Yōichi Takahashi]], Japanese illustrator
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Yannick Dalmas]], French racing driver
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Rachel Sweet]], American singer, television writer, and actress
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Lori Loughlin]], American actress
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Priscilla Chan (singer)|Priscilla Chan]], Hong Kong singer
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Sossina M. Haile]], Ethiopian American chemist<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/sossina-haile|title=Sossina Haile {{!}} The HistoryMakers|website=www.thehistorymakers.org|language=en|access-date=2018-02-14}}</ref> 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Miguel Ángel Nadal]], Spanish footballer 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Jimmy Pardo]], American stand-up comedian, actor, and host
*  1966   &ndash; [[Shikao Suga]], Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Taka Hirose]], Japanese bass player 
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Alexis Arquette]], American actress (d. 2016)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Garth Snow]], American ice hockey player and manager
*  1969   &ndash; [[Dana White]], American businessman, president of the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for July 28: Dana White, Elizabeth Berkley |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2019/07/28/Famous-birthdays-for-July-28-Dana-White-Elizabeth-Berkley/3751563758137/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=27 July 2023 |date=28 July 2019}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Michael Amott]], Swedish guitarist and songwriter 
*  1970   &ndash; [[Isabelle Brasseur]], Canadian figure skater
*  1970   &ndash; [[Paul Strang]], Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]], Iraqi leader of the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (d. 2019)
*  1971   &ndash; [[Ludmilla Lacueva Canut]], Andorran writer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Stephen Lynch (musician)|Stephen Lynch]], American singer-songwriter and actor
*  1971   &ndash; [[Annie Perreault]], Canadian speed skater
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Robert Chapman (cricketer)|Robert Chapman]], English cricketer
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Marc Dupré]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1973   &ndash; [[Steve Staios]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Afroman]], American rapper and comedian<ref name="UPI" />
*  1974   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Berkley]], American actress
*  1974   &ndash; [[Alexis Tsipras]], Greek engineer and politician, 186th [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister of Greece]]
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Leonor Watling]], Spanish actress 
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Jacoby Shaddix]], American singer-songwriter 
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Aki Berg]], Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player
*  1977   &ndash; [[Manu Ginóbili]], Argentinian basketball player
*  1977   &ndash; [[Miyabiyama Tetsushi]], Japanese sumo wrestler
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Kārlis Vērdiņš]], Latvian poet
*  1978   &ndash; [[Hitomi Yaida]], Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Henrik Hansen (footballer)|Henrik Hansen]], Danish footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Birgitta Haukdal]], Icelandic singer-songwriter and producer 
*  1979   &ndash; [[Lee Min-woo]], South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Alena Popchanka]], Belarusian-French swimmer and coach
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Michael Carrick]], English footballer and coach
*  1981   &ndash; [[Willie Green]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Willie Green Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/greenwi01.html |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Cain Velasquez]], Mexican-American mixed martial artist and wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Cain Velasquez |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2335654/cain-velasquez |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=27 July 2023}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Sam Dastyari]], Iranian-Australian politician
*  1983   &ndash; [[Cody Hay]], Canadian figure skater
*  1983   &ndash; [[Ilir Latifi]], Swedish-Kosovar mixed martial artist<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Ilir-Latifi-40207 | title=Ilir }}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Zach Parise]], American ice hockey player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[DeMeco Ryans]], American football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=DeMeco Ryans Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RyanDe20.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[John David Washington]], American actor and football player<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Mathieu Debuchy]], French footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Dustin Milligan]], Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Alexandra Chando]], American actress
*  1986   &ndash; [[Lauri Korpikoski]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{Ice hockey stats|tsn=lauri-korpikoski}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Yevhen Khacheridi]], Ukrainian-Greek footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Pedro (footballer, born 1987)|Pedro]], Spanish footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Christofer Ranzmaier]], Austrian politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/30662|title=Christofer Ranzmaier (aktiv)|publisher=[[Austrian Parliament]]|language=de}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Gunnar Nelson (fighter)|Gunnar Nelson]], Icelandic professional fighter and mixed martial artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Gunnar Nelson |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2968990/gunnar-nelson |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Soulja Boy]], American rapper, producer, and actor
*  1990   &ndash; [[Simone Pizzuti]], Italian footballer
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Spencer Boldman]], American actor<ref name=medianet>{{cite web |url=http://www.disneyxdmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=900092&type=boldman |title=Spencer Boldman 'Adam' |publisher=Disney XD Medianet |access-date=July 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208190750/http://www.disneyxdmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=900092&type=boldman |archive-date=December 8, 2014}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Harry Kane]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/first-team-squad/harry-kane/ |title=Harry Kane |publisher=Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|access-date=November 18, 2021}}</ref>
*1993 &ndash; [[Evan Rodrigues]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3648008/evan-rodrigues | title=Evan Rodrigues - Florida Panthers Center }}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Cher Lloyd]], English singer<ref>{{Cite web |title=A lovely way to start the day 💕💕 |url=https://twitter.com/cherlloyd/status/1288008241889390592 |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Walker Buehler]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Walker Buehler - Los Angeles Dodgers |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/walker-buehler-621111 |website=MLB.com |access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Hyojung]], South Korean singer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oh My Girl - Profile & Gallery |url=http://ohmy-girl.com/|url-status=live|access-date=April 11, 2021|website=|language=ko|archive-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220220311/http://www.ohmy-girl.com/}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Harriet Dart]], British tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harriet Dart {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/319489/harriet-dart |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[GloRilla]], American rapper<ref name=glorilla>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/glorilla-mn0004235381 GloRilla]. allmusic.com</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Emile Smith Rowe]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/men/players/emile-smith-rowe |title=Emile Smith Rowe|publisher=Arsenal F.C.|access-date=April 25, 2022}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Malik Nabers]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Malik Nabers - New York Giants Wide Receiver |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4595348/malik-nabers |website=ESPN.com |access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[450]] &ndash; [[Theodosius II]], Roman emperor (b. 401)
* [[631]] &ndash; [[Athanasius I Gammolo]], Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first1=Jack B. |last1=Tannous|title=Athanasios I Gamolo|encyclopedia=Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition |editor1=Sebastian P. Brock |editor2=Aaron M. Butts |editor3=George A. Kiraz |editor3-link=George A. Kiraz |editor4=Lucas Van Rompay |url=https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Athanasios-I-Gamolo|year=2011|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[938]] &ndash; [[Thankmar]], half-brother of [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] (during Siege of [[Eresburg]]) (b. c. 908)
* [[942]] &ndash; [[Shi Jingtang]], emperor of [[Later Jin (Five Dynasties)|Later Jin]] (b. 892)
*[[1057]] &ndash; [[Pope Victor II|Victor II]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1018)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard P. McBrien|title=The Pocket Guide to the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LD59jfaKEIsC|year=2006|publisher=Harper|location=New York|isbn=978-0-06-113773-0|page=166}}</ref>
*[[1128]] &ndash; [[William Clito]], English son of [[Sybilla of Conversano]] (b. 1102)
*[[1230]] &ndash; [[Leopold VI, Duke of Austria]] (b. 1176)
*[[1271]] &ndash; [[Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster]] (b. 1220)
*[[1285]] &ndash; [[Keran, Queen of Armenia]] ( b. before 1262)
*[[1333]] &ndash; [[Guy VIII of Viennois]], Dauphin of Vienne (b. 1309)
*[[1345]] &ndash; [[Sancia of Majorca]], queen regent of Naples (b. c. 1285)
*[[1458]] &ndash; [[John II of Cyprus|John II]], king of Cyprus and Armenia (b. 1418)
*[[1488]] &ndash; [[Edward Woodville, Lord Scales]] (at the Battle of St. Aubin-du-Cormier)
*[[1508]] &ndash; [[Robert Blackadder]], bishop of Glasgow
*[[1527]] &ndash; [[Rodrigo de Bastidas]], Spanish explorer, founded the city of [[Santa Marta]] (b. 1460)
*[[1540]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cromwell]], English lawyer and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. 1495)<ref name="Thomas Cromwell 1540"/>
*[[1585]] &ndash; [[Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford]] (b. 1527)

===1601–1900===
*[[1631]] &ndash; [[Guillén de Castro y Bellvis]], Spanish playwright (b. 1569)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Merimee |first1=Ernest |title=Revival: A History of Spanish Literature (1930) |date=8 May 2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-34931-4 |page=205 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bUlaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT205 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Cyrano de Bergerac]], French poet and playwright (b. 1619)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Abraham Cowley]], English poet and author (b. 1618)
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Bulstrode Whitelocke]], English lawyer and politician (b. 1605)
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington]], English politician and diplomat, [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]] (b. 1618)
*[[1718]] &ndash; [[Étienne Baluze]], French scholar and academic (b. 1630)
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Antonio Vivaldi]], Italian violinist and composer (b. 1678)<ref>Heller, Karl ''Antonio Vivaldi: The Red Priest of Venice'', Amadeus Press (1997), page 263 {{ISBN|1-57467-015-8}}</ref>
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], German organist and composer (b. 1685)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hanford |first1=Jan |last2=Koster |first2=Jan |title=Timeline |url=http://www.jsbach.org/timeline.html |website=The J.S. Bach Home Page |access-date=25 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226083800/http://www.jsbach.org/timeline.html |archive-date=26 February 2012}}</ref>
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Somerset]] (b. 1691)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Maximilien Robespierre]], French politician, (b. 1758)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/robespierre_maximilien.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref>
*  1794   &ndash; [[Louis Antoine de Saint-Just]], French soldier and politician (b. 1767)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis de Saint-Just {{!}} French revolutionary {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-de-Saint-Just |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=17 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Selim III]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1761)<ref>{{cite web |title=Selim III {{!}} Ottoman sultan {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Selim-III |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=17 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Richard Beckett (cricketer)|Richard Beckett]], English cricketer and captain (b. 1772)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Gaspard Monge]], French mathematician and engineer (b. 1746)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise]], French general and politician, 15th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1768)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Nathan Mayer Rothschild]], German-English banker and financier (b. 1777)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Bernhard Crusell]], Finnish composer (b. 1775)<ref>{{BLF|2356|Bernhard Crusell}}</ref>
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Clemens Brentano]], German author and poet (b. 1778)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Joseph Bonaparte]], French diplomat and brother of [[Napoleon]] (b. 1768)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Charles Albert of Sardinia]] (b. 1798)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Jan Evangelista Purkyně]], Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[George Law Curry]], American publisher and politician (b. 1820)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Moses Montefiore]], British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Edward Beecher]], American minister and theologian (b. 1803)

===1901–present===
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Édouard-Henri Avril]], French painter (b. 1849)<ref name="kettererkunst">{{cite web|url=http://www.kettererkunst.com/bio/paul-eduard-henry-avril-1843.shtml |title=Paul Eduard Henry Avril – Biography and Offers – Buy and Sell Retrieved 01 August 2012 |publisher=Kettererkunst.com |access-date=6 September 2012}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[John DeWitt (athlete)|John DeWitt]], American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Allvar Gullstrand]], Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1862)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Nishinoumi Kajirō III]], Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th [[yokozuna]] (b. 1890)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Marie Dressler]], Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Louis Tancred]], South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Meletius IV of Constantinople]] (b. 1871)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Flinders Petrie]], English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Saint Alphonsa]],  first woman of Indian origin to be [[Canonization|canonized]] as a saint by the [[Catholic Church]] (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite web |title=About the patron |url=https://stalphonsaforane.church/st-alphonsa-ward/ |website=ST. ALPHONSA WARD |publisher=St Alphonsa Forane Church, Sultanpalya, India |access-date=25 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Edith Abbott]], American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite book |first1=James |last1=Cicarelli |first2=Julianne |last2=Cicarelli |title=Distinguished Women Economists |location=Westport |publisher=Greenwood |year=2003 |page=3 |isbn=978-0-31330-331-9}}</ref>
*  1957   &ndash; [[Isaac Heinemann]], German-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1876)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Carl Borgward]], German engineer, founder of Borgward Group<ref>{{cite web |title=Das Erste online - Carl F.W. Borgward |url=http://www.ndrtv.de/doku/20020617_borgward_bio.html |publisher=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|NDR]] |access-date=23 August 2023 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185248/http://www.ndrtv.de/doku/20020617_borgward_bio.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Edogawa Ranpo]], Japanese author and critic (b. 1894)
*  1965   &ndash; [[Attallah Suheimat]], Jordanian politician (b. 1875)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Karl W. Richter]], American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1942)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Otto Hahn]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1879)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Ramón Grau]], Cuban physician and politician, 6th [[President of Cuba]] (b. 1882)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Frank Loesser]], American composer (b. 1910)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Moore Cosgrave]], Canadian colonel and diplomat (b. 1890)
*  1971   &ndash; [[Myril Hoag]], American baseball player (b. 1908)
*  1971   &ndash; [[Charles E. Pont]], French-American minister and painter (b. 1898)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Helen Traubel]], American soprano and actress (b. 1903)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Maggie Gripenberg]], Finnish dancer and choreographer (b. 1881)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.teatterimuseo.fi/fi/Tammikuu-Maggie-Gripenbergin-muistikirjat|title=Tammikuu: Maggie Gripenbergin muistikirjat|website=Teatterimuseo|access-date=June 11, 2021}} (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Don Miller (American football, born 1902)|Don Miller]], American football player and coach (b. 1902)
*  1979   &ndash; [[Charles Shadwell (musician)|Charles Shadwell]], English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Rose Rand]], Austrian-born American logician and philosopher (b. 1903)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Stanley Rother]], American priest and missionary (b. 1935)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Keith Green]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1953)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Jack Renshaw]], Australian politician, 31st [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1909)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Jill Esmond]], English actress (b. 1908)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Sulev Nõmmik]], Estonian actor and director (b. 1931)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Stanley Woods]], Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1903)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Roger Tory Peterson]], American ornithologist and academic (b. 1908)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Rosalie Crutchley]], English actress (b. 1920)
*  1997   &ndash; [[Seni Pramoj]], Thai lawyer and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (b. 1905)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Zbigniew Herbert]], Polish poet and author (b. 1924)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Lenny McLean]], English boxer, actor, and author (b. 1949)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Consalvo Sanesi]], Italian racing driver (b. 1911)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Trygve Haavelmo]], Norwegian economist and mathematician, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1911)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Abraham Pais]], Dutch-American physicist and historian (b. 1918)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Ahmed Sofa]], Bangladeshi poet, author, and critic (b. 1943)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Archer John Porter Martin]], English chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1910)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Valerie Goulding]], Irish activist and politician (b. 1918)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Francis Crick]], English biologist and biophysicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bretscher|first1=Mark S.|author-link1=Mark Bretscher|last2=Mitchison|first2=Graeme|title=Francis Harry Compton Crick OM. 8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004|journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]]|volume=63|pages=159–196|year=2017|issn=0080-4606|doi=10.1098/rsbm.2017.0010|doi-access=free}}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Tiziano Terzani]], Italian journalist and author (b. 1938)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[David Gemmell]], English author (b. 1948)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Karl Gotch]], Belgian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1924)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Jim LeRoy]], American soldier and pilot (b. 1961)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Jim Johnson (American football)|Jim Johnson]], American football player and coach (b. 1941)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Abdul Fatah Younis]], Libyan general (b. 1944)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Colin Horsley]], New Zealand-English pianist and educator (b. 1920)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Sepp Mayerl]], Austrian mountaineer (b. 1937)
*  2012   &ndash; [[William F. Milliken Jr.]], American race car driver and engineer (b. 1911)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Mustafa Adrisi]],  Ugandan general and politician, 3rd [[Vice President of Uganda]] (b. 1922)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Eileen Brennan]], American actress and singer (b. 1932)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Rita Reys]], Dutch jazz singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/07/29/rita-reys-dies|title=Rita Reys Dies|author=Persad, Radjin|date=29 July 2013|work=NL Times|access-date=29 July 2013}}</ref> (b. 1924)
*  2013   &ndash; [[William Scranton]], American captain and politician, 13th [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] (b. 1917)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Ersilio Tonini]], Italian cardinal (b. 1914)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Alex Forbes]], Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1925)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Alakbar Mammadov]], Azerbaijani footballer and manager (b. 1930)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Jan Kulczyk]], Polish businessman (b. 1950)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Edward Natapei]], Vanuatuan politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Vanuatu]] (b. 1954)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Clive Rice]], South African cricketer and coach (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/clive-rice-inspirational-cricketer-who-was-denied-an-international-career-by-apartheid-but-led-nottinghamshire-to-glory-10422675.html |title=Clive Rice: Inspirational cricketer who was denied an international career by apartheid but led Nottinghamshire to glory |last1=Culley |first1=Jon|date=28 July 2015 |website=[[independent.co.uk]] |access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Émile Derlin Zinsou]], Beninese politician (b. 1918)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Mahasweta Devi]], Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (b. 1926)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Wanny van Gils]], Dutch footballer<ref>[https://www.nu.nl/breda/5388689/voormalig-nac-voetballer-wanny-van-gils-59-overleden.html Voormalig NAC-voetballer Wanny van Gils (59) overleden] {{in lang|nl}}</ref> (b. 1959)
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Junrey Balawing]], Filipino record holder<ref>{{Cite web|first=Dynah|last=Diestro|date=30 July 2020|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/07/30/20/pinoy-na-worlds-shortest-man-pumanaw-na| title=Pinoy na 'World's Shortest Man', pumanaw na| work=ABS-CBN News| access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref> (b. 1993)
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Dusty Hill]], American musician (b. 1949)<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Aswad|first1=Jem|last2=Morris|first2=Chris|date=2021-07-28|title=ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill Dies at 72|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/zz-top-bassist-dusty-hill-dead-dies-1235029656/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Bernard Cribbins]], British actor (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62330478|title=Dr Who and Wombles Star Bernard Cribbins Dies|work=BBC News |date=28 July 2022 |access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[John Anderson (TV personality)|John Anderson]], Scottish television personality, teacher and coach (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Badshah |first=Nadeem |date=2024-07-28 |title=John Anderson: Gladiators referee dies aged 92 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/28/john-anderson-gladiators-referee-dies-aged-92 |access-date=2024-07-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Doug Creek]], American baseball player (b. 1969)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kozlowski |first=Rick |date=2024-07-28 |title=Bulldogs baseball legend dead at 55 |url=https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/bulldogs-baseball-legend-dead-at-55/article_227e7384-a65e-5e82-9b1a-65568b2174eb.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=The Journal |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Reyes Moronta]], Dominican baseball player (b. 1993)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-29 |title=Former San Francisco Giants Pitcher, Dead at 31 |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants-news/former-san-francisco-giants-pitcher-dead-at-31 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=San Francisco Giants On SI |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Francine Pascal]], American author (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=2024-07-29 |title=Francine Pascal, Creator of 'Sweet Valley High' Book Series, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/29/books/francine-pascal-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Saint Alphonsa|Alphonsa Muttathupadathu]] ([[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]])
**[[Saint Botvid|Botvid]]
**[[Johann Sebastian Bach]], [[George Frederick Handel]], [[Henry Purcell]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]] commemoration)
**[[Johann Sebastian Bach]], [[Heinrich Schütz]], [[George Frederick Handel]] ([[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Lutheran]] commemoration)
**[[Nazarius and Celsus]]
**[[Pedro Poveda Castroverde]]
**[[Pope Innocent I]]
**[[Pope Victor I]]
**[[Samson of Dol]]
**[[July 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Expulsion of the Acadians#Commemorations|Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval]] ([[Canada]])
*[[Fiestas Patrias (Peru)|Fiestas Patrias]], celebrates the independence of [[Peru]] from Spain by General [[José de San Martín]] in 1821.
*[[Liberation Day (San Marino)]]
*[[Ólavsøka|Ólavsøka Eve]] ([[Faroe Islands]])
*[[World Hepatitis Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/28 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=28}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/28 |title=Historical Events on July 28 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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