July 28

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Events

Pre-1600

1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1540 – Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.<ref name="Thomas Cromwell 1540">Template:Cite book</ref>
1571 – La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines, is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest encomiendas (provinces) in the country.

1601–1900

1635 – In the Eighty Years' War, the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
1656 – Second Northern War: Battle of Warsaw begins.
1778 – Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
1794 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
1808 – Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
1809 – Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1821 – José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
1854 – Template:USS, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy and now a museum ship in Baltimore Harbor, is commissioned.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
1866 – 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 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
1883 – A moderate earthquake measuring magnitude 4.3–5.2 strikes the Italian island of Ischia, killing over 2,300 people.<ref name="Carlino">Template:Cite journal</ref>
1896 – The city of Miami is incorporated.

1901–present

1911 – The Australasian Antarctic Expedition began as the SY Aurora departed London.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1914 – In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
1915 – The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1917 – The Silent Parade takes place in New York City, in protest against murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1932 – 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 – First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
1938 – Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
1939 – The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
1942 – World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming 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 – World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
1945 – A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1957 – Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
1960 – The German Volkswagen Act comes into force.
1962 – Beginning of the 8th World Festival of Youth and Students<ref>28. heinäkuuta - 6. elokuuta 1962, Maailman nuorison ja ylioppilaiden maailmankonferenssi 1962</ref><ref>Nuorisofestivaalit Helsingissä 1962, Rauhan ja ystävyyden 8. festivaalit Helsingissä, päättäjäiset (1962) </ref>
1965 – 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 – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
1974 – Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
1976 – The Tangshan earthquake<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
1984 – Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles.
1996 – The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
2001 – Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
2002 – Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
2002 – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing 14 of the 16 people on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010 – Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321.
2011 – While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport, but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island, killing both crew members on board.<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
2017 – Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.
2018 – Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022 – Catastrophic floods devastate Eastern Kentucky, resulting in 45 fatalities and causing damage to thousands of homes and businesses. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

1347 – Margaret of Durazzo, Queen of Naples and Hungary (d. 1412)
1458 – 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; "Jacopo Sannazzaro." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010 Online. 17 Oct. 2010 gives traditional 1456.</ref>
1516 – William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, German nobleman (d. 1592)

1601–1900

1609 – Judith Leyster, Dutch painter (d. 1660)
1645 – Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, French princess (d. 1721)
1659 – Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat (d. 1715)
1746 – Thomas Heyward, Jr., American judge and politician (d. 1809)
1750 – Fabre d'Églantine, French actor, playwright, and politician (d. 1794)
1783 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck, German army officer and writer (d. 1860)
1796 – Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian businessman, founded the Bösendorfer Company (d. 1859)
1804 – Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (d. 1872)
1815 – Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (d. 1889)
1844 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (d. 1889)
1849 – James Edson White, American author and publisher, second son of Ellen G. White and James S. White<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1857 – Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded Volunteers of America (d. 1940)
1860 – Elias M. Ammons, American businessman and politician, 19th Governor of Colorado (d. 1925)
1860 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1922)
1863 – Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski, Russian general (d. 1919)
1866 – Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (d. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1866 – Albertson Van Zo Post, American fencer (d. 1938)
1867 – Charles Dillon Perrine, American-Argentinian astronomer (d. 1951)
1872 – Albert Sarraut, French journalist and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (d. 1962)
1874 – Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (d. 1945)
1879 – Lucy Burns, American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party (d. 1966)
1879 – Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter (d. 1944)
1887 – Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor (d. 1968)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1887 – Willard Price, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 1983)
1893 – Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (d. 1952)
1896 – Barbara La Marr, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1926)
1898 – Lawrence Gray, American actor (d. 1970)

1901–present

1901 – Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1979)
1901 – Rudy Vallée, American actor, singer, and saxophonist (d. 1986)
1902 – Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (d. 1959)
1902 – Sir Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
1907 – Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware Brands (d. 1983)
1909 – Aenne Burda, German publisher (d. 2005)
1909 – Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet (d. 1957)
1914 – Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer (d. 1984)
1915 – Charles Hard Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
1915 – Dick Sprang, American illustrator (d. 2000)
1915 – Frankie Yankovic, American polka musician (d. 1998)
1916 – David Brown, American journalist and producer (d. 2010)
1920 – Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (d. 2014)
1922 – Jacques Piccard, Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer (d. 2008)
1923 – Ray Ellis, American conductor and producer (d. 2008)
1924 – Luigi Musso, Italian racing driver (d. 1958)
1925 – Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
1926 – Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian bassist (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1927 – John Ashbery, American poet (d. 2017)
1929 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States (d. 1994)
1929 – Shirley Ann Grau, American novelist and short story writer (d. 2020)
1930 – Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (d. 2014)
1930 – Junior Kimbrough, American singer and guitarist (d. 1998)
1930 – Jean Roba, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 2006)
1930 – Ramsey Muir Withers, Canadian general (d. 2014)
1931 – Alan Brownjohn, English poet and author (d. 2024)
1931 – Darryl Hickman, American actor (d. 2024)<ref name="WaPoObit">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1931 – Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (d. 1992)
1932 – Natalie Babbitt, American author and illustrator (d. 2016)
1932 – Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, Brazilian colonel (d. 2015)
1933 – Charlie Hodge, Canadian ice hockey player and scout (d. 2016)
1934 – Jacques d'Amboise, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2021)
1935 – Neil McKendrick, English historian and academic
1936 – Russ Jackson, Canadian football player and coach
1936 – Garfield Sobers, Barbadian cricketer
1937 – Francis Veber, French director and screenwriter
1938 – Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
1938 – Arsen Dedić, Croatian singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015)
1938 – Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian engineer, academic, and politician, 90th President of Peru (d. 2024)
1938 – Chuan Leekpai, Thai lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Thailand
1941 – Bill Crider, American author (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1941 – Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor and educator<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1941 – Susan Roces, Filipino actress and producer (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1942 – Tonia Marketaki, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1942 – John Sattler, Australian rugby league player (d. 2023)<ref>Rugby League Project</ref>
1943 – Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1981)
1943 – Bill Bradley, American basketball player and politician
1943 – Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1945 – Jim Davis, American cartoonist, created Garfield
1946 – Jonathan Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Linda Kelsey, American actress
1946 – Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani poet and activist (d. 2018)
1947 – Peter Cosgrove, Australian general and politician, 26th Governor General of Australia
1947 – Sally Struthers, American actress
1948 – Gerald Casale, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director
1948 – Eiichi Ohtaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1949 – Vida Blue, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2023)
1949 – Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and producer
1950 – Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian singer-songwriter
1950 – Tapley Seaton, Kittitian politician, 4th Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (d. 2023)
1951 – Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect and engineer, designed the Athens Olympic Sports Complex
1951 – Doug Collins, American basketball player and coach
1951 – Gregg Giuffria, American rock musician and businessman
1951 – Ray Kennedy, English footballer (d. 2021)
1952 – Glenn A. Baker, Australian journalist and author<ref name="Talking">Template:Cite web</ref>
1952 – Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand
1954 – Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1954 – Gerd Faltings, German mathematician and academic
1954 – Steve Morse, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 – Mikey Sheehy, Irish footballer
1956 – John Feinstein, American sportswriter and commentator (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1956 – Robert Swan, English explorer
1958 – Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist (d. 1981)
1958 – Michael Hitchcock, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – William T. Vollmann, American novelist, short story writer and journalist
1960 – Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Jon J. Muth, American author and illustrator
1960 – Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese illustrator
1961 – Yannick Dalmas, French racing driver
1962 – Rachel Sweet, American singer, television writer, and actress
1964 – Lori Loughlin, American actress
1965 – Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer
1966 – Sossina M. Haile, Ethiopian American chemist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Miguel Ángel Nadal, Spanish footballer
1966 – Jimmy Pardo, American stand-up comedian, actor, and host
1966 – Shikao Suga, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Taka Hirose, Japanese bass player
1969 – Alexis Arquette, American actress (d. 2016)
1969 – Garth Snow, American ice hockey player and manager
1969 – Dana White, American businessman, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
1970 – Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater
1970 – Paul Strang, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1971 – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraqi leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (d. 2019)
1971 – Ludmilla Lacueva Canut, Andorran writer
1971 – Stephen Lynch, American singer-songwriter and actor
1971 – Annie Perreault, Canadian speed skater
1972 – Robert Chapman, English cricketer
1973 – Marc Dupré, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Steve Staios, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Afroman, American rapper and comedian<ref name="UPI" />
1974 – Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
1974 – Alexis Tsipras, Greek engineer and politician, 186th Prime Minister of Greece
1975 – Leonor Watling, Spanish actress
1976 – Jacoby Shaddix, American singer-songwriter
1977 – Aki Berg, Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Manu Ginóbili, Argentinian basketball player
1977 – Miyabiyama Tetsushi, Japanese sumo wrestler
1978 – Kārlis Vērdiņš, Latvian poet
1978 – Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979 – Henrik Hansen, Danish footballer
1979 – Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer-songwriter and producer
1979 – Lee Min-woo, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
1979 – Alena Popchanka, Belarusian-French swimmer and coach
1981 – Michael Carrick, English footballer and coach
1981 – Willie Green, American basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Cain Velasquez, Mexican-American mixed martial artist and wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Sam Dastyari, Iranian-Australian politician
1983 – Cody Hay, Canadian figure skater
1983 – Ilir Latifi, Swedish-Kosovar mixed martial artist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Zach Parise, American ice hockey player
1984 – DeMeco Ryans, American football player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – John David Washington, American actor and football player<ref name="UPI" />
1985 – Mathieu Debuchy, French footballer
1985 – Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1986 – Alexandra Chando, American actress
1986 – Lauri Korpikoski, Finnish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Ice hockey stats</ref>
1987 – Yevhen Khacheridi, Ukrainian-Greek footballer
1987 – Pedro, Spanish footballer
1987 – Christofer Ranzmaier, Austrian politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Gunnar Nelson, Icelandic professional fighter and mixed martial artist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Soulja Boy, American rapper, producer, and actor
1990 – Simone Pizzuti, Italian footballer
1992 – Spencer Boldman, American actor<ref name=medianet>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Harry Kane, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Evan Rodrigues, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Cher Lloyd, English singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Walker Buehler, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Hyojung, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Harriet Dart, British tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – GloRilla, American rapper<ref name=glorilla>GloRilla. allmusic.com</ref>
2000 – Emile Smith Rowe, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – Malik Nabers, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

450 – Theodosius II, Roman emperor (b. 401)
631 – Athanasius I Gammolo, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
938 – Thankmar, half-brother of Otto I (during Siege of Eresburg) (b. c. 908)
942 – Shi Jingtang, emperor of Later Jin (b. 892)
1057 – Victor II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1128 – William Clito, English son of Sybilla of Conversano (b. 1102)
1230 – Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (b. 1176)
1271 – Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (b. 1220)
1285 – Keran, Queen of Armenia ( b. before 1262)
1333 – Guy VIII of Viennois, Dauphin of Vienne (b. 1309)
1345 – Sancia of Majorca, queen regent of Naples (b. c. 1285)
1458 – John II, king of Cyprus and Armenia (b. 1418)
1488 – Edward Woodville, Lord Scales (at the Battle of St. Aubin-du-Cormier)
1508 – Robert Blackadder, bishop of Glasgow
1527 – Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish explorer, founded the city of Santa Marta (b. 1460)
1540 – Thomas Cromwell, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1495)<ref name="Thomas Cromwell 1540"/>
1585 – Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford (b. 1527)

1601–1900

1631 – Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish playwright (b. 1569)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1655 – Cyrano de Bergerac, French poet and playwright (b. 1619)
1667 – Abraham Cowley, English poet and author (b. 1618)
1675 – Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer and politician (b. 1605)
1685 – Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1618)
1718 – Étienne Baluze, French scholar and academic (b. 1630)
1741 – Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1678)<ref>Heller, Karl Antonio Vivaldi: The Red Priest of Venice, Amadeus Press (1997), page 263 Template:ISBN</ref>
1750 – Johann Sebastian Bach, German organist and composer (b. 1685)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1762 – George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1691)
1794 – Maximilien Robespierre, French politician, (b. 1758)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1794 – Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician (b. 1767)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1808 – Selim III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1761)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1809 – Richard Beckett, English cricketer and captain (b. 1772)
1818 – Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1746)
1835 – Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise, French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (b. 1768)
1836 – Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (b. 1777)
1838 – Bernhard Crusell, Finnish composer (b. 1775)<ref>Template:BLF</ref>
1842 – Clemens Brentano, German author and poet (b. 1778)
1844 – Joseph Bonaparte, French diplomat and brother of Napoleon (b. 1768)
1849 – Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798)
1869 – Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787)
1878 – George Law Curry, American publisher and politician (b. 1820)
1885 – Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
1895 – Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)

1901–present

1928 – Édouard-Henri Avril, French painter (b. 1849)<ref name="kettererkunst">Template:Cite web</ref>
1930 – John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
1930 – Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
1933 – Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)
1934 – Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
1934 – Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)
1935 – Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
1942 – Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)
1946 – Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (b. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1957 – Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1957 – Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1876)
1963 – Carl Borgward, German engineer, founder of Borgward Group<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1965 – Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (b. 1894)
1965 – Attallah Suheimat, Jordanian politician (b. 1875)
1967 – Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1942)
1968 – Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
1969 – Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (b. 1882)
1969 – Frank Loesser, American composer (b. 1910)
1971 – Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canadian colonel and diplomat (b. 1890)
1971 – Myril Hoag, American baseball player (b. 1908)
1971 – Charles E. Pont, French-American minister and painter (b. 1898)
1972 – Helen Traubel, American soprano and actress (b. 1903)
1976 – Maggie Gripenberg, Finnish dancer and choreographer (b. 1881)<ref>Template:Cite web (in Finnish)</ref>
1979 – Don Miller, American football player and coach (b. 1902)
1979 – Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898)
1980 – Rose Rand, Austrian-born American logician and philosopher (b. 1903)
1981 – Stanley Rother, American priest and missionary (b. 1935)
1982 – Keith Green, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1953)
1987 – Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1909)
1990 – Jill Esmond, English actress (b. 1908)
1992 – Sulev Nõmmik, Estonian actor and director (b. 1931)
1993 – Stanley Woods, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1903)
1996 – Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and academic (b. 1908)
1997 – Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (b. 1920)
1997 – Seni Pramoj, Thai lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1905)
1998 – Zbigniew Herbert, Polish poet and author (b. 1924)
1998 – Lenny McLean, English boxer, actor, and author (b. 1949)
1998 – Consalvo Sanesi, Italian racing driver (b. 1911)
1999 – Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
2000 – Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist and historian (b. 1918)
2001 – Ahmed Sofa, Bangladeshi poet, author, and critic (b. 1943)
2002 – Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
2003 – Valerie Goulding, Irish activist and politician (b. 1918)
2004 – Francis Crick, English biologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
2004 – Tiziano Terzani, Italian journalist and author (b. 1938)
2006 – David Gemmell, English author (b. 1948)
2007 – Karl Gotch, Belgian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1924)
2007 – Jim LeRoy, American soldier and pilot (b. 1961)
2009 – Jim Johnson, American football player and coach (b. 1941)
2011 – Abdul Fatah Younis, Libyan general (b. 1944)
2012 – Colin Horsley, New Zealand-English pianist and educator (b. 1920)
2012 – Sepp Mayerl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1937)
2012 – William F. Milliken Jr., American race car driver and engineer (b. 1911)
2013 – Mustafa Adrisi, Ugandan general and politician, 3rd Vice President of Uganda (b. 1922)
2013 – Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
2013 – Rita Reys, Dutch jazz singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (b. 1924)
2013 – William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1917)
2013 – Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal (b. 1914)
2014 – Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1925)
2014 – Alakbar Mammadov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager (b. 1930)
2015 – Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (b. 1950)
2015 – Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (b. 1954)
2015 – Clive Rice, South African cricketer and coach (b. 1949)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016 – Émile Derlin Zinsou, Beninese politician (b. 1918)
2016 – Mahasweta Devi, Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (b. 1926)
2018 – Wanny van Gils, Dutch footballer<ref>Voormalig NAC-voetballer Wanny van Gils (59) overleden Template:In lang</ref> (b. 1959)
2020 – Junrey Balawing, Filipino record holder<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (b. 1993)
2021 – Dusty Hill, American musician (b. 1949)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022 – Bernard Cribbins, British actor (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – John Anderson, Scottish television personality, teacher and coach (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – Doug Creek, American baseball player (b. 1969)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Reyes Moronta, Dominican baseball player (b. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Francine Pascal, American author (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
- Alphonsa Muttathupadathu (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)
- Botvid
- Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, Henry Purcell (Episcopal Church commemoration)
- Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schütz, George Frederick Handel (Lutheran commemoration)
- Nazarius and Celsus
- Pedro Poveda Castroverde
- Pope Innocent I
- Pope Victor I
- Samson of Dol
- July 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval (Canada)
Fiestas Patrias, celebrates the independence of Peru from Spain by General José de San Martín in 1821.
Liberation Day (San Marino)
Ólavsøka Eve (Faroe Islands)
World Hepatitis Day<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

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