July 28, 2012 – Smriti "Simmi" D. Isaac

Updated July 27, 2012, 2:28 pm

On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. World War I began as declarations of war by other European nations quickly followed.

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On July 28, 1929, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the American first lady noted for her style and elegance, was born. Following her death on May 19, 1994, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1750 Composer Johann Sebastian Bach died in Leipzig, Germany, at age 65.

1794 Maximilien Robespierre, a leading figure of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine.

1821 Peru declared its independence from Spain.

1868 The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing due process and the equal protection of the laws to former slaves, was declared in effect.

1896 The city of Miami, Fla., was incorporated.

1929 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, first lady from 1961 to 1963, was born in Southampton, N.Y.

1945 A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City’s Empire State Building, killing 14 people.

1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.

1998 Bell Atlantic and GTE announced a $52 billion merger that created Verizon.

2002 Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pa., were rescued after 77 hours underground.

2004 The Democratic National Convention in Boston nominated Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry for president.

2005 The Irish Republican Army renounced the use of violence against British rule in Northern Ireland and said it would disarm.

2009 The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.

Current Birthdays

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President Hugo Chavez of Venzuela turns 58 years old today.

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Rapper Soulja Boy turns 22 years old today.

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1943 Bill Bradley, Basketball Hall of Famer, former U.S. senator, D-N.J., turns 69

1945 Jim Davis, Cartoonist (“Garfield”), turns 67

1946 Linda Kelsey, Actress (“Lou Grant”), turns 66

1947 Dick Ebersol, TV producer, turns 65

1948 Georgia Engel, Actress (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show”), turns 64

1948 Sally Struthers, Actress (“All in the Family”), turns 64

1957 Scott Pelley, Broadcast journalist (“60 Minutes”), turns 55

1964 Lori Loughlin, Actress (“Full House”), turns 48

1972 Elizabeth Berkley, Actress, turns 40

Historic Birthdays

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 7/28/1929 – 5/19/1994 American first lady (1961-3).Go to obituary »

73 Jacopo Sannazzaro 7/28/1456 – 4/24/1530
Italian poet

50 Judith Leyster 7/28/1609 – 2/10/1660
Dutch painter

77 Beatrix Potter 7/28/1866 – 12/22/1943
English author of children’s books

83 Charles Dillon Perrine 7/28/1867 – 6/21/1951
American astronomer

87 Lucy Burns 7/28/1879 – 12/22/1966
American woman suffragist

81 Marcel Duchamp 7/28/1887 – 10/2/1968
French-born American painter

88 Harry Bridges 7/28/1901 – 3/30/1990
Australian-born American labor leader

84 Rudy Vallee 7/28/1901 – 7/3/1986
American singer and bandleader

76 Earl Tupper 7/28/1907 – 10/5/1983
American inventor of Tupperware plastic containers

47 Malcolm Lowry 7/28/1909 – 6/27/1957
English novelist, short story writer and poet

1750	Composer Johann Sebastian Bach died in Leipzig, Germany, at age 65.
1794	Maximilien Robespierre, a leading figure of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine.
1821	Peru declared its independence from Spain.
1868	The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing due process and the equal protection of the laws to former slaves, was declared in effect.
1896	The city of Miami, Fla., was incorporated.
1929	Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, first lady from 1961 to 1963, was born in Southampton, N.Y.
1945	A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City’s Empire State Building, killing 14 people.
1965	President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
1998	Bell Atlantic and GTE announced a $52 billion merger that created Verizon.
2002	Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pa., were rescued after 77 hours underground.
2004	The Democratic National Convention in Boston nominated Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry for president.
2005	The Irish Republican Army renounced the use of violence against British rule in Northern Ireland and said it would disarm.
2009	The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.

1943	Bill Bradley, Basketball Hall of Famer, former U.S. senator, D-N.J., turns 69
1945	Jim Davis, Cartoonist (“Garfield”), turns 67
1946	Linda Kelsey, Actress (“Lou Grant”), turns 66
1947	Dick Ebersol, TV producer, turns 65
1948	Georgia Engel, Actress (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show”), turns 64
1948	Sally Struthers, Actress (“All in the Family”), turns 64
1957	Scott Pelley, Broadcast journalist (“60 Minutes”), turns 55
1964	Lori Loughlin, Actress (“Full House”), turns 48
1972	Elizabeth Berkley, Actress, turns 40

73	Jacopo Sannazzaro 7/28/1456 – 4/24/1530 Italian poet
50	Judith Leyster 7/28/1609 – 2/10/1660 Dutch painter
77	Beatrix Potter 7/28/1866 – 12/22/1943 English author of children’s books
83	Charles Dillon Perrine 7/28/1867 – 6/21/1951 American astronomer
87	Lucy Burns 7/28/1879 – 12/22/1966 American woman suffragist
81	Marcel Duchamp 7/28/1887 – 10/2/1968 French-born American painter
88	Harry Bridges 7/28/1901 – 3/30/1990 Australian-born American labor leader
84	Rudy Vallee 7/28/1901 – 7/3/1986 American singer and bandleader
76	Earl Tupper 7/28/1907 – 10/5/1983 American inventor of Tupperware plastic containers
47	Malcolm Lowry 7/28/1909 – 6/27/1957 English novelist, short story writer and poet