June 28th:
Paul Bunyan day
2004 - The U.S. turned over official sovereignty to Iraq's interim leadership. The event took place two days earlier than previously announced to thwart insurgents' attempts at undermining the transfer.
1997 - Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ear after three rounds of their WBA heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas, NV.
1972 - U.S. President Nixon announced that no new draftees would be sent to Vietnam.
1967 - Fourteen people were shot in race riots in Buffalo, New York.
1919 - The Treaty of Versailles was signed ending World War I exactly five years after it began. The treaty also established the League of Nations.
1894 - The U.S. Congress made Labor Day a U.S. national holiday.
Ayana Angel (black pornstar 2001-) 1979
John Cusack ("Better Off Dead", "Being John Malkovich", "Identity", "Hi-Fidelity", "1408") 1966
John Elway (NFL quarterback for the Denver Broncos went to the Superbowl in 1998 and 99) 1960
Kathy Bates ("About Schmidt", "Rat Race", "Titanic") 1948
Gilda Radner (on "SNL" she played: Roseanne Roseannadanna, Emily Litella, Baba Wawa, married Gene Wilder, died of cancer in 1989) 1946
Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi on "The Karate Kid") 1932
Mel Brooks (writer/director/producer: "Young Frankenstein", "Blazing Saddles", "The Producers", "Spaceballs", "Robin Hood: Men In Tights", "History of the World, Part 1", "High Anxiety", "Dracula: Dead and Loving It", "Get Smart: The Movie") 1926
Henry VIII (King of England, had 6 wives, 2 of them were beheaded) 1491 |