History of 28th JUNE

1.  The French colony of Guadeloupe is established in the Caribbean.on June 28 1635

2.  Frederick William of Brandenburg crushes the Swedes.on June 28 1675

3.  Russians defeat the Swedes and Cossacks at the Battle of Poltava.on June 28 1709

4.  Colonists repulse a British sea attack on Charleston, South Carolina.on June 28 1776

5.  Mary “Molly Pitcher” Hays McCauley, wife of an American artilleryman, carries water to the
      soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth.on June 28 1778

6.  Cinque and other Africans are kidnapped and sold into slavery in Cuba.on June 28 1839

7.  Fighting continues between Union and Confederate forces during the Seven Days’ campaign.on
      June 28 1862

8.  General George Meade replaces General Joseph Hooker three days before the Battle of
      Gettysburg.on June 28 1863

9.  The Freedmen’s Bank, created to assist former slaves in the United States, closes. Customers of
      the bank lose $3 million.on June 28 1874

10. Congress declares Labor Day a legal holiday.on June 28 1884

11. Congress passes the Spooner bill, authorizing a canal to be built across the isthmus of Panama.on
       June 28 1902

12. Samuel J. Battle becomes the first African-American policeman in New York City.on
       June 28 1911

13. Austria’s Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated at Sarajevo, Serbia.on June 28 1914

14. Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles under protest.on June 28 1919

15. A coal strike in Britain is settled after three months.on June 28 1921

16. More than 1,000 communists are routed during an assault on the British consulate in London.on
       June 28 1930

17. Congress creates the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure construction loans.on
        June 28 1938

18. German troops launch an offensive to seize Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus and the city of
       Stalingrad.on June 28 1942

19. General Douglas MacArthur announces the end of Japanese resistance in the Philippines.on
       June 28 1945

20. The last U.S. combat troops are called home from Korea, leaving only 500 advisers.on
        June 28 1949

21. General Douglas MacArthur arrives in South Korea as Seoul falls to the North.on June 28 1950

22. French troops begin to pull out of Vietnam’s Tonkin province.on June 28 1954

23. Malcolm X founds the Organization for Afro-American Unity to seek independence for blacks in
       the Western Hemisphere.on June 28 1964

24. 14 people are shot during race riots in Buffalo, New York.on June 28 1967

25. Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] stands before the Supreme Court regarding his refusal of
       induction into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.on June 28 1970

26. The Supreme Court overturns the draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali.on June 28 1971

27. Richard Nixon announces that no new draftees will be sent to Vietnam.on June 28 1972

28. The first women enter the U.S. Air Force Academy.on June 28 1976