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unusual facts about 28 July



1931 in Wales

28 July - John Neale Dalton, chaplain and tutor to the British royal family, settled in South Wales, 91


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2007 South Asian floods

In North Bengal, the floods have caused economic damage also estimated in the millions of U.S. dollars (at least Rs. 500 million); and in Siliguri, flash floods have wiped away at least 100 houses on a single night (28 July 2007).

457th Air Expeditionary Group

On Saturday, 28 July, Lieutenant Colonel William F. Smith lost his way while ferrying a B-25 Mitchell bomber from Bedford, Massachusetts, to Sioux Falls AAF via Newark Airport.

Allan Webb

He was consecrated at Inverness Cathedral in Scotland and sailed for the Cape on 25 April 1871, arriving in Cape Town on 28 July.

Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria

Leopold Franz married Laetitia de Belzunce d'Arenberg, eldest child and only daughter of Henri de Belzunce, a French nobleman, and his wife Marie-Thérèse de la Poëze d'Harambure, civilly on 19 June 1965 in St. Gilgen and religiously on 28 July 1965 in Menetou-Salon.

Atlantic Superstore Festival of Lights

In 2008, the festival took place from June 28–July 1 and will feature famed groups such as State of Shock, The Trews, Billy Talent, Hinder, Collective Soul, The Tragically Hip and Our Lady Peace.

Balopi Commission

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Sections 77, 78 and 79 of the Constitution of Botswana, also known as the Balopi Commission after the chairman of the commission Patrick Balopi, is a Botswana commission of inquiry set up on 28 July 2000 in response to perceived tribal inequality between the dominant Batswana and the smaller minority tribes such as the Wayeyi.

Battle of Andros

Contarini, with 22 sailing ships, left Porto Poro on 28 July and arrived at Port Gavrion, on the west coast of Andros, on 3 August, while a galley force, under Molino, went to Kekhrios, on mainland Greece, ready for an attack on Thebes.

Beverley Sisters

Joy married Billy Wright on 28 July 1958 at Poole Register Office; Wright was the first footballer to play for England 100 times.

Black Eyed Boy

The song was released on 28 July 1997 and reached #5 on the Official UK Singles Chart.

Colin Gregory

Doctor John Colin Gregory (28 July 1903 – 10 January 1959) was an amateur British tennis player, best remembered for winning the Australian Open in 1929.

Consalvo Sanesi

Consalvo Sanesi (28 March 1911, Terranuova Bracciolini, Arezzo – 28 July 1998, Milan) was best known as the Alfa Romeo works' test driver in the period following World War II, but he also competed in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on September 3, 1950.

Daria Popova

Daria Popova (born 28 July 1993) is a Russian pair skater who competes for France with partner Bruno Massot.

Economic Freedom Fighters

On 28 July 2013, at a press briefing in Soweto, Malema announced that the new party already had over 1000 members, double the 500 required for registration with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).

Erhan Kavak

On 1 July 2008 he moved to FC Biel-Bienne on loan and turned back on 30 June 2009 to Bern and on 28 July 2009 FC Thun have signed the attacking midfielder on loan from BSC Young Boys until the end of the year.

Federico Macheda

On 28 July 2010, Macheda scored his first goals of United's pre-season tour of North America as he netted twice in the 2010 MLS All-Star Game.

Georg Margreitter

Margreitter began his professional career with Austrian Bundesliga club LASK Linz in 2007, making his first team debut on 28 July 2007 against Red Bull Salzburg.

Heinrich Klee

Heinrich Klee (Münstermaifeld, Rhine province, 20 April 1800 – Munich, 28 July 1840) was a German theologian and Biblical exegete who argued against liberal and Rationalist currents in Catholic thought.

Hop Harrigan

Hop Harrigan was technically not a true superhero (as he had no costume or special powers) though he did meet the Justice Society of America in All American Comics #8, and he did eventually become a superhero from All American Comics #25 (April 1941) to #28 (July) as the costumed Guardian Angel.

Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson

Lord Nelson was married on 28 July 1845 at St George Hanover Square church to Lady Mary Jane Diana Agar, daughter of the second Earl of Normanton and granddaughter of the eleventh Earl of Pembroke.

Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis

To the east and southeast, Molitor pushed back General Ballesteros into Aragon, pursuing him as far as Murcia and Granada, winning an engagement at Campillo de Arenas on 28 July and forcing his surrender on 4 August.

Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars

The commanders on the front were unhappy about this decision, but appeals were interrupted by the overthrow of the Committee of Public Safety and its leader, Maximilien de Robespierre (28 July 1794).

JB Catalogue

The twentieth edition (2010) was awarded the Silver-Bronze Medal in Phila Nippon '11 Japan World Stamp Exhibition, which held in Yokohama between 28 July and 2 August 2011, and the twenty first edition (2012) was awarded the Silver Medal in the Australia 2013 FIP World Stamp Exhibition, which was held at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne between 10 and 15 May 2013.

Jenő Károly

Jenő Károly (15 January 1886 – 28 July 1926) was a Hungarian footballer and later manager born in Budapest, outside of his homeland he is particularly noted for being the first manager of Agnelli-era Juventus.

Jessonda

The first performance was at the Kurfürstliches Hoftheater in Kassel on 28 July 1823 under the direction of the composer.

Johannes Versmann

Johannes Georg Andreas Versmann (7 January 1820 in Hamburg-Sankt Pauli - 28 July 1899 in Hamburg) was a German lawyer and politician.

John Zillman

John W. Zillman AO (born 28 July 1939) is an Australian meteorologist, and former President of the World Meteorological Organization and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).

Jonathan Walters

Walters played in his first European match on 28 July against Hajduk Split where he scored the only goal in a 1–0 Stoke win.

José Antonio Reyes

On 28 July 2011, he scored twice for Atlético in a 2–1 Europa League win against Strømsgodset IF.

Joy Gardner

Joy Gardner was a 40-year-old African-Caribbean community mother and illegal immigrant from Jamaica who was killed during a struggle with the police at her home in Crouch End, London on 28 July 1993.

Leopold Lewin

Leopold Lewin (28 July 1910 in Piotrków Trybunalski – 7 December 1995 in Warsaw) was a Polish poet, journalist and translator.

Melba Hernandez

Melba Hernández Rodríguez del Rey (Cruces, Las Villas, 28 July 1921) is a Cuban politician and diplomat.

Michel Philippot

Michel Paul Philippot (2 February 1925 in Verzy – 28 July 1996 in Vincennes) was a French composer, mathematician, acoustician, musicologist, aesthetician, broadcaster, and educator.

Mohsen al-Sukkari

Mohsen al-Sukkari, is an Egyptian former police officer who, on 28 July 2008 murdered the well-known Lebanese artist Suzanne Tamim in Dubai, UAE on orders of Egyptian business tycoon and member of the Egyptian Parliament Hisham Talaat Moustafa in return for $2 million paid by Moustafa, according to statements made by the murderer to the investigators in Cairo.

New Zealand Socialist Party

The Wellington branch of the party was founded on 28 July 1901, and the Christchurch branch in January 1902.

Operation Coronado II

Because of the slow speed of the towed APL moving against the tide the journey took almost 12 hours, but did not delay the commencement of the new operation in Dinh Tuong Province on 28 July.

Paul Strang

Paul Andrew Strang (born 28 July 1970 in Bulawayo) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former international player.

Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg

He married for the third time in Greiz on 28 July 1688 Christine Magdalene (1652–1697), daughter of Count Henry I of Reuss to Obergreiz.

Publicis

On 28 July 2013, it was announced that Publicis Groupe and Omnicom Group would merge to form Publicis Omnicom Group.

Siege of Derry

On 28 July, under the orders of Major General Percy Kirke, three armed merchant ships, Mountjoy, Phoenix and Jerusalem (a cutter) sailed toward the boom, protected by the frigate HMS Dartmouth under Captain John Leake.

Stjepan Đureković

Stjepan Đureković (born 1926 in Bukovac, Syrmia Oblast, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes — died 28 July 1983 in Wolfratshausen, West Germany) was a Croatian businessman, best known as the politically-appointed CEO of the state-owned INA petrol company.

Sunshine Coast Line

The line was then extended to Weeley on 8 January 1866, to Kirby Cross on 28 July 1866, and on to its terminus at Walton-on-the-Naze on 17 May 1867.

The Council of the Gods

Another event which influenced their work was the explosion that destroyed BASF's chemical plant in Ludwigshafen and caused 280 deaths at 28 July 1948, which was combined into the plot's ending.

Theodor Lipps

Theodor Lipps (28 July 1851, Wallhalben – 17 October 1914, Munich) was a German philosopher.

Treason Act 1554

The Act, except sections 6 and 8, was repealed on 28 July 1863 by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863.

Trygve Haavelmo

Trygve Magnus Haavelmo (13 December 1911 – 28 July 1999), born in Skedsmo, Norway, was an influential economist with main research interests centered on the fields of econometrics and economics theory.