On This Day - 28th June

1491 - Henry VIII born
1902 - Richard Rodgers born
1914 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne assassinated.
1919 – The Treaty of Versailles was signed in Paris, formally ending World War I.
1926 - Mel Brooks born
1933 - Pat Morita born
1946 - Gilda Radner born
1948 - Kathy Bates born
1958 - France orders the release of 30 political prisoners to win Muslim support for plans on Algeria's future.Also a 17-year-old Pele made his breakthrough on the international stage at Sweden '58, but the six goals he scored in the tournament were no match for France's Just Fontaine.

1960 - 45 men are killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in Monmouthshire, Wales. Also John Elway born
1966 - John Cusack born
1970 - Steve Burton born
1976 - Three Britons and an American are sentenced to death by firing squad for their roles during the Angolan civil war.

1991 - Margaret Thatcher announces that she is to give up her seat in the House of Commons at the general election.
1994 - Oleg Salenko scored five times against an unsettled Cameroon side, setting the record for most goals scored in a single match at the World Cup.
1994 - On this day, at USA '94, all four teams in a group finished on equal points; the only time it has ever happened. Italy, Mexico, Norway and the Republic of Ireland finished on four points.
1997 – Mike Tyson was disqualified from a fight with Evander Holyfield after biting off a piece of his opponent's ear.
2004 - The US hands sovereignty back to Iraq in a low-key ceremony in Baghdad.