Friday, June 28 is the 180th day of the Gregorian calendar. There are 186 days left in the year.
Saint of the day: Sant’Attilio
June Proverb
June water ruins the miller
It Happened Today
1914 – Franz Ferdinand of Habsburg-Este and his wife Sofia are killed by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip; the episode becomes the casus belli of the First World War
1922 – The Irish Civil War begins
1950 – Seoul is occupied by North Korean troops
1960 – US refineries in Cuba are confiscated and nationalized
1990 – Three paintings by Vincent van Gogh are stolen from a museum in Den Bosch, Netherlands
1997 – Boxer Mike Tyson is disqualified for biting off part of his opponent, Evander Holyfield’s ear
2004 – Post-war Iraq: two days earlier than expected, due to the tense climate caused by the series of attacks, the CPA in a surprise move cedes control of the country to Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, a former collaborator of the CIA and MI6
2005 – Pope Benedict XVI opens the beatification process of Pope John Paul II, which will conclude with the beatification on May 1, 2011. It is an extraordinary event that a pontiff is beatified by his successor.
2006 – Italian basketball player Andrea Bargnani is selected as the number 1 pick by the Toronto Raptors in the NBA draft. It is the first time in the history of American professional basketball that the first overall pick in the draft is European
2008 – Pope Benedict XVI, on the bimillenary of the birth of Saint Paul, opens the special Pauline Jubilee Year, in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, together with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I
2016 – Attack on 28 June 2016 at Istanbul Atatürk Airport
Birthdays
Sabrina Ferilli – Italian actress, showgirl and voice actress. She has starred in several films in various roles, including in 2009 I Mostri Oggi with Diego Abatantuono and Giorgio Panariello, in 2009 Natale A Beverly Hills with Christian De Sica and Massimo Ghini (June 28, 1964)
Alessandro Antine Nivola – American actor, of Italian origins (June 28, 1972)
Calogero Cala’ – aka Jerry Cala’ is an Italian cabaret artist, film actor and director. His name is also linked to his career with the Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli, and to some catchphrases he created in the seventies (28 June 1951)
Steve Burton – American actor (June 28, 1970)
