Year 1821
Peru gained independence from Spain.
JULY 28
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28 July: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 28 July.
Observances & Special Days
WORLD NATURE CONSERVATION DAY: In a bid to create a sustainable environment and protect our mother earth, every year on July 28 World Nature Conservation Day is celebrated.
World Hepatitis Day
Year 1914
On this day, the First World War started.
Year 1933
Andorra joined the United Nations.
Year 1934
Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya and Bapuji Ane formed the Congress Nationalist Party.
Year 1943
World War II: Operation Gomorrah – The Royal Air Force bombed Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that killed 42,000 German civilians.
Year 1976
A magnitude 7.8 to 8.2 earthquake shook the region of Tangshan in China. 2,42,769 were killed and 1,64,851 were injured.
Year 1979
Appointment of Chaudhary Charan Singh as the 5th Prime Minister of India.
Year 2001
Assamese writer Indira Goswami received the Jnanpith Award.
Year 2010
Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321.
Year 2011
While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport, but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island, killing both crew members on board.
Year 2017
Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was disqualified for lifetime by Supreme Court of Pakistan founding him guilty of corruption charges.
Year 2018
Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first woman skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race
Born 1907
A. V. Meiyappan, an Indian film producer, director, and philanthropist.
Born 1909
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Born 1925
Baruch Samuel Blumberg, an American physician, geneticist, and inventor of the hepatitis B virus.
Born 1986
Dulquer Salmaan, an Indian film actor, playback singer, and film producer.
Died 1794
Maximilien Robespierre, a French lawyer, and statesman.
Died 1946
Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be Canonization as a saint by the Catholic Church (b. 1910)
Died 1972
Charu Majumdar, a Marxist-Leninist from India.
Died 1975
Raja Thakur, an Indian film director.
Died 2016
Lachhu Maharaj, an Indian Tabla Player of Banaras Gharana.
Died 2016
Mahasweta Devi, Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (b. 1926)
Died 2020
Raavi Kondala Rao, an Indian film actor, playwright, theatre artist, journalist, editor, producer, director, and writer.