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TODAY IN HISTORY

June 28

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HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2016

A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.

2
2012

The United States Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.

3
2009

Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.

4
2004

Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.

5
2001

Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.

6
1997

Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.

7
1989

On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.

8
1987

For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.

9
1982

Aeroflot Flight 8641 crashes in Mazyr, Belarus, killing 132 people.

10
1981

A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

2001 World Series champion

4x Gold Glove Award)

1973 Adrian Annus

Hungarian athlete

1972 Alessandro Nivola

American actor (The Many Saints of Newark

1972 Arie van der Padt

Dutch soccer player (Tonegido

1972 Marvin Jones

American NFL linebacker (NY Jets)

1972 Willie Apiata

New Zealand army officer (Victoria Cross for NZ)

1971 Aileen Quinn

American actress (Annie)

1971 Bobby Hurley

American basketball guard (Sacramento Kings) and coach (Uni of Buffalo

1971 Kenny Cunningham

Irish soccer defender (72 caps Republic of Ireland; Millwall

1971 Norika Fujiwara

Japanese actress and television personality

1971 Ron Mahay

American baseball player

1970 Mike White

American filmmaker and actor (The White Lotus)

1970 Mushtaq Ahmed

Pakistani cricketer (prodigious Pakistani leggie 1990-)

1970 Steve Burton

American actor (Chris-Out of this World)

1969 Ayelet Zurer

Israeli actress (Daredevil

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