June 28 birthdays & history

Famous people born on June 28

• 1712Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and polymath
• 1971Elon Musk, South African-born American entrepreneur
• 1577Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter and diplomat
• 1867Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1491Henry VIII, King of England
• 1906Maria Goeppert Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1991Kevin De Bruyne, Belgian footballer
• 1948Kathy Bates, American actress
• 1873Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate

What happened on June 28

• 1461Edward IV was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
• 1838Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
• 1841Giselle, a ballet by the French composer Adolphe Adam, was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris.
• 1846Belgian musician Adolphe Sax patented his design of the saxophone.
• 1855Sigma Chi fraternity is founded in North America.
• 1859The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
• 1870The US Congress establishes the first federal holidays (New Year Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas).
• 1881The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
• 1882The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
• 1894Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
• 1911The Nakhla meteorite, the first meteorite to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, fell to Earth in Abu Hummus, Egypt.
• 1978In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the U.S. Supreme Court barred quota systems in college admissions but held that affirmative-action programs advantaging minorities were constitutional.

Also observed on June 28

• Constitution Day (Ukraine)
• Poznań Remembrance Day (Poland)
• Vidovdan, celebrating St. Vitus and an important day in Serbian history. (Eastern Orthodox Church)
• Tau Day